Popular Post geof_junk Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 Source................> ****Australia**** Australian Exam Sample.pdf First Part.......... 1. Australia is as wide as the distance between London to Moscow. 2. The biggest property in Australia is bigger than Belgium. 3. More than 85% of Australians live within 50km of the coast. 4. In 1880, Melbourne was the richest city in the world. 5. Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest woman, earns $1 million every half hour, or $598 every second. 6. In 1892, a group of 200 Australians unhappy with the government tried to start an offshoot colony in Paraguay to be called ‘New Australia’. 7. The first photos from the 1969 moon landing were beamed to the rest of the world from Honeysuckle Tracking Station, near Canberra. 8. Australia was the second country in the world to allow women to vote (New Zealand was first). 9. Each week, 70 tourists overstay their visas. 10. In 1856, stonemasons took action to ensure a standard of 8-hour working days, which then became recognised worldwide. 11. Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke set a world record for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Hawke later suggested that this was the reason for his great political success. 12. The world’s oldest fossil, which is about 3.4 billion years old, was found in Australia. 13. Australia is very sparsely populated: The UK has 248.25 persons per square kilometre, while Australia has only 2.66 persons per square kilometre. 14. Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts. 15. Australia has the highest electricity prices in the world. 16. There were over one million feral camels in outback Australia, until the government launched the $19m Feral Camel Management Program, which aims to keep the pest problem under control. More than 60 more in PDF or Link 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ridge Runner Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 17. Bigger Jackrabbits than Texas but Australia call’s them Kangaroos. Chuck 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Crikey, GJ I think most of us OZ prospectors would be deported for failing. I got the Bob Hawke one and RRs 17........ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 An Aust Passport, Residence or proficient in thong use (NursePaul would pass) removes the Exam Requirement. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 But what happened to the two planes in #77 ????? The crew are out looking just in case....???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevastras Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 hours ago, rvpopeye said: But what happened to the two planes in #77 ????? The crew are out looking just in case....???? I had to know as well, so I googled it. The planes became stuck together one on top of the other. 3 of the 4 crew bailed out and the pilot on the top plane figured out he could still maneuver the planes and was able to make a successful emergency landing. The plane on top was able to be repaired and put back into service. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locator Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 7 hours ago, Ridge Runner said: 17. Bigger Jackrabbits than Texas but Australia call’s them Kangaroos. Chuck Have thought they were some bigger kind of grasshopper!?? ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redz Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 8 hours ago, geof_junk said: 8. Australia was the second country in the world to allow women to vote (New Zealand was first). Not quite true. Indigenous women didnt get to vote until 1962. New Zealand only allowed vote but not standing for office. Finland allowed all women to vote and stand for office 1906. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Wyoming Territory beat everyone by a good margin (1869). We were the first government in the world to grant full voting rights plus right to hold political office to women. It was insisted upon in our application for statehood in 1890 too and carried into our acceptance into the Union (all other states rescinded these rights to apply for statehood). There was nothing in the act banning native women or women of color from voting but in practice back then, who knows. Our motto is "the equality state" for that reason though. True we were only a territory and then state, not a country, but NZ and AUS were self governing colonies, which in ways was similar to a territory and state. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMc Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Esther Hobart Morris Esther Hobart Morris Died April 2, 1902 (aged 87) Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. Nationality American Occupation Justice of the peace Known for being the first female judge in the United States of America. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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