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Internet TLD. .au. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [16] is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. [17] Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country.
The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples of the continental land mass and offshore territories which now comprise the Commonwealth of Australia.The Commonwealth of Australia came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies, however the human history of Australia commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by ...
The name Australia (pronounced / əˈstreɪliə / in Australian English [6]) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning "southern", and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography. The name was popularised by the explorer Matthew Flinders from 1804, and it has been in official use since 1817 ...
ME Bank, also known as ME, is an Australian direct bank based in Melbourne.It became a subsidiary of Bank of Queensland in July 2021.. Founded in 1994 as Super Member Home Loans (SMHL) by Australia's industry superannuation funds, SMHL became Members Equity Bank in 1999, and received a banking licence from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) in July 2001 and was approved by ...
The Ghan. The Ghan ( / ɡæn /) [2] is an experiential tourism -oriented passenger train service that operates between the northern and southern coasts of Australia, through the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor.
The Department of Home Affairs is the Australian Government interior ministry with responsibilities for national security, law enforcement, emergency management, border control, immigration, refugees, citizenship, transport security and multicultural affairs. [2] The portfolio also includes federal agencies such as the Australian Border Force ...
Website. www.bom.gov.au. The Bureau of Meteorology ( BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then. [3]
Edmund Barton (as Minister for External Affairs) Formation. 1 January 1901. ( 1901-01-01) Website. www .foreignminister .gov .au. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, also known as the Foreign Minister, is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing the creation and implementation of international diplomacy ...