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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Australia.
See also pages that link to Australia or to this page.

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  • Commonwealth of Nations [r]: An international organisation that evolved out of the British Empire. [e]
  • Asia [r]: The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 billion people, or 60% of Earth's population). [e]
  • Oceania [r]: A major geographical region of the planet Earth, mostly in the southern hemisphere, consisting of Australasia (the Australian continent and New Zealand), Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. [e]

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Other related topics

  • Antarctica [r]: The Earth's southernmost continent, located almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle; covers the South Pole. [e]
  • New Zealand [r]: Country in Oceania, in the South Pacific and belonging to the Commonwealth. [e]
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations [r]: Association of South-East Asian Nations; treaty group formed in 1967, originally comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; Brunei was admitted as a member in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Burma and Laos in 1997, Cambodia in 1999; Australia is a "dialogue partner". [e]
  • Beer [r]: Alcoholic fermented beverage. [e]
  • Boomerang [r]: Traditionally a piece of wood that was carved and twisted so that when it was thrown correctly it would return to the thrower. [e]
  • British Empire [r]: The worldwide domain controlled by Britain from its origins about 1600 until independence was granted to the dominions in the 1920s, India in 1947, and the other colonies about 1960. [e]
  • British and American English [r]: A comparison between these two language variants in terms of vocabulary, spelling and pronounciation. [e]
  • CIA activities in Asia-Pacific [r]: This is a regional-level subpage dealing with CIA intelligence and operations pertaining to the Asia-Pacific area. Large topics may be in subordinate pages. [e]
  • Cacatuidae (Cockatoos) [r]: 21 bird species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, and the order Psittaciformes, found in Australasia. [e]
  • Commonwealth English [r]: A blanket term for the English that developed during the British Empire separately from the United States of America. [e]
  • Constitutional monarchy [r]: A monarchical system of government in which the powers of the head of state are determined by a constitution. [e]
  • Continent [r]: An extended part of the Earth's crust that extends above sea level. [e]
  • De Bortoli Wines [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • First-class cricket [r]: Class of cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration, between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. [e]
  • Grevillea [r]: Genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. [e]
  • Hendra virus [r]: Paramyxovirus in the genus Henipavirus, related to Nipah virus, that is transmitted from bats and is zoonotic causing a highly fatal but rare infection in humans. [e]
  • Pitcairn Island [r]: A small Pacific Island where the crew of the Bounty settled after their famous mutiny. [e]
  • Platypus [r]: An amphibious, egg-laying monotreme (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania, 45-60 cm in total length, having webbed feet and a muzzle like the bill of a duck; also known as the duck-billed platypus. [e]
  • Republicanism [r]: The political ideology of a nation as a republic, with an emphasis on liberty, rule by the people, and the civic virtue practiced by citizens. [e]
  • Solomon Islands [r]: An island republic, part of the Commonwealth of Nations, min the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu; scene of much fighting in the Second World War [e]
  • Torres Strait Islander [r]: A member of a group of Indigenous Australians who inhabit or originate from the Torres Strait Islands, which are situated between the northern tip of Cape York in Queensland and the south-west coast of Papua New Guinea. [e]
  • United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
  • United States Pacific Command [r]: The U.S. Unified Combatant Command, headquartered in Hawaii, and responsible for the Pacific and East Asia [e]
  • Vietnam War [r]: A post-colonial independence/Cold War conflict between communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam, assisted by the United States (1955-1975), to unify Vietnam; won by North Vietnam in 1975. [e]
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