Countries  |  Australia

Aboriginal Cricket Association

We can't find any indication that this group still exists.

Group, Sport / Games, Australia

AC/DC

Hard rock band. Formed in Sydney by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their hit albums include 'Highway to Hell' and 'Back in Black'. Bon Scott was their lead singer and lyricist.

Group, Music / songs, Australia

Anzac Cove landing

Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1.  Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula.  The assault did not go as...

Event, Australia, Turkey

The Ashes

A test cricket series played between England and Australia. The name originated following a satirical obituary published in the British newspaper, The Sporting Times, after Australia's 1882 victory...

Event, Sport / Games, Australia

Winifred Atwell

Pianist. Born Una Winifred Atwell in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago. Her birth date is given as either the 27th of February or April in either 1910 or 1914. She began playing the piano from an early...

Person, Music / songs, TV & Radio, Australia, Caribbean Islands

Commonwealth of Australia

Officially formed on 1st January 1901.

Group, Politics & Administration, Australia

First settlement in Australia

Established at Sydney by Admiral Arthur Phillip.

Event, Exploring, Australia

Government of Australia

Group, Politics & Administration, Australia

Australia House

Home of the High Commission of Australia. Designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and built by Dove Brothers. Construction commenced in 1913, but as many of the building materials came from Austra...

Building, Property, Australia

Australian air crew lost over Europe in WW2

On the monument as "5397 Australian air crew lost in action over Europe during the Second World War 1939 - 1945".

Group, Australia