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There are two official languages of Norfolk Island, English and Norfuk. English, due to the influence of Great Britain and Australia, the two colonial...

Amurdak, also rendered Amurdag, Amurdak, Amurag, Amarag and Wureidbug, is an Aboriginal Australian language historically spoken in an area around the eastern...

The beginnings of the postal history of Tonga can be traced to the Wesleyan missionaries, who landed in the islands in 1826, and sent regular communications...

Sample People is a 2000 Australian film, directed by Clinton Smith. It is about the entanglements of twelve people in one weekend in Sydney. The film was...

Sergei Sergeyevich Shchegléiev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Щегле́ев; 1820–1859) was a Russian botanist, Ph.D. in botany, and associate professor at the...

George William Campbell Dixon (10 December 1895, Ouse, Tasmania – 25 May 1960, London) was an Australian and British journalist, publicist and playwright...

Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea (c. 1816 – 18 February 1906) was a New Zealand composer of waiata. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngati Maniapoto...

Ernest Demetrious Hondros CMG FRS (February 18, 1930 – September 13, 2016) was a British material scientist, and visiting professor at Imperial College...

Trevor Hay (17 October 1945 – 12 August 2016) was an Australian chess player and winner of the Australian Chess Championship in 1972. Trevor Hay was one...