Search results for "Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia" - New World Encyclopedia

From New World Encyclopedia
  • Tuvalu (pronounced too-VAH-loo) is an island nation located in the ... Tuvalu consists of four reef islands and five true atolls. Its small ...
    20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
  • Tasmania is an Australian island and a state of the same name. The ... long from the northernmost point to the southernmost point and ...
    42 KB (6,077 words) - 04:33, 27 February 2023
  • 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...
    35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
  • The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... abundant resources, including Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave ...
    39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
  • Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...
    39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
  • Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea ... The Solomon Islands have been inhabited by Melanesian people for at ...
    21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
  • New Zealand is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific ... New Zealand's total land area, nearly 270,000 km², is about ...
    23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
  • .nsf/mf/3238.0.55.001 Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... 2.7% of Australia's population |popplace=New South Wales  2.9 ...
    50 KB (7,297 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
  • Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan ... Sydney is located on Australia's southeast coast. The city is ...
    33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
  • The Boer Wars were fought between British and Dutch settlers of the ... But a new imperial policy arose in England. It aimed to bring the ...
    38 KB (5,998 words) - 05:19, 17 November 2023
  • A Militia is an organization of citizens prepared to provide defense ... Militias, being composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers ...
    26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
  • Jamaica is an island nation of the West Indies. The third largest ... Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taino inhabitants named the island ...
    31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
  • Grenada is a group of three larger islands (Grenada, Carriacou, and ... In 1983, Grenada was invaded by U.S.-led troops that toppled the pro ...
    26 KB (3,667 words) - 18:33, 31 January 2023
  • 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...
    84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
  • Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964) was one of ... MacArthur served in the U.S. Army most of his life, participating ...
    47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
  • Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of New ... his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. ...
    37 KB (5,516 words) - 18:14, 12 February 2024
  • The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational prayer book of the Church ... The Book of Common prayer is considered to have significantly contributed ...
    28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
  • At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ...
    33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
  • Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples ...
    54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
  • The British Empire is the most extensive empire in world history and ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...
    59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)