Countries  |  Australia

Aboriginal Cricket Association

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

Group, Sport / Games, 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, War Memorial WW1, 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

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

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, War Memorial WW2, Australia

Australian Army

Group, Armed Forces, Australia

Australian service men and women - WW1, WW2

1.5 million Australian service men and women fought in the two World Wars; of which 101,000 were killed.

Group, War Memorial WW1, War Memorial WW2, Australia

transportation to Australia

One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.

Event, Law, Transport, Australia