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Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km<sup>2</sup> (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">sixth-largest country in the world</a> and the largest country by area in <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>. It is the world's oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with some of the least fertile soils. It is a <a href="/wiki/Megadiverse_countries" title="Megadiverse countries">megadiverse country</a>, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including <a href="/wiki/Deserts_of_Australia" title="Deserts of Australia">deserts</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Outback" title="Outback">interior</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Australia" title="Forests of Australia">tropical rainforests</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_states_of_Australia" title="Eastern states of Australia">coast</a>. </p><p>The ancestors of <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a> began arriving from <a href="/wiki/South-east_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="South-east Asia">south-east Asia</a> 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">last glacial period</a>. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct languages and had the oldest living culture in the world. <a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia" title="History of Australia">Australia's written history</a> commenced with <a href="/wiki/European_maritime_exploration_of_Australia" title="European maritime exploration of Australia">Dutch exploration</a> of most of the coastline in the 17th-century. British colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of the penal <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">colony of New South Wales</a>. By the mid-19th century, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and five additional self-governing <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">British colonies</a> were established, each gaining <a href="/wiki/Responsible_government" title="Responsible government">responsible government</a> by 1890. The <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Australia" title="Federation of Australia">colonies federated</a> in 1901, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. This continued a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom, highlighted by the <i><a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1942" title="Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942">Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942</a></i>, and culminating in the <a href="/wiki/Australia_Acts" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia Acts">Australia Acts</a> of 1986. </p><p>Australia is a <a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Australia" title="Federalism in Australia">federal</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary democracy">parliamentary democracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a> comprising <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">six states and ten territories</a>. 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It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the central business district, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city blocks. This 1927 photo shows a mix of motor vehicles and horse drawn carts on the streets, as well as both electric and non-electric trams. The station opened in 1910, replacing an ad hoc collection of weatherboard train sheds. Photo credit: Victoria State Transport Authority"><img alt="Image 1 Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia (1927) Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of the Victorian capital of Melbourne. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the central business district, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city blocks. This 1927 photo shows a mix of motor vehicles and horse drawn carts on the streets, as well as both electric and non-electric trams. The station opened in 1910, replacing an ad hoc collection of weatherboard train sheds. Photo credit: Victoria State Transport Authority" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia (1927)"><img alt="Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia (1927)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg/360px-Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg" decoding="async" width="360" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg/540px-Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg/720px-Swanston_and_Flinders_St_intersection_1927.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="885" /></a><figcaption>Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia (1927)</figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Flinders Street Station">Flinders Street Station</a></b> is the central <a href="/wiki/Train_station" title="Train station">railway station</a> of the suburban rail network of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victorian</a> capital of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. It is on the corner of <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street,_Melbourne" title="Flinders Street, Melbourne">Flinders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swanston_Street,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Swanston Street, Melbourne">Swanston</a> Streets next to the <a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_central_business_district" title="Melbourne central business district">central business district</a>, stretching from Swanston Street to <a href="/wiki/Queen_Street,_Melbourne" title="Queen Street, Melbourne">Queen Street</a> and covering two <a href="/wiki/City_block" title="City block">city blocks</a>. This 1927 photo shows a mix of <a href="/wiki/Motor_vehicle" title="Motor vehicle">motor vehicles</a> and horse drawn carts on the streets, as well as both electric and non-electric <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">trams</a>. The station opened in 1910, replacing an ad hoc collection of weatherboard train sheds.<br /><br /><small>Photo credit: Victoria State Transport Authority</small><br /></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2 2008 Australian Grand Prix Photo credit: Fir0002 Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg at corner 6 of the 2008 Australian Grand Prix, during one of the race's safety car periods. This first race of the 2008 Formula One season was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Heidfeld and Rosberg finished second and third, respectively. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 2 2008 Australian Grand Prix Photo credit: Fir0002 Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg at corner 6 of the 2008 Australian Grand Prix, during one of the race's safety car periods. This first race of the 2008 Formula One season was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Heidfeld and Rosberg finished second and third, respectively. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg/120px-Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg/180px-Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg/240px-Heidfeld_and_Rosberg_-_2008_Melb_GP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/2008_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Australian Grand Prix">2008 Australian Grand Prix</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Heidfeld" title="Nick Heidfeld">Nick Heidfeld</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> at corner 6 of the <b><a href="/wiki/2008_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Australian Grand Prix">2008 Australian Grand Prix</a></b>, during one of the race's <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">safety car</a> periods. This first race of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Formula_One_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Formula One season">2008 Formula One season</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/McLaren_(racing)" class="mw-redirect" title="McLaren (racing)">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz" title="Mercedes-Benz">Mercedes</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a>. Heidfeld and Rosberg finished second and third, respectively.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3 Metallic Ringtail Photo: JJ Harrison The Metallic Ringtail (Austrolestes cingulatus) is an Australian species of damselfly, so named because of its glossy metallic colouration and the "rings" on each abdominal segment. It is widely distributed in Tasmania, Victoria, eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 3 Metallic Ringtail Photo: JJ Harrison The Metallic Ringtail (Austrolestes cingulatus) is an Australian species of damselfly, so named because of its glossy metallic colouration and the "rings" on each abdominal segment. It is widely distributed in Tasmania, Victoria, eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg/120px-Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg/180px-Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg/240px-Austrolestes_cingulatus_male.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1768" data-file-height="1334" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Metallic_Ringtail" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic Ringtail">Metallic Ringtail</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">The <b><a href="/wiki/Metallic_Ringtail" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic Ringtail">Metallic Ringtail</a></b> (<i>Austrolestes cingulatus</i>) is an Australian species of <a href="/wiki/Damselfly" title="Damselfly">damselfly</a>, so named because of its glossy metallic colouration and the "rings" on each <a href="/wiki/Abdomen#Invertebrates" title="Abdomen">abdominal segment</a>. It is widely distributed in Tasmania, Victoria, eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4 Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory Photo credit: Noodle snacks The 26-metre (85 ft) radio telescope at Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Hobart, Tasmania, is the southernmost antenna used in Australia's Very Long Baseline Interferometry network. The facility is owned and operated by the University of Tasmania. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 4 Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory Photo credit: Noodle snacks The 26-metre (85 ft) radio telescope at Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Hobart, Tasmania, is the southernmost antenna used in Australia's Very Long Baseline Interferometry network. The facility is owned and operated by the University of Tasmania. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg/120px-Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg/180px-Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg/240px-Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Telescope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1912" data-file-height="1271" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Observatory" title="Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory">Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Noodle_snacks" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Noodle snacks">Noodle snacks</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">The 26-metre (85 ft) <a href="/wiki/Radio_telescope" title="Radio telescope">radio telescope</a> at <b><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Observatory" title="Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory">Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory</a></b>, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>, is the southernmost antenna used in Australia's <a href="/wiki/Very_Long_Baseline_Interferometry" class="mw-redirect" title="Very Long Baseline Interferometry">Very Long Baseline Interferometry</a> network. The facility is owned and operated by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tasmania" title="University of Tasmania">University of Tasmania</a>.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5 Aeshnidae Photo: JJ Harrison The Tasmanian Darner (Austroaeschna tasmanica) is an Australian species of dragonfly in the Aeshnidae family, which includes some of the largest of the dragonflies on the planet. Also referred to as "hawkers", the name "darner" derives from the fact that the female abdomens look like a sewing needle, as they cut into plant stem when they lay their eggs through the ovipositor. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 5 Aeshnidae Photo: JJ Harrison The Tasmanian Darner (Austroaeschna tasmanica) is an Australian species of dragonfly in the Aeshnidae family, which includes some of the largest of the dragonflies on the planet. Also referred to as "hawkers", the name "darner" derives from the fact that the female abdomens look like a sewing needle, as they cut into plant stem when they lay their eggs through the ovipositor. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg/120px-Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg/180px-Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg/240px-Lesser_Tasmanian_Darner_Austroaeschna_hardyi_female.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2009" data-file-height="1339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Aeshnidae" title="Aeshnidae">Aeshnidae</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">The <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Darner" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmanian Darner">Tasmanian Darner</a> (<i>Austroaeschna tasmanica</i>) is an Australian species of <a href="/wiki/Dragonfly" title="Dragonfly">dragonfly</a> in the <b><a href="/wiki/Aeshnidae" title="Aeshnidae">Aeshnidae</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a>, which includes some of the largest of the dragonflies on the planet. Also referred to as "hawkers", the name "darner" derives from the fact that the female <a href="/wiki/Abdomen" title="Abdomen">abdomens</a> look like a <a href="/wiki/Sewing_needle" title="Sewing needle">sewing needle</a>, as they cut into plant stem when they lay their eggs through the <a href="/wiki/Ovipositor" title="Ovipositor">ovipositor</a>.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6 Cripps Pink Photo credit: Fir0002 Two whole Cripps Pink apples and a cross-section of a third. More commonly known by the trademarked name "Pink Lady", this apple cultivar was originally bred by John Cripps by crossing the Australian apple Lady Williams with a Golden Delicious. The apple shape is ellipsoid, it has a distinctive pink hue mixed with a green "background," and taste is tart. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 6 Cripps Pink Photo credit: Fir0002 Two whole Cripps Pink apples and a cross-section of a third. More commonly known by the trademarked name "Pink Lady", this apple cultivar was originally bred by John Cripps by crossing the Australian apple Lady Williams with a Golden Delicious. The apple shape is ellipsoid, it has a distinctive pink hue mixed with a green "background," and taste is tart. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg/120px-Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg/180px-Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg/240px-Pink_lady_and_cross_section.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="950" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Cripps_Pink" title="Cripps Pink">Cripps Pink</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">Two whole <b><a href="/wiki/Cripps_Pink" title="Cripps Pink">Cripps Pink</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Apple" title="Apple">apples</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Cross-section_(geometry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-section (geometry)">cross-section</a> of a third. More commonly known by the <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademarked</a> name "Pink Lady", this apple <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivar</a> was originally bred by John Cripps by crossing the Australian apple Lady Williams with a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Delicious" title="Golden Delicious">Golden Delicious</a>. The apple shape is ellipsoid, it has a distinctive pink hue mixed with a green "background," and taste is tart.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7 Jeremy Doyle Photo: Sport the Library Jeremy Doyle (1983–2011) was an Australian wheelchair basketball player. Left paraplegic after a car accident, he was classified as a 1 point player. While representing his country Doyle won two gold medals, first at the 2009 Paralympic World Cup and again at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 7 Jeremy Doyle Photo: Sport the Library Jeremy Doyle (1983–2011) was an Australian wheelchair basketball player. Left paraplegic after a car accident, he was classified as a 1 point player. While representing his country Doyle won two gold medals, first at the 2009 Paralympic World Cup and again at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg/86px-140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg/130px-140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg/173px-140611_-_Jeremy_Doyle_-_3a_-_2012_Team_processing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3790" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Doyle" title="Jeremy Doyle">Jeremy Doyle</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: Sport the Library</span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Doyle" title="Jeremy Doyle">Jeremy Doyle</a></b> (1983–2011) was an Australian wheelchair basketball player. Left paraplegic after a car accident, he was classified as a <a href="/wiki/1_point_player" title="1 point player">1 point player</a>. While representing his country Doyle won two gold medals, first at the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_World_Cup" title="Paralympic World Cup">Paralympic World Cup</a> and again at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship" title="2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship">2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship</a>.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8 Ben Chifley, standing outside the Old Parliament House, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers and responsible for many social reforms. Joseph Benedict Chifley (September 22, 1885 - June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers. Among his government's accomplishments were the post-war immigration scheme under Arthur Calwell, the establishment of Australian citizenship in 1949, the Snowy Mountains scheme, the national airline Trans Australia Airlines, a social security scheme for the unemployed, and the founding of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO). One of the few successful referendums to modify the Australian Constitution took place during his term."><img alt="Image 8 Ben Chifley, standing outside the Old Parliament House, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers and responsible for many social reforms. Joseph Benedict Chifley (September 22, 1885 - June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers. Among his government's accomplishments were the post-war immigration scheme under Arthur Calwell, the establishment of Australian citizenship in 1949, the Snowy Mountains scheme, the national airline Trans Australia Airlines, a social security scheme for the unemployed, and the founding of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO). One of the few successful referendums to modify the Australian Constitution took place during his term." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benchifley.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ben Chifley, standing outside the Old Parliament House, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers and responsible for many social reforms."><img alt="Ben Chifley, standing outside the Old Parliament House, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers and responsible for many social reforms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Benchifley.jpg/250px-Benchifley.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Benchifley.jpg/375px-Benchifley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Benchifley.jpg/500px-Benchifley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="1036" /></a><figcaption>Ben Chifley, standing outside the Old Parliament House, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers and responsible for many social reforms.</figcaption></figure><br /><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Chifley" title="Ben Chifley">Joseph Benedict Chifley</a></b> (September 22, 1885 - June 13, 1951), <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> politician and 16th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a>, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers. Among his government's accomplishments were the post-war immigration scheme under <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Calwell" title="Arthur Calwell">Arthur Calwell</a>, the establishment of Australian citizenship in <a href="/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Snowy_Mountains_scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowy Mountains scheme">Snowy Mountains scheme</a>, the national airline <a href="/wiki/Trans_Australia_Airlines" title="Trans Australia Airlines">Trans Australia Airlines</a>, a social security scheme for the unemployed, and the founding of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Security_Intelligence_Organisation" title="Australian Security Intelligence Organisation">ASIO</a>). One of the few successful <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendums</a> to modify the Australian Constitution took place during his term.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9 Metallic Ringtail Photo credit: Fir0002 A female Metallic Ringtail (Austrolestes cingulatus), an Australian damselfly, eating its prey. Each abdominal segment is marked by a pale "ring"; this combined with its glossy metallic coloration give the insect its common name. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 9 Metallic Ringtail Photo credit: Fir0002 A female Metallic Ringtail (Austrolestes cingulatus), an Australian damselfly, eating its prey. Each abdominal segment is marked by a pale "ring"; this combined with its glossy metallic coloration give the insect its common name. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg/120px-Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg/180px-Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg/240px-Austrolestes_cingulatus03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Metallic_Ringtail" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic Ringtail">Metallic Ringtail</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">A female <b><a href="/wiki/Metallic_Ringtail" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallic Ringtail">Metallic Ringtail</a></b> (<i>Austrolestes cingulatus</i>), an <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> <a href="/wiki/Damselfly" title="Damselfly">damselfly</a>, eating its prey. Each <a href="/wiki/Abdomen#Invertebrates" title="Abdomen">abdominal segment</a> is marked by a pale "ring"; this combined with its glossy <a href="/wiki/Metallic_color" title="Metallic color">metallic coloration</a> give the insect its <a href="/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">common name</a>.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10 Passchendaele Photo credit: James Francis Hurley Soldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres salient, October 29, 1917. The photo was taken in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, which was one of the major battles of World War I. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 10 Passchendaele Photo credit: James Francis Hurley Soldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres salient, October 29, 1917. The photo was taken in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, which was one of the major battles of World War I. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg/120px-Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg/180px-Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg/240px-Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1227" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Passendale" title="Passendale">Passchendaele</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/James_Francis_Hurley" title="James Francis Hurley">James Francis Hurley</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">Soldiers of an <a href="/wiki/Australian_4th_Division_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian 4th Division (World War I)">Australian 4th Division</a> field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the <a href="/wiki/Ypres" title="Ypres">Ypres</a> salient, <a href="/wiki/October_29" title="October 29">October 29</a>, <a href="/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a>. The photo was taken in the vicinity of the <a href="/wiki/Passendale" title="Passendale">Battle of Passchendaele</a>, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, which was one of the major battles of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 11 A panorama of the Melbourne skyline from Yarra's Edge, Docklands at twilight. The Melbourne Docklands is a new inner city suburb and urban renewal project in the Victorian capital of Melbourne. The district, built on former unused docks, covers 2 km² and comprises 7 km of waterfront. It was commenced in 2000, and is expected to be completed by 2015, almost doubling the size of the central business district. Its resident population, to be comprised of primarily hi-rise apartment dwellers, is estimated to reach 20,000, while a further 25,000 will work in the area. The Docklands is already a major attraction, with landmarks such as the Telstra Dome. Photo credit: Diliff"><img alt="Image 11 A panorama of the Melbourne skyline from Yarra's Edge, Docklands at twilight. The Melbourne Docklands is a new inner city suburb and urban renewal project in the Victorian capital of Melbourne. The district, built on former unused docks, covers 2 km² and comprises 7 km of waterfront. It was commenced in 2000, and is expected to be completed by 2015, almost doubling the size of the central business district. Its resident population, to be comprised of primarily hi-rise apartment dwellers, is estimated to reach 20,000, while a further 25,000 will work in the area. The Docklands is already a major attraction, with landmarks such as the Telstra Dome. Photo credit: Diliff" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 11</span></span><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A panorama of the Melbourne skyline from Yarra's Edge, Docklands at twilight."><img alt="A panorama of the Melbourne skyline from Yarra's Edge, Docklands at twilight." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg/500px-Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="500" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg/750px-Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg/1000px-Melbourne_Docklands_-_Yarras_Edge_-_marina_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4789" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A panorama of the Melbourne skyline from Yarra's Edge, Docklands at twilight.</figcaption></figure><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Docklands" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Docklands">Melbourne Docklands</a></b> is a new <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_city_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne city centre">inner city</a> suburb and <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> project in the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victorian</a> capital of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. The district, built on former unused <a href="/wiki/Container_shipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Container shipping">docks</a>, covers 2 km² and comprises 7 km of waterfront. It was commenced in 2000, and is expected to be completed by 2015, almost doubling the size of the <a href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">central business district</a>. Its resident population, to be comprised of primarily hi-rise apartment dwellers, is estimated to reach 20,000, while a further 25,000 will work in the area. The Docklands is already a major attraction, with landmarks such as the <a href="/wiki/Telstra_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Telstra Dome">Telstra Dome</a>.<br /><br /><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Diliff" title="User:Diliff">Diliff</a></small><br /></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 12 Yarra River from inner-city bridge The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia), originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to European settlement. The River's lower reaches travel through central Melbourne."><img alt="Image 12 Yarra River from inner-city bridge The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia), originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to European settlement. The River's lower reaches travel through central Melbourne." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 12</span></span><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yarra River from inner-city bridge"><img alt="Yarra River from inner-city bridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg/400px-Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg/600px-Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg/800px-Melbourne_yarra_twilight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1517" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Yarra River from inner-city bridge</figcaption></figure><br /><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Yarra_River" title="Yarra River">Yarra River</a></b> is a river in southern <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria (Australia)</a>, originally called <i>Birrarung</i> by the <a href="/wiki/Wurundjeri" title="Wurundjeri">Wurundjeri</a> people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to <a href="/wiki/European_ethnic_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="European ethnic groups">European</a> settlement. The River's lower reaches travel through central <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 13 Perth Mint The Perth Mint is Australia's oldest operating mint. After the foundation stone was laid in 1896 by John Forrest, the Mint opened on June 20, 1899 as a branch of the Royal Mint in London to refine gold and manufacture gold sovereigns and half sovereigns to be used as currency in the colony. Photo credit: Moondyne"><img alt="Image 13 Perth Mint The Perth Mint is Australia's oldest operating mint. After the foundation stone was laid in 1896 by John Forrest, the Mint opened on June 20, 1899 as a branch of the Royal Mint in London to refine gold and manufacture gold sovereigns and half sovereigns to be used as currency in the colony. Photo credit: Moondyne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 13</span></span><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Perth_Mint.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perth Mint"><img alt="Perth Mint" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Perth_Mint.jpg/360px-Perth_Mint.jpg" decoding="async" width="360" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Perth_Mint.jpg/540px-Perth_Mint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Perth_Mint.jpg/720px-Perth_Mint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Perth Mint</figcaption></figure><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Perth_Mint" title="Perth Mint">Perth Mint</a></b> is <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>'s oldest operating <a href="/wiki/Mint_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mint (coin)">mint</a>. After the foundation stone was laid in 1896 by <a href="/wiki/John_Forrest" title="John Forrest">John Forrest</a>, the Mint opened on June 20, 1899 as a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mint" title="Royal Mint">Royal Mint</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to refine <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> and manufacture <a href="/wiki/Gold_sovereign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold sovereign">gold sovereigns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Half_sovereign" title="Half sovereign">half sovereigns</a> to be used as currency in the colony.<br /><br /><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Moondyne" title="User:Moondyne">Moondyne</a></small><br /></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 14 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) Photo: Fir0002 A Eurocopter AS350 "Squirrel" helicopter flown by 723 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the section of the Royal Australian Navy responsible for the operation of aircraft. The FAA is currently an all-helicopter force, operating four separate models in the anti-submarine warfare and maritime support roles. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 14 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) Photo: Fir0002 A Eurocopter AS350 "Squirrel" helicopter flown by 723 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the section of the Royal Australian Navy responsible for the operation of aircraft. The FAA is currently an all-helicopter force, operating four separate models in the anti-submarine warfare and maritime support roles. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg/120px-RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg/180px-RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg/240px-RAN_squirrel_helicopter_at_melb_GP_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 14</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm_(RAN)" title="Fleet Air Arm (RAN)">Fleet Air Arm (RAN)</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">A <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurocopter AS350">Eurocopter AS350</a> "Squirrel" <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> flown by <a href="/wiki/723_Squadron_RAN" title="723 Squadron RAN">723 Squadron</a> of the <b><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm_(RAN)" title="Fleet Air Arm (RAN)">Fleet Air Arm</a></b> (FAA), the section of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> responsible for the operation of <a href="/wiki/Aircraft" title="Aircraft">aircraft</a>. The FAA is currently an all-helicopter force, operating four separate models in the <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> and maritime support roles.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 15 Beautiful Firetail Photo: JJ Harrison A Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) male (top) and female. In this common Australian species of estrildid finch, nest-building and raising children is done collaboratively. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 15 Beautiful Firetail Photo: JJ Harrison A Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) male (top) and female. In this common Australian species of estrildid finch, nest-building and raising children is done collaboratively. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg/90px-Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg/135px-Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg/180px-Beautiful_Firetail_couple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2555" data-file-height="3400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 15</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Firetail" class="mw-redirect" title="Beautiful Firetail">Beautiful Firetail</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">A <b><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Firetail" class="mw-redirect" title="Beautiful Firetail">Beautiful Firetail</a></b> (<i>Stagonopleura bella</i>) male (top) and female. In this common Australian species of <a href="/wiki/Estrildid_finch" class="mw-redirect" title="Estrildid finch">estrildid finch</a>, nest-building and raising children is done collaboratively.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 16 Giraffes in the Taronga Zoo with the Sydney skyline in background. Taronga Zoo is the zoological park of the city of Sydney. Founded in 1916, it is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in Mosman. It is divided into eight zoogeographic regions and features over 2,600 animals on 28.7 hectares, making it one of the largest zoos of its kind. Photo credit: Jan Derk More selected pictures • Read more"><img alt="Image 16 Giraffes in the Taronga Zoo with the Sydney skyline in background. Taronga Zoo is the zoological park of the city of Sydney. Founded in 1916, it is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in Mosman. It is divided into eight zoogeographic regions and features over 2,600 animals on 28.7 hectares, making it one of the largest zoos of its kind. Photo credit: Jan Derk More selected pictures • Read more" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 16</span></span><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Giraffes in the Taronga Zoo with the Sydney skyline in background."><img alt="Giraffes in the Taronga Zoo with the Sydney skyline in background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg/300px-Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg/450px-Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg/600px-Sydney_taronga_zoo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="908" /></a><figcaption>Giraffes in the Taronga Zoo with the Sydney skyline in background.</figcaption></figure><br /><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Taronga_Zoo" title="Taronga Zoo">Taronga Zoo</a></b> is the <a href="/wiki/Zoo" title="Zoo">zoological park</a> of the city of <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>. Founded in 1916, it is located on the shores of <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Harbour">Sydney Harbour</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mosman,_New_South_Wales" title="Mosman, New South Wales">Mosman</a>. It is divided into eight zoogeographic regions and features over 2,600 animals on 28.7 hectares, making it one of the largest zoos of its kind.<br /><br /><small>Photo credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Janderk" class="extiw" title="commons:User:Janderk">Jan Derk</a></small><br /><br /><br /><div align="right" class="noprint"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></b> • <b><a href="/wiki/Taronga_Zoo" title="Taronga Zoo">Read more</a></b></div><br /></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victorian_Police_Motorcycle,_Geelong,_Aust,_jjron,_30.9.2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 17 Victoria Police Photo: John O'Neill An officer of the Victoria Police, the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. The agency was founded in 1835 from an existing colonial police force of 875 men. As of 2011, the Victoria Police has over 12,190 sworn members, and over 2,900 civilian staff across 393 police stations. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 17 Victoria Police Photo: John O'Neill An officer of the Victoria Police, the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. The agency was founded in 1835 from an existing colonial police force of 875 men. As of 2011, the Victoria Police has over 12,190 sworn members, and over 2,900 civilian staff across 393 police stations. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Victorian_Police_Motorcycle%2C_Geelong%2C_Aust%2C_jjron%2C_30.9.2010.jpg/90px-Victorian_Police_Motorcycle%2C_Geelong%2C_Aust%2C_jjron%2C_30.9.2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Victorian_Police_Motorcycle%2C_Geelong%2C_Aust%2C_jjron%2C_30.9.2010.jpg/135px-Victorian_Police_Motorcycle%2C_Geelong%2C_Aust%2C_jjron%2C_30.9.2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Victorian_Police_Motorcycle%2C_Geelong%2C_Aust%2C_jjron%2C_30.9.2010.jpg/180px-Victorian_Police_Motorcycle%2C_Geelong%2C_Aust%2C_jjron%2C_30.9.2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 17</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Police" title="Victoria Police">Victoria Police</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Jjron" title="User:Jjron">John O'Neill</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">An officer of the <b><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Police" title="Victoria Police">Victoria Police</a></b>, the primary <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency" title="Law enforcement agency">law enforcement agency</a> of the Australian state of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>. The agency was founded in 1835 from an existing colonial police force of 875 men. As of 2011, the Victoria Police has over 12,190 sworn members, and over 2,900 civilian staff across 393 police stations.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tawny-frogmouth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 18 Tawny Frogmouth Photo: Benjamint444 The Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a large species of frogmouth found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania, and southern New Guinea. Unlike the owl for which it is often mistaken, the Tawny Frogmouth is not a bird of prey. Instead, it is almost exclusively insectivorous. For defense, it relies on cryptic camouflage, standing still to appear part of a branch. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 18 Tawny Frogmouth Photo: Benjamint444 The Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a large species of frogmouth found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania, and southern New Guinea. Unlike the owl for which it is often mistaken, the Tawny Frogmouth is not a bird of prey. Instead, it is almost exclusively insectivorous. For defense, it relies on cryptic camouflage, standing still to appear part of a branch. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Tawny-frogmouth.jpg/120px-Tawny-frogmouth.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Tawny-frogmouth.jpg/180px-Tawny-frogmouth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Tawny-frogmouth.jpg/240px-Tawny-frogmouth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 18</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Tawny_Frogmouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Tawny Frogmouth">Tawny Frogmouth</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Benjamint444" title="User:Benjamint444">Benjamint444</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">The <b><a href="/wiki/Tawny_Frogmouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Tawny Frogmouth">Tawny Frogmouth</a></b> (<i>Podargus strigoides</i>) is a large species of <a href="/wiki/Frogmouth" title="Frogmouth">frogmouth</a> found throughout the Australian mainland, Tasmania, and southern New Guinea. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/Owl" title="Owl">owl</a> for which it is often mistaken, the Tawny Frogmouth is not a <a href="/wiki/Bird_of_prey" title="Bird of prey">bird of prey</a>. Instead, it is almost exclusively <a href="/wiki/Insectivore" title="Insectivore">insectivorous</a>. For defense, it relies on <a href="/wiki/Crypsis" title="Crypsis">cryptic camouflage</a>, standing still to appear part of a branch.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 19 Tasmanian devil Photo: JJ Harrison The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial found in the wild only on the Australian island of Tasmania. It is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. Its large head and neck allow it to generate the strongest bite per unit body mass of any living mammal. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 19 Tasmanian devil Photo: JJ Harrison The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial found in the wild only on the Australian island of Tasmania. It is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. Its large head and neck allow it to generate the strongest bite per unit body mass of any living mammal. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg/120px-Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg/180px-Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg/240px-Sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1435" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 19</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_devil" title="Tasmanian devil">Tasmanian devil</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">The <b><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_devil" title="Tasmanian devil">Tasmanian devil</a></b> (<i>Sarcophilus harrisii</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Carnivore" title="Carnivore">carnivorous</a> <a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">marsupial</a> found in the wild only on the Australian island of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>. It is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. Its large head and neck allow it to generate the strongest bite per unit body mass of any living mammal.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 20 Poison gas in World War I Photo credit: Frank Hurley A group of Australian infantry wearing Small Box Respirators (SBRs) at the Third Battle of Ypres in September 1917. After the introduction of poison gas in World War I, countermeasures were developed. SBRs represented the pinnacle of gas mask development during the war, a mouthpiece connected via a hose to a box filter (hanging around the wearer's neck in this picture), which in turn contained granules of chemicals that neutralised the gas. The SBR was the prized possession of the ordinary infantryman; when the British were forced to retreat during the German Spring Offensive of 1918, it was found that while some troops had discarded their rifles, hardly any had left behind their respirators. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 20 Poison gas in World War I Photo credit: Frank Hurley A group of Australian infantry wearing Small Box Respirators (SBRs) at the Third Battle of Ypres in September 1917. After the introduction of poison gas in World War I, countermeasures were developed. SBRs represented the pinnacle of gas mask development during the war, a mouthpiece connected via a hose to a box filter (hanging around the wearer's neck in this picture), which in turn contained granules of chemicals that neutralised the gas. The SBR was the prized possession of the ordinary infantryman; when the British were forced to retreat during the German Spring Offensive of 1918, it was found that while some troops had discarded their rifles, hardly any had left behind their respirators. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg/89px-Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg/134px-Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg/179px-Australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_Ypres_1917.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1607" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 20</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Poison_gas_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Poison gas in World War I">Poison gas in World War I</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hurley" title="Frank Hurley">Frank Hurley</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">A group of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> wearing Small Box Respirators (SBRs) at the <a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Ypres" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Battle of Ypres">Third Battle of Ypres</a> in September 1917. After the introduction of <b><a href="/wiki/Poison_gas_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Poison gas in World War I">poison gas in World War I</a></b>, countermeasures were developed. SBRs represented the pinnacle of <a href="/wiki/Gas_mask" title="Gas mask">gas mask</a> development during the war, a mouthpiece connected via a hose to a box <a href="/wiki/Filter_(air)" class="mw-redirect" title="Filter (air)">filter</a> (hanging around the wearer's neck in this picture), which in turn contained granules of chemicals that neutralised the gas. The SBR was the prized possession of the ordinary infantryman; when the British were forced to retreat during the <a href="/wiki/German_Spring_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="German Spring Offensive">German Spring Offensive</a> of 1918, it was found that while some troops had discarded their <a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifles</a>, hardly any had left behind their respirators.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama,-14.06.2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 21 Australian Synchrotron Photo credit: John O'Neill A panoramic view across the interior of the Australian Synchrotron (a subatomic particle accelerator) in Clayton, Victoria. Dominating the image is the storage ring, showing the optical diagnostic beamline at front right. In the middle of the storage ring is the booster synchrotron and linac. The yellow, green and red magnets on the trolley (front left) are a demonstration of the bending and focusing magnets used in the storage ring to produce the synchrotron radiation and maintain the electron beam. More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 21 Australian Synchrotron Photo credit: John O'Neill A panoramic view across the interior of the Australian Synchrotron (a subatomic particle accelerator) in Clayton, Victoria. Dominating the image is the storage ring, showing the optical diagnostic beamline at front right. In the middle of the storage ring is the booster synchrotron and linac. The yellow, green and red magnets on the trolley (front left) are a demonstration of the bending and focusing magnets used in the storage ring to produce the synchrotron radiation and maintain the electron beam. More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama%2C-14.06.2007.jpg/120px-Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama%2C-14.06.2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama%2C-14.06.2007.jpg/180px-Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama%2C-14.06.2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama%2C-14.06.2007.jpg/240px-Aust.-Synchrotron-Interior-Panorama%2C-14.06.2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1807" data-file-height="656" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 21</span></span><div class="center" style="margin: 0 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Synchrotron" title="Australian Synchrotron">Australian Synchrotron</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Jjron" title="User:Jjron">John O'Neill</a></span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;">A panoramic view across the interior of the <b><a href="/wiki/Australian_Synchrotron" title="Australian Synchrotron">Australian Synchrotron</a></b> (a <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_particle" title="Subatomic particle">subatomic particle</a> <a href="/wiki/Particle_accelerator" title="Particle accelerator">accelerator</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Clayton,_Victoria" title="Clayton, Victoria">Clayton, Victoria</a>. Dominating the image is the <a href="/wiki/Storage_ring" title="Storage ring">storage ring</a>, showing the <a href="/wiki/Beamline#Synchrotron_radiation_beamline" title="Beamline">optical diagnostic beamline</a> at front right. In the middle of the storage ring is the booster <a href="/wiki/Synchrotron" title="Synchrotron">synchrotron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linear_particle_accelerator" title="Linear particle accelerator">linac</a>. The yellow, green and red magnets on the trolley (front left) are a demonstration of the bending and focusing magnets used in the storage ring to produce the <a href="/wiki/Synchrotron_radiation" title="Synchrotron radiation">synchrotron radiation</a> and maintain the electron beam.</div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 22 Banknotes of the Australian pound Banknote: Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Banknotes of the Australian pound were first issued by numerous private banks in Australia, starting with the Bank of New South Wales in 1817. Acceptance of private bank notes was not made compulsory by legal tender laws but they were widely used and accepted. The Queensland government issued treasury notes (1866–1869) and banknotes (1893–1910) which were legal tender in Queensland. The New South Wales government issued a limited series of Treasury Notes in 1893. The Commonwealth government passed an Act in 1910 which prohibited the issue of banknotes by private banks, and established Commonwealth powers to issue, re-issue, and cancel Australian notes. These notes were initially issued by the Australian Treasury, and then by the Commonwealth Bank from 1920. The Australian pound was replaced by the Australian dollar in 1966. This note, denominated ten pounds, is part of the 1925 series. See other denominations: 10 shillings (1918) · £1 (1918) · £5 (1918) · £10 (1918) · £20 (1918) · £50 (1918) · £100 (1918) · Half sovereign (1923) · £1 (1923) · £5 (1924) More selected pictures"><img alt="Image 22 Banknotes of the Australian pound Banknote: Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Banknotes of the Australian pound were first issued by numerous private banks in Australia, starting with the Bank of New South Wales in 1817. Acceptance of private bank notes was not made compulsory by legal tender laws but they were widely used and accepted. The Queensland government issued treasury notes (1866–1869) and banknotes (1893–1910) which were legal tender in Queensland. The New South Wales government issued a limited series of Treasury Notes in 1893. The Commonwealth government passed an Act in 1910 which prohibited the issue of banknotes by private banks, and established Commonwealth powers to issue, re-issue, and cancel Australian notes. These notes were initially issued by the Australian Treasury, and then by the Commonwealth Bank from 1920. The Australian pound was replaced by the Australian dollar in 1966. This note, denominated ten pounds, is part of the 1925 series. See other denominations: 10 shillings (1918) · £1 (1918) · £5 (1918) · £10 (1918) · £20 (1918) · £50 (1918) · £100 (1918) · Half sovereign (1923) · £1 (1923) · £5 (1924) More selected pictures" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 22</span></span><div class="center" style="margin:0 0.25em 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_(1925).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound"><img alt="Banknotes of the Australian pound" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_%281925%29.jpg/340px-AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_%281925%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="340" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_%281925%29.jpg/510px-AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_%281925%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_%281925%29.jpg/680px-AUS-14-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-10_Pounds_%281925%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6028" data-file-height="5384" /></a></span></div><div class="center" style="margin: 0.5em 0.25em 0.85em;"><div><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">Banknotes of the Australian pound</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Banknote: <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Bank of Australia">Commonwealth Bank of Australia</a>.</span></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0;"><b><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">Banknotes of the Australian pound</a></b> were first issued by numerous private banks in Australia, starting with the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_New_South_Wales" title="Bank of New South Wales">Bank of New South Wales</a> in 1817. Acceptance of private bank notes was not made compulsory by <a href="/wiki/Legal_tender" title="Legal tender">legal tender</a> laws but they were widely used and accepted. The <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> government issued treasury notes (1866–1869) and banknotes (1893–1910) which were legal tender in Queensland. The <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> government issued a limited series of Treasury Notes in 1893. The Commonwealth government passed an Act in 1910 which prohibited the issue of banknotes by private banks, and established Commonwealth powers to issue, re-issue, and cancel Australian notes. These notes were initially issued by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Treasury_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Treasury (Australia)">Australian Treasury</a>, and then by the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank" title="Commonwealth Bank">Commonwealth Bank</a> from 1920. The Australian pound was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Australian dollar</a> in 1966.<br /><br />This note, denominated ten pounds, is part of the 1925 series.<br /><br /><small>See other denominations: <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/1" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/1">10 shillings (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/2" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/2">£1 (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/3" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/3">£5 (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/4" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/4">£10 (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/5" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/5">£20 (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/6" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/6">£50 (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/7" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/7">£100 (1918)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/8" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/8">Half sovereign (1923)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/9" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/9">£1 (1923)</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2018-11-02/10" title="Template:POTD/2018-11-02/10">£5 (1924)</a></small></div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top:0.5em; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Selected_picture" title="Portal:Australia/Selected picture">More selected pictures</a></div></div> </li> </ul></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:White;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#00008B;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><h2 id="On_this_day" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:White;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">On this day  </h2></div><div style="color:#000;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:white;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">24 November</a></b>: </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney"><img alt="ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg/100px-ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg/150px-ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg/200px-ANZACWarMemorial1_gobeirne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1642" title="1642">1642</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abel_Tasman" title="Abel Tasman">Abel Tasman</a> becomes the first European to discover the island <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a> (later renamed <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Australia" title="1934 in Australia">1934</a> – The <a href="/wiki/ANZAC_War_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="ANZAC War Memorial">ANZAC War Memorial</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> was opened.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_Australia" title="1986 in Australia">1986</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> began an Australian tour.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_Australia" title="1987 in Australia">1987</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joh_Bjelke-Petersen" title="Joh Bjelke-Petersen">Joh Bjelke-Petersen</a> sacks three ministers from his cabinet, accusing them of gross disloyalty.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div align="right" style="clear:both"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia/Anniversaries#Anniversaries_by_date" title="Portal:Australia/Anniversaries">More Australian anniversaries...</a></b> </p> </div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:White;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#00008B;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><h2 id="General_images" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:White;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">General images  </h2></div><div style="color:#000;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:white;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><small><b>The following are images from various Australia-related articles on Wikipedia.</b></small></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1021884966"><div class="randomSlideshow-container" style="max-width:100%; margin:-4em auto;"><div class="nomobile"></div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-slideshow switcher-container"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 1Sydney Opera House (foreground) and Sydney Harbor Bridge (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 1Sydney Opera House (foreground) and Sydney Harbor Bridge (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg/120px-Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg/180px-Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg/240px-Sydney_Opera_House_Close_up_HDR_Sydney_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="994" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House" title="Sydney Opera House">Sydney Opera House</a> (foreground) and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge" title="Sydney Harbour Bridge">Sydney Harbor Bridge</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2Dwellings accommodating Aboriginal families at Hermannsburg Mission, Northern Territory, 1923 (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 2Dwellings accommodating Aboriginal families at Hermannsburg Mission, Northern Territory, 1923 (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg/120px-186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg/180px-186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg/240px-186_Aboriginal_dwellings_w480.jpg 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="188" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span>Dwellings accommodating Aboriginal families at <a href="/wiki/Hermannsburg,_Northern_Territory" title="Hermannsburg, Northern Territory">Hermannsburg Mission</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>, 1923 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_MacKillop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3St Mary Mackillop established an extensive network of schools and is Australia's first canonised saint of the Catholic Church. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 3St Mary Mackillop established an extensive network of schools and is Australia's first canonised saint of the Catholic Church. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Mary_MacKillop.jpg/97px-Mary_MacKillop.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Mary_MacKillop.jpg/146px-Mary_MacKillop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Mary_MacKillop.jpg/194px-Mary_MacKillop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="486" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span><a href="/wiki/Mary_MacKillop" title="Mary MacKillop">St Mary Mackillop</a> established an extensive network of schools and is Australia's first <a href="/wiki/Canonised" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonised">canonised</a> <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4A Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield (1920) (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 4A Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield (1920) (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg/89px-Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg/134px-Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg/178px-Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA-15147.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1103" data-file-height="1485" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span>A <a href="/wiki/Luritja" title="Luritja">Luritja</a> man demonstrating method of attack with <a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">boomerang</a> under cover of shield (1920) (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5Corroboree at Newcastle by convict artist Joseph Lycett, ca. 1818. Aboriginal Australian religious practices associated with the Dreamtime have been practised for tens of thousands of years. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 5Corroboree at Newcastle by convict artist Joseph Lycett, ca. 1818. Aboriginal Australian religious practices associated with the Dreamtime have been practised for tens of thousands of years. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg/120px-Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg/180px-Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg/240px-Joseph_Lycett_Corroboree_Newcastle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1302" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span><i><a href="/wiki/Corroboree" title="Corroboree">Corroboree</a> at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a></i> by convict artist <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lycett" title="Joseph Lycett">Joseph Lycett</a>, ca. 1818. Aboriginal Australian religious practices associated with the <a href="/wiki/Dreamtime" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamtime">Dreamtime</a> have been practised for tens of thousands of years. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6Sheep grazing in rural Australia. Early British settlers introduced Western stock and crops and Australian agriculture now produces an abundance of fresh produce. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 6Sheep grazing in rural Australia. Early British settlers introduced Western stock and crops and Australian agriculture now produces an abundance of fresh produce. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg/120px-Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg/180px-Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg/240px-Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span>Sheep grazing in rural Australia. Early British settlers introduced Western stock and crops and <a href="/wiki/Australian_agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian agriculture">Australian agriculture</a> now produces an abundance of fresh produce. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7Anzac Day dawn services are held throughout Australia every April. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 7Anzac Day dawn services are held throughout Australia every April. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg/120px-Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg/180px-Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg/240px-Dawn_service_gnangarra_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4496" data-file-height="3104" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day" title="Anzac Day">Anzac Day</a> dawn services are held throughout Australia every April. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8Nan Tien Temple, a Buddhist temple in Wollongong. Multicultural immigration has increased Australia's religious diversity. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 8Nan Tien Temple, a Buddhist temple in Wollongong. Multicultural immigration has increased Australia's religious diversity. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg/120px-Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg/180px-Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg/240px-Nan-Tien-Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="611" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span><a href="/wiki/Nan_Tien_Temple" title="Nan Tien Temple">Nan Tien Temple</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> temple in <a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a>. Multicultural immigration has increased Australia's religious diversity. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9South Australian suffragette Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910). The Australian colonies established democratic parliaments from the 1850s and began to grant women the vote in the 1890s."><img alt="Nig.ger (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg/89px-Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg/133px-Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg/178px-Catherine_Helen_Spence.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="567" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australian</a> suffragette <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Helen_Spence" title="Catherine Helen Spence">Catherine Helen Spence</a> (1825–1910). The Australian colonies established democratic parliaments from the 1850s and began to grant women the vote in the 1890s.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10Parliament House, Canberra (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 10Parliament House, Canberra (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg/120px-Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg/180px-Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg/240px-Parliament_House_Canberra_Dusk_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3353" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Canberra" title="Parliament House, Canberra">Parliament House</a>, Canberra (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 11An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923. His hut is decked with porcupine grass. (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 11An Eastern Arrernte man of the Arltunga district, Northern Territory, in 1923. His hut is decked with porcupine grass. (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg/120px-Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg/180px-Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg/240px-Hut_Eastern_Arrernte_Basedow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1422" data-file-height="1146" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 11</span></span>An Eastern <a href="/wiki/Arrernte_people" title="Arrernte people">Arrernte</a> man of the <a href="/wiki/Arltunga_Historical_Reserve" title="Arltunga Historical Reserve">Arltunga district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>, in 1923. His hut is decked with <a href="/wiki/Triodia_(plant)" title="Triodia (plant)">porcupine grass</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 12The Princess Theatre in Melbourne (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 12The Princess Theatre in Melbourne (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg/120px-Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg/180px-Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg/240px-Melbourne_Princess_Theatre_Feb_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5259" data-file-height="3416" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 12</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Princess_Theatre,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Theatre, Melbourne">Princess Theatre</a> in Melbourne (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment,_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 13An Aboriginal encampment near the Adelaide foothills in an 1854 painting by Alexander Schramm (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 13An Aboriginal encampment near the Adelaide foothills in an 1854 painting by Alexander Schramm (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment%2C_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/120px-Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment%2C_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment%2C_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment%2C_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment%2C_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/240px-Alexander_Schramm_-_An_Aboriginal_encampment%2C_near_the_Adelaide_foothills_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3624" data-file-height="2422" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 13</span></span>An Aboriginal encampment near the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a> foothills in an 1854 painting by Alexander Schramm (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 14Didgeridoo performers (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 14Didgeridoo performers (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg/120px-Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg/180px-Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg/240px-Buskers_Fremantle_Markets.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="625" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 14</span></span><a href="/wiki/Didgeridoo" title="Didgeridoo">Didgeridoo</a> performers (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 15Actor playing the bushranger Ned Kelly in The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), the world's first feature film (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 15Actor playing the bushranger Ned Kelly in The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), the world's first feature film (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg/120px-The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg/180px-The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg/240px-The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang_1906.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1058" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 15</span></span>Actor playing the bushranger <a href="/wiki/Ned_Kelly" title="Ned Kelly">Ned Kelly</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Kelly_Gang" title="The Story of the Kelly Gang">The Story of the Kelly Gang</a></i> (1906), the world's first <a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">feature film</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 16The verandah is the dominant feature of this Federation Filigree-style pub in Ravenswood. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 16The verandah is the dominant feature of this Federation Filigree-style pub in Ravenswood. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG/120px-Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG/180px-Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG/240px-Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 16</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Veranda" title="Veranda">verandah</a> is the dominant feature of this <a href="/wiki/Federation_Filigree" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation Filigree">Federation Filigree-style</a> pub in <a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_Queensland" title="Ravenswood, Queensland">Ravenswood</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Birdsville_Hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 17Birdsville Hotel, an Australian pub in outback Queensland (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 17Birdsville Hotel, an Australian pub in outback Queensland (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Birdsville_Hotel.jpg/120px-Birdsville_Hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Birdsville_Hotel.jpg/180px-Birdsville_Hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Birdsville_Hotel.jpg/240px-Birdsville_Hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3584" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 17</span></span><a href="/wiki/Birdsville" title="Birdsville">Birdsville</a> Hotel, an <a href="/wiki/Australian_pub" title="Australian pub">Australian pub</a> in outback Queensland (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 18Cover of Old Bush Songs, Banjo Paterson's 1905 collection of bush ballads (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 18Cover of Old Bush Songs, Banjo Paterson's 1905 collection of bush ballads (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg/74px-The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg/111px-The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg/149px-The_Old_Bush_Songs_by_Banio_Paterson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1320" data-file-height="2129" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 18</span></span>Cover of <i>Old Bush Songs</i>, <a href="/wiki/Banjo_Paterson" title="Banjo Paterson">Banjo Paterson</a>'s 1905 collection of <a href="/wiki/Bush_ballad" title="Bush ballad">bush ballads</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Federation_Square_(SBS_Building).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 19The SBS building in Melbourne's Federation Square. SBS is Australia's multicultural broadcaster. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 19The SBS building in Melbourne's Federation Square. SBS is Australia's multicultural broadcaster. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Federation_Square_%28SBS_Building%29.jpg/120px-Federation_Square_%28SBS_Building%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Federation_Square_%28SBS_Building%29.jpg/180px-Federation_Square_%28SBS_Building%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Federation_Square_%28SBS_Building%29.jpg/240px-Federation_Square_%28SBS_Building%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 19</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> building in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Federation_Square" title="Federation Square">Federation Square</a>. SBS is Australia's <a href="/wiki/Multicultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Multicultural">multicultural</a> broadcaster. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 20PCA of Orang Asli (Semang) and Andamanese, with worldwide populations in HGDP. (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 20PCA of Orang Asli (Semang) and Andamanese, with worldwide populations in HGDP. (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png/120px-PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png/180px-PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png/240px-PCA_of_Orang_Asli_and_Andamanese_with_world_populations_in_HGDP.png 2x" data-file-width="1715" data-file-height="1439" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 20</span></span><a href="/wiki/Principal_component_analysis" title="Principal component analysis">PCA</a> of Orang Asli (Semang) and Andamanese, with worldwide populations in HGDP. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 21Portrait of Madame Melba by Rupert Bunny (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 21Portrait of Madame Melba by Rupert Bunny (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg/74px-Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg/111px-Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg/148px-Melba_Rupert_Bunny.jpg 2x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 21</span></span>Portrait of <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Melba" title="Nellie Melba"><i>Madame Melba</i></a> by Rupert Bunny (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_(51556664139).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 22The Matildas, Australia's national women's football team (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 22The Matildas, Australia's national women's football team (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_%2851556664139%29.jpg/120px-AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_%2851556664139%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_%2851556664139%29.jpg/180px-AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_%2851556664139%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_%2851556664139%29.jpg/240px-AusChi3_-_LogarzoKerrGielnikCelebrate_%2851556664139%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 22</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Matildas</a>, Australia's national women's football team (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 23Singer-songwriter Paul Kelly (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 23Singer-songwriter Paul Kelly (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg/120px-Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg/180px-Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg/240px-Paul_Kelly_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="477" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 23</span></span>Singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(Australian_musician)" title="Paul Kelly (Australian musician)">Paul Kelly</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 24A typical Queenslander house in Brisbane (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 24A typical Queenslander house in Brisbane (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg/120px-Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg/180px-Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg/240px-Queenslander_East_Brisbane_1a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 24</span></span>A typical <a href="/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture)" title="Queenslander (architecture)">Queenslander</a> house in Brisbane (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tropfest_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 25Founded in 1993, Sydney's Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 25Founded in 1993, Sydney's Tropfest is the world's largest short film festival. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Tropfest_2011.jpg/120px-Tropfest_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Tropfest_2011.jpg/180px-Tropfest_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Tropfest_2011.jpg/240px-Tropfest_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 25</span></span>Founded in 1993, Sydney's <a href="/wiki/Tropfest" title="Tropfest">Tropfest</a> is the world's largest short film festival. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 26Skiing in Australia began in Kiandra, a goldmining town in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, in the 1860s. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 26Skiing in Australia began in Kiandra, a goldmining town in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, in the 1860s. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg/120px-Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg/180px-Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg/240px-Kiandra_carnival_1900_Charles_Kerry.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="918" data-file-height="688" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 26</span></span><a href="/wiki/Skiing_in_Australia" title="Skiing in Australia">Skiing in Australia</a> began in <a href="/wiki/Kiandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiandra">Kiandra</a>, a goldmining town in the <a href="/wiki/Snowy_Mountains" title="Snowy Mountains">Snowy Mountains</a> of New South Wales, in the 1860s. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Charles_Wentworth_(sepia).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 27William Wentworth (1790–1872) was among the first to articulate a vision of Australian nationhood. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 27William Wentworth (1790–1872) was among the first to articulate a vision of Australian nationhood. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/William_Charles_Wentworth_%28sepia%29.jpg/102px-William_Charles_Wentworth_%28sepia%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/William_Charles_Wentworth_%28sepia%29.jpg/153px-William_Charles_Wentworth_%28sepia%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/William_Charles_Wentworth_%28sepia%29.jpg/204px-William_Charles_Wentworth_%28sepia%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1820" data-file-height="2144" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 27</span></span><a href="/wiki/William_Wentworth" title="William Wentworth">William Wentworth</a> (1790–1872) was among the first to articulate a vision of Australian nationhood. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MCG-1864.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 28Cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1860s (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 28Cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1860s (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MCG-1864.JPG/120px-MCG-1864.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MCG-1864.JPG/180px-MCG-1864.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MCG-1864.JPG/240px-MCG-1864.JPG 2x" data-file-width="903" data-file-height="658" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 28</span></span>Cricket match at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>, 1860s (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DennisWriting.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 29C. J. Dennis, poetic humourist of Australian English (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 29C. J. Dennis, poetic humourist of Australian English (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/DennisWriting.jpg/120px-DennisWriting.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/DennisWriting.jpg/180px-DennisWriting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/DennisWriting.jpg/240px-DennisWriting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="388" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 29</span></span><a href="/wiki/C._J._Dennis" title="C. J. Dennis">C. J. Dennis</a>, poetic humourist of <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">Australian English</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PharLap.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 30Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup, "the race that stops a nation" (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 30Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup, "the race that stops a nation" (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/PharLap.JPG/120px-PharLap.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/PharLap.JPG/180px-PharLap.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/PharLap.JPG/240px-PharLap.JPG 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="438" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 30</span></span><a href="/wiki/Phar_Lap" title="Phar Lap">Phar Lap</a> winning the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cup" title="Melbourne Cup">Melbourne Cup</a>, "the race that stops a nation" (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 31The first State of Origin shield (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 31The first State of Origin shield (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg/113px-First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg/169px-First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg/226px-First_State_of_Origin_Shield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="2451" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 31</span></span>The first <a href="/wiki/State_of_Origin_series" title="State of Origin series">State of Origin</a> shield (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:(1)Killara_house_023.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 32House in Killara, New South Wales (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 32House in Killara, New South Wales (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/%281%29Killara_house_023.jpg/120px-%281%29Killara_house_023.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/%281%29Killara_house_023.jpg/180px-%281%29Killara_house_023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/%281%29Killara_house_023.jpg/240px-%281%29Killara_house_023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4738" data-file-height="3405" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 32</span></span>House in <a href="/wiki/Killara,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Killara, New South Wales">Killara, New South Wales</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elderly_swagman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 33A swagman in bushman's apparel, wearing a brimmed hat and carrying swag and billy can (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 33A swagman in bushman's apparel, wearing a brimmed hat and carrying swag and billy can (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Elderly_swagman.jpg/87px-Elderly_swagman.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Elderly_swagman.jpg/131px-Elderly_swagman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Elderly_swagman.jpg/174px-Elderly_swagman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1274" data-file-height="1753" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 33</span></span>A <a href="/wiki/Swagman" title="Swagman">swagman</a> in bushman's apparel, wearing a brimmed hat and carrying swag and billy can (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 34The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 34The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg/120px-Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg/180px-Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg/240px-Royal_exhibition_building_tulips_straight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1856" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 34</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, Melbourne (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 35The initial human settlement of Oceania is estimated to have been between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago. Archaeogenetic results indicate a colonisation of southern Sahul (Australia) before 37,000 years ago and an incubation period in northern Sahul (Papua New Guinea), followed by westward expansions within Australia after about 28,000 years ago. (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 35The initial human settlement of Oceania is estimated to have been between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago. Archaeogenetic results indicate a colonisation of southern Sahul (Australia) before 37,000 years ago and an incubation period in northern Sahul (Papua New Guinea), followed by westward expansions within Australia after about 28,000 years ago. (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif/120px-Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif/180px-Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif/240px-Migration_routes_and_their_contribution_to_the_East_Timor_mtDNA_pool.gif 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="327" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 35</span></span>The initial human settlement of Oceania is estimated to have been between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago. Archaeogenetic results indicate a colonisation of southern Sahul (Australia) before 37,000 years ago and an incubation period in northern Sahul (Papua New Guinea), followed by westward expansions within Australia after about 28,000 years ago. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 36Countries of birth of Australian estimated resident population, 2006 (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 36Countries of birth of Australian estimated resident population, 2006 (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG/120px-Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG" decoding="async" width="120" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG/180px-Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG/240px-Australian_PR_COB_2006.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="628" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 36</span></span>Countries of birth of Australian estimated resident population, 2006 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_bush_tucker,_Alice_Springs.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 37Bush tucker harvested in Alice Springs (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 37Bush tucker harvested in Alice Springs (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Australian_bush_tucker%2C_Alice_Springs.jpg/120px-Australian_bush_tucker%2C_Alice_Springs.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Australian_bush_tucker%2C_Alice_Springs.jpg/180px-Australian_bush_tucker%2C_Alice_Springs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Australian_bush_tucker%2C_Alice_Springs.jpg/240px-Australian_bush_tucker%2C_Alice_Springs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="395" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 37</span></span><a href="/wiki/Bush_tucker" title="Bush tucker">Bush tucker</a> harvested in <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noongar_traditional_dancers,_Perth,_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 38Noongar traditional dancers in Perth (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 38Noongar traditional dancers in Perth (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Noongar_traditional_dancers%2C_Perth%2C_Australia.jpg/97px-Noongar_traditional_dancers%2C_Perth%2C_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Noongar_traditional_dancers%2C_Perth%2C_Australia.jpg/145px-Noongar_traditional_dancers%2C_Perth%2C_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Noongar_traditional_dancers%2C_Perth%2C_Australia.jpg/193px-Noongar_traditional_dancers%2C_Perth%2C_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1836" data-file-height="2278" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 38</span></span><a href="/wiki/Noongar" title="Noongar">Noongar</a> traditional dancers in Perth (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 39Statue in Fremantle of an Australian rules footballer taking a spectacular mark (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 39Statue in Fremantle of an Australian rules footballer taking a spectacular mark (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg/90px-Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg/135px-Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg/180px-Fremantle_Oval_Statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 39</span></span>Statue in <a href="/wiki/Fremantle" title="Fremantle">Fremantle</a> of an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules footballer</a> taking a <a href="/wiki/Spectacular_mark" title="Spectacular mark">spectacular mark</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HydeParkBarracks.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 40Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 40Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/HydeParkBarracks.JPG/120px-HydeParkBarracks.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/HydeParkBarracks.JPG/180px-HydeParkBarracks.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/HydeParkBarracks.JPG/240px-HydeParkBarracks.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 40</span></span><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Barracks,_Sydney" title="Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney">Hyde Park Barracks</a>, Sydney (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 41The Wiggles performing in the United States in 2007 (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 41The Wiggles performing in the United States in 2007 (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg/120px-Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg/180px-Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg/240px-Wiggles_2007_Lineup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1556" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 41</span></span><a href="/wiki/The_Wiggles" title="The Wiggles">The Wiggles</a> performing in the United States in 2007 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 42The Bulletin, founded by J. F. Archibald (left), nurtured bush poets such as Henry Lawson (right). (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 42The Bulletin, founded by J. F. Archibald (left), nurtured bush poets such as Henry Lawson (right). (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg/120px-J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg/180px-J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg/240px-J_F_Archibald_Henry_Lawson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 42</span></span><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bulletin_(Australian_periodical)" title="The Bulletin (Australian periodical)">The Bulletin</a></i>, founded by <a href="/wiki/J._F._Archibald" title="J. F. Archibald">J. F. Archibald</a> (left), nurtured <a href="/wiki/Bush_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Bush poetry">bush poets</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lawson" title="Henry Lawson">Henry Lawson</a> (right). (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children,_Maloga,_N.S.W.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 43Historical image of Aboriginal Australian women and children, Maloga, New South Wales around 1900 (in European dress) (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 43Historical image of Aboriginal Australian women and children, Maloga, New South Wales around 1900 (in European dress) (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children%2C_Maloga%2C_N.S.W.jpg/120px-Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children%2C_Maloga%2C_N.S.W.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children%2C_Maloga%2C_N.S.W.jpg/180px-Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children%2C_Maloga%2C_N.S.W.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children%2C_Maloga%2C_N.S.W.jpg/240px-Aboriginal_Australian_women_and_children%2C_Maloga%2C_N.S.W.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="641" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 43</span></span>Historical image of Aboriginal Australian women and children, <a href="/wiki/Maloga_Mission" title="Maloga Mission">Maloga</a>, New South Wales around 1900 (in European dress) (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usydcampuspicture.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 44The University of Sydney (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 44The University of Sydney (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Usydcampuspicture.jpg/120px-Usydcampuspicture.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Usydcampuspicture.jpg/180px-Usydcampuspicture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Usydcampuspicture.jpg/240px-Usydcampuspicture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 44</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:15_Northcote_Avenue,_Killara,_New_South_Wales_(2011-06-15).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 45Federation Bungalow in Killara, Sydney (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 45Federation Bungalow in Killara, Sydney (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/15_Northcote_Avenue%2C_Killara%2C_New_South_Wales_%282011-06-15%29.jpg/120px-15_Northcote_Avenue%2C_Killara%2C_New_South_Wales_%282011-06-15%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/15_Northcote_Avenue%2C_Killara%2C_New_South_Wales_%282011-06-15%29.jpg/180px-15_Northcote_Avenue%2C_Killara%2C_New_South_Wales_%282011-06-15%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/15_Northcote_Avenue%2C_Killara%2C_New_South_Wales_%282011-06-15%29.jpg/240px-15_Northcote_Avenue%2C_Killara%2C_New_South_Wales_%282011-06-15%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3772" data-file-height="2322" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 45</span></span><a href="/wiki/Federation_Bungalow" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation Bungalow">Federation Bungalow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Killara,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Killara, New South Wales">Killara</a>, Sydney (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Billycan-campfire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 46A billycan used for heating water (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 46A billycan used for heating water (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Billycan-campfire.jpg/120px-Billycan-campfire.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Billycan-campfire.jpg/180px-Billycan-campfire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Billycan-campfire.jpg/240px-Billycan-campfire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 46</span></span>A <a href="/wiki/Billycan" title="Billycan">billycan</a> used for heating water (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 47A commemorative statue of John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a famous stretcher bearer who was killed in the Gallipoli Campaign. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 47A commemorative statue of John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a famous stretcher bearer who was killed in the Gallipoli Campaign. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg/80px-SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg/119px-SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg/159px-SIMPSON_AND_HIS_DONKEY_MONUMENT.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1494" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 47</span></span>A commemorative statue of <a href="/wiki/John_Simpson_Kirkpatrick" title="John Simpson Kirkpatrick">John Simpson Kirkpatrick</a>, a famous stretcher bearer who was killed in the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 48The surf lifesaving movement originated in Australia. (Pictured: surf lifesavers, Bondi Beach, 1930s). (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 48The surf lifesaving movement originated in Australia. (Pictured: surf lifesavers, Bondi Beach, 1930s). (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg/120px-George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg/180px-George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg/240px-George_Caddy_Surf_Lifesavers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 48</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Surf_lifesaving" title="Surf lifesaving">surf lifesaving</a> movement originated in Australia. (Pictured: surf lifesavers, <a href="/wiki/Bondi_Beach" title="Bondi Beach">Bondi Beach</a>, 1930s). (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 49Dame Edna Everage, a comic creation of Barry Humphries (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 49Dame Edna Everage, a comic creation of Barry Humphries (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg/79px-Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg/119px-Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg/158px-Dame_Edna_at_the_royal_wedding_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1033" data-file-height="1563" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 49</span></span><a href="/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage" title="Dame Edna Everage">Dame Edna Everage</a>, a comic creation of <a href="/wiki/Barry_Humphries" title="Barry Humphries">Barry Humphries</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bathurst_Island_men.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 50Men from Bathurst Island, 1939 (from Aboriginal Australians)"><img alt="Image 50Men from Bathurst Island, 1939 (from Aboriginal Australians)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Bathurst_Island_men.jpg/120px-Bathurst_Island_men.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Bathurst_Island_men.jpg/180px-Bathurst_Island_men.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Bathurst_Island_men.jpg/240px-Bathurst_Island_men.jpg 2x" data-file-width="555" data-file-height="425" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 50</span></span>Men from <a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Island_(Northern_Territory)" title="Bathurst Island (Northern Territory)">Bathurst Island</a>, 1939 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove,_Jan._26th_1788.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 51Governor Arthur Phillip hoists the British flag over the new colony at Sydney Cove in 1788 (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 51Governor Arthur Phillip hoists the British flag over the new colony at Sydney Cove in 1788 (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove%2C_Jan._26th_1788.jpg/120px-The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove%2C_Jan._26th_1788.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove%2C_Jan._26th_1788.jpg/180px-The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove%2C_Jan._26th_1788.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove%2C_Jan._26th_1788.jpg/240px-The_Founding_of_Australia._By_Capt._Arthur_Phillip_R.N._Sydney_Cove%2C_Jan._26th_1788.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3433" data-file-height="2500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 51</span></span>Governor <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Phillip" title="Arthur Phillip">Arthur Phillip</a> hoists the British flag over the new colony at <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cove" title="Sydney Cove">Sydney Cove</a> in 1788 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden-wattle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 52Golden Wattle, Australia's floral emblem and the source of Australia's national colours, green and gold (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 52Golden Wattle, Australia's floral emblem and the source of Australia's national colours, green and gold (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Golden-wattle.jpg/120px-Golden-wattle.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Golden-wattle.jpg/180px-Golden-wattle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Golden-wattle.jpg/240px-Golden-wattle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 52</span></span><a href="/wiki/Golden_Wattle" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Wattle">Golden Wattle</a>, Australia's floral emblem and the source of Australia's national colours, <a href="/wiki/Green_and_gold" class="mw-redirect" title="Green and gold">green and gold</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_(cropped_3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 53Kylie Minogue, one of Australia's most successful pop musicians (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 53Kylie Minogue, one of Australia's most successful pop musicians (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped_3%29.jpg/88px-Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped_3%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped_3%29.jpg/132px-Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped_3%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped_3%29.jpg/176px-Kylie_Minogue_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped_3%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="783" data-file-height="1069" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 53</span></span><a href="/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a>, one of Australia's most successful pop musicians (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 54Convict architecture at Port Arthur, Tasmania (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 54Convict architecture at Port Arthur, Tasmania (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG/120px-PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG/180px-PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG/240px-PortArthur_main_lowres.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="708" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 54</span></span>Convict architecture at <a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Tasmania" title="Port Arthur, Tasmania">Port Arthur</a>, Tasmania (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bradman_c.1928.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 55Donald Bradman is often cited as statistically the greatest sportsman of any major sport. (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 55Donald Bradman is often cited as statistically the greatest sportsman of any major sport. (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bradman_c.1928.jpg/66px-Bradman_c.1928.jpg" decoding="async" width="66" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bradman_c.1928.jpg/98px-Bradman_c.1928.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bradman_c.1928.jpg/131px-Bradman_c.1928.jpg 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="1144" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 55</span></span><a href="/wiki/Donald_Bradman" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Bradman">Donald Bradman</a> is often cited as statistically the greatest sportsman of any major sport. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_national_rugby_union_team_(Wallabies).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 56A group of Australian men wearing speedos (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 56A group of Australian men wearing speedos (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Australia_national_rugby_union_team_%28Wallabies%29.jpg/120px-Australia_national_rugby_union_team_%28Wallabies%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Australia_national_rugby_union_team_%28Wallabies%29.jpg/180px-Australia_national_rugby_union_team_%28Wallabies%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Australia_national_rugby_union_team_%28Wallabies%29.jpg/240px-Australia_national_rugby_union_team_%28Wallabies%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="281" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 56</span></span>A group of Australian men wearing speedos (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood,_Queensland,_2022,_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 57A high-set Victorian-era Queenslander with a large veranda in Brisbane (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 57A high-set Victorian-era Queenslander with a large veranda in Brisbane (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood%2C_Queensland%2C_2022%2C_03.jpg/120px-Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood%2C_Queensland%2C_2022%2C_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood%2C_Queensland%2C_2022%2C_03.jpg/180px-Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood%2C_Queensland%2C_2022%2C_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood%2C_Queensland%2C_2022%2C_03.jpg/240px-Queenslander_style_house_in_Sherwood%2C_Queensland%2C_2022%2C_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3089" data-file-height="2464" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 57</span></span>A high-set <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian-era</a> <a href="/wiki/Queenslander_(architecture)" title="Queenslander (architecture)">Queenslander</a> with a large veranda in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 58Interior of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney (from Culture of Australia)"><img alt="Image 58Interior of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney (from Culture of Australia)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg/120px-SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg/180px-SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg/240px-SaintMarys_CathedralSydney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1724" data-file-height="1123" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 58</span></span>Interior of <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Sydney" title="St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney">St Mary's Cathedral</a>, Sydney (from <b><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a></b>)</div> </li> </ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <b><div style="float:right;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Featured_pictures_of_Australia" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Featured pictures of Australia">Featured pictures of Australia</a></div></b> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div></div></div> <div style="width: 100%;"> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/41px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/54px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:East_Timor" title="Portal:East Timor">East Timor</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/27px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/41px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/54px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Indonesia" title="Portal:Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/27px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/41px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/54px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:New_Zealand" title="Portal:New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/27px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/41px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/54px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:South_Africa" title="Portal:South Africa">South Africa</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/27px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/41px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/54px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Tuvalu" title="Portal:Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/27px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_Kingdom" title="Portal:United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/27px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States">United States</a></li></ul></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:White;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#00008B;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><h2 id="WikiProject" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:White;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">WikiProject  </h2></div><div style="color:#000;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:white;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <table border="0" style="background-color:transparent" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" align="right"> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia"><img alt="Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/200px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia"><img alt="Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg/100px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg/150px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption>Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LocationAU.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location on the world map"><img alt="Location on the world map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/LocationAU.svg/218px-LocationAU.svg.png" decoding="async" width="218" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/LocationAU.svg/327px-LocationAU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/LocationAU.svg/436px-LocationAU.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Consider joining <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia">WikiProject Australia</a></b>, a WikiProject dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to Australia. The project page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and style of articles, which can be discussed at the project's <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board" title="Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board">notice board</a></b>. To participate, simply add your name to the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Members" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Members">project members</a></b> page. </p><p>As of <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-11-24">24 November 2024</span>, there are <b><span data-sort-value="7005205620000000000♠">205,620</span></b> articles within the scope of WikiProject Australia, of which <b><span data-sort-value="7002594000000000000♠">594</span></b> are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_content" title="Wikipedia:Featured content">featured</a> and <b><span data-sort-value="7002886000000000000♠">886</span></b> are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">good articles</a>. This makes up 2.97% of the articles on Wikipedia, 5.33% of all featured articles and lists, and 2.18% of all good articles (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AUSFG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AUSFG">WP:AUSFG</a>). Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are <b><span data-sort-value="7005526494000000000♠">526,494</span></b> pages in the project. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:White;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#00008B;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><h2 id="Associated_Wikimedia" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:White;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Associated Wikimedia  </h2></div><div style="color:#000;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:white;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239335380">.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li span{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;padding:6px 4px}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{text-align:center}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-light{display:none}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark{display:inline}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark{display:inline}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-light{display:none}}@media(min-width:360px){.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{width:33%;min-width:20em;white-space:nowrap;flex:1 0 25%}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{min-width:50px}}</style> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> sister projects provide more on this subject: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/31px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/47px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/62px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Australia" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:Search/Category:Australia">Commons</a></span><br />Free media repository</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/35px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/53px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/70px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Special:Search/Australia">Wikibooks</a></span><br />Free textbooks and manuals</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/47px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/71px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/94px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Special:Search/Australia">Wikidata</a></span><br />Free knowledge base</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/51px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="51" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/77px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/102px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Special:Search/Australia">Wikinews</a></span><br />Free-content news</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/35px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/53px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/70px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Special:Search/Australia">Wikiquote</a></span><br />Collection of quotations</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/35px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/53px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/70px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Special:Search/Australia">Wikisource</a></span><br />Free-content library</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/41px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="41" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/62px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/82px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikiversity:Special:Search/Australia">Wikiversity</a></span><br />Free learning tools</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/35px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/53px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/70px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Special:Search/Australia">Wikivoyage</a></span><br />Free travel guide</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/35px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/53px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/70px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Australia" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/Australia">Wiktionary</a></span><br />Dictionary and thesaurus</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:White;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#00008B;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><h2 id="More_portals_2" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:White;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">More portals  </h2></div><div style="color:#000;opacity:1;border:1px solid #FF0000;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:white;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335380"> <div class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Discover Wikipedia using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal" title="Wikipedia:Portal">portals</a></b></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/35px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/53px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/70px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">List of all portals</a></span></div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/35px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/53px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg/35px-Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg/53px-Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg/70px-Nuvola_apps_kalzium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Science" title="Portal:Science">Science portal</a></span></div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Social_sciences.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Social_sciences.svg/35px-Social_sciences.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="31" 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