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Banksia is a genus of around 170 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily...

James Dunlop FRSE (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was a Scottish astronomer, noted for his work in Australia. He was employed by Sir Thomas Brisbane...

The Rimutaka Incline was a 3-mile-long (4.8 km), 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railway line on an average grade of 1-in-15 using the Fell system between Summit...

Richard Laurence "Darby" McCarthy OAM (1944 – 6 May 2020) was an Australian jockey. McCarthy was born in a sandhills camp at Cunnamulla in Queensland,...

Ken Shorter (born c. 1946-1947), also credited as Kenneth Shorter. is an Australian actor best known for playing the title role in the biker film Stone...

A Cape Horner is a captain of a sailing ship which has sailed around Cape Horn, and who is a member of the Association Amicale Internationale des Capitaines...

The Raurimu massacre was a 1997 mass shooting that occurred in Raurimu, New Zealand. Stephen Anderson murdered six people and wounded four. The massacre...

Suzanne Kreitner Hale is a former United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia. The United States Senate confirmed Hale on June 25, 2004...

UNSW College, owned by UNSW Sydney, offers pathway programs for international students to university. UNSW was the first in Australia to offer a Foundation...

The Institute of Lens Arts Australia was an independent film school founded in 1994 by John Wynn-Tweg and located in Kalorama, Victoria, Australia. Diploma...

Auckland 1A 1st XV Rugby is the Premier Rugby Union competition for secondary schools and colleges in Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland 1A 1st XV Rugby is...

Gimmerburn is a farming community on the Maniototo Plain in the Otago region of New Zealand. It is situated 11 km southwest of Ranfurly and largely consists...