Australia (disambiguation)

Australia is a former British colony of prisoners which has retained a great deal of its criminal heritage since breaking free from her mother country in the southern hemisphere. Kangaroo pouches made from a part of the kangaroo which must not be named (the scro*um) are commonplace in tourist areas. Despite the fact that kangaroos are cute and cuddly, Australians like to kill them for sport and profit in this way. Some scholars have compared the Australian thirst for kangaroo-blood profits to the finning of sharks, tusking of elephants, or oiling of whales. Australians are proud of this though, and pretend to be cool, despite the fact that they are horrible, savage hunters without regard for decency.

Australia or Australian may also refer to:

• Australia (continent), smallest of the world's continents
• The Australian, a newspaper
• Australia (board game), a board game by Ravensburger
• Australia (2008 film), by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman
• Australia (1989 film), directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien, a story about Edouard Pierson

In music:

• "Australia" (song), a 1996 single by the Manic Street Preachers
• Australia (album), an album from the German cross-cultural new age group Cusco
• Australia (Howie Day album), an album from the singer-songwriter Howie Day
• "Australia" (The Kinks song), a song by The Kinks from their 1969 concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
• "Australia" (Guttermouth song), a song by Guttermouth from their 2000 split EP with Australian band Mach Pelican, Chicken & Champagne
• "Australia" (The Shins song), a song by The Shins from their 2007 album Wincing the Night Away
• "Australia" (Gyroscope song), a 2008 single by Gyroscope, from their album Breed Obsession

In ships:

• HMS Australia (1888), a ship in the Royal Navy
• HMAS Australia, three ships in the Royal Australian Navy
• Australia II, a 12-metre yacht, Australia's first successful America's Cup challenger

Other:

• Australia (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby bear produced by Ty Inc. in 2005 in honor of Australia

See also:

• Australasia
• Austria
• Austrasia