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Yarra
(Encyclopedia) Yarra, river, 115 mi (185 km) long, rising in the Great Dividing Range, S Victoria, Australia, and flowing generally westward through Melbourne to Port Phillip Bay. It is important to…Coolgardie
(Encyclopedia) Coolgardie, Australia: see East Coolgardie Goldfield; Kalgoorlie.bloodstone
(Encyclopedia) bloodstone or heliotrope, green chalcedony spotted with red, used as a gem stone. It is found in India, the United States, Brazil, and Australia.Queensland
(Encyclopedia) Queensland, state (2016 pop. 4,703,193), 667,000 sq mi (1,727,200 sq km), NE Australia. Brisbane is the capital; other important cities are Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Townsville,…Gordon
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and…Hunter Valley
(Encyclopedia) Hunter Valley, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. The Hunter River and its tributaries occupy this valley S of the Mt. Royal Range. The land in the upper valley is used for…Barton, Sir Edmund
(Encyclopedia) Barton, Sir Edmund, 1849–1920, Australian jurist and statesman. He was a leader in the movement for Australian federation, and became the first prime minister of the Commonwealth of…Queensland, University of
(Encyclopedia) Queensland, University of, at Brisbane, Australia; founded 1909. It has faculties of agriculture, architecture and planning, arts, business studies, commerce and economics, education,…Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald
(Encyclopedia) Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald, 1881–1955, British anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and in Australia. Radcliffe-Brown fostered the development of social…Brisbane
(Encyclopedia) Brisbane Brisbane brĭzˈbən [key], city (2021 pop. 2,189,878, Greater Brisbane pop. 2,451,804…Trending
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