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- The term women's suffrage refers to an economic and political ... Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- Boxing Day is a secular holiday celebrated the day after Christmas ... and friends, for sports, and for eating the left over food from the Christmas ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small inhabited island ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first ... or emancipated due to merit, not privilege of birth. The egalitarian spirit ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- May 15, 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving ... in Jeparit, Victoria, a small town in the Wimmera region of western ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia ... and in some respects, colonial view of Australia and of Australian ...31 KB (4,378 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos (Keeling ... The geographical location and history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ...29 KB (4,147 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- This article is about the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean ... |leader_title2 = Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- The Jenolan Caves are a leading example of impressive caverns in the ... The caves are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 07:48, 3 April 2024
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... The Northern Mariana Islands—together with Guam to the south—comprise ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Robert James Lee (Bob) Hawke AC (December 9, 1929 - May 16, 2019) ... Hawke's government floated the Australian dollar, deregulated ...25 KB (3,662 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and the most populous ... The island nation was initially a site for penal colonies in the eighteenth ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- Port Arthur is a small town and former penal colony on the Tasman ... southeast of the state capital, Hobart. It is known for its harsh ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 05:41, 30 November 2022
- goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...39 KB (5,698 words) - 00:11, 3 January 2024
- Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... In the Second World War, the people of Fiji co-operated with the Allies ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an English-speaking archipelagic ... The original native inhabitants of the Islands at the time of Columbus ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- Canberra is the federal capital of the Commonwealth of Australia located ... city. Following an international contest for the city's design, a design ...37 KB (5,453 words) - 19:15, 25 November 2023
- 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
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Charles I (November 19, 1600 – January 30, 1649) was King of England ... a Catholic princess, Henrietta Maria, over the objections of Parliament and ...42 KB (6,645 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international ... The IWW contends that all workers should be united within a single ...43 KB (6,639 words) - 20:09, 4 March 2024
- Delhi, sometimes referred to as Dilli or Dhilli, is the second largest ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later ... Several monuments honor his legacy in the City of Birmingham. Throughout ...63 KB (9,535 words) - 21:17, 6 May 2024
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- to move goods or people vertically. Because of elevators, humankind has been ... and equipment; e.g. lifting aircraft to the flight deck of an aircraft ...49 KB (7,939 words) - 16:09, 13 February 2024
- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... England is often mistakenly considered the same as the United Kingdom ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
