The Trans-Australian Airlines hijacking Kidnapping was Australia 's first aircraft hijacking Kidnapping .

It occurred Coming_to_be on 19 July 1960 over Brisbane in a Trans Australia Airlines Lockheed Electra .

The competition Competition was won by Australia , who defeated Earnings_and_losses host nation England 2–1 in the final .

In the other group , things were expected to be more straightforward , with West Germany and Australia ( Olympic silver medallists and fourth place respectively ) being the two favourites .

Australia duly topped Placing the group by defeating Earnings_and_losses everybody except the Germans , with whom they drew Motion : the Germans also finished Process_end the group undefeated to qualify Getting comfortably in second place , though they also drew Motion with Spain and India .

The second semi-final , after all that , was an anti-climax , Australia hammering Hold the Soviet Union by 5-0 .

The final was also a rematch of sorts - England having defeated Earnings_and_losses Australia in the Olympic third-place play-off , the Aussies were out for revenge Revenge .

England started Process_start slowly , and Terry Walsh scored Hold an early goal to put Australia into a deserved lead .

Late on in the game , a defensive error finally allowed Preventing_or_letting Jon Potter in to score , but it was too little , too late : Australia hung Body_movement on for a 2-1 victory .

As stated Statement by Minogue herself in 1991 , the tour Traveling was technically a continuation Expansion of the previous Rhythm of Love Tour Traveling which had already visited Traveling Australia and Asia .

As with many of her prior tours , the Confessions Tour did not go to Motion Australia , prompting Causation Madonna to release an apology statement Statement on her website .

Rainbow Serpent Festival is a 4-day annual open-air electronic music , art , and lifestyle festival that takes place during the Australia Day long weekend , around 26 January , in Lexton , Victoria , 160 kilometers west of Melbourne , Australia .

Rainbow Serpent Festival is a 4-day annual open-air electronic music , art , and lifestyle festival that takes place during the Australia Day long weekend , around 26 January , in Lexton , Victoria , 160 kilometers west of Melbourne , Australia .

The show also came to Motion Australasia towards the end of 2011 , performing Hold several shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December of that year .

The 2006 Tri Nations Series , an annual rugby union competition Competition between the national teams of Australia , New Zealand and South Africa , marked Recording the tenth anniversary Social_event of the original competition Competition .

With three rounds still remaining Presence , the New Zealand All Blacks were assured Achieve of first place in the competition Competition after their victory Earnings_and_losses over Australia on 19 August , their 21st consecutive home win Getting .

The All Blacks won all three matches Competition against Australia , thus retaining Earnings_and_losses the Bledisloe Cup .

Australia regained Getting the Mandela Challenge Plate after winning Getting their two home tests Testing against South Africa .

Australia won the series 5–0 and regained Getting the Ashes for the first time since 2006–07 .

In doing so , Australia recorded Recording only the third 5–0 Ashes whitewash in history .

Beginning Process_start with this series , the four-year cycle of Ashes series in Australia was brought Bringing forward one year .

This meant this series was held Hold three years after the previous 2010–11 series in Australia and only three months after the end Process_end of the 2013 Ashes in England .

This rescheduling Change_event_time was to avoid Preventing_or_letting clashes Hostile_encounter between Ashes series in Australia and the Cricket World Cup , both previously held Hold very close together in their four-year cycles .

It formed Coming_to_be part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1950–51 and the matches Competition outside the Tests were played Action in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club .

The England team under the captaincy of the big-hearted all-rounder Freddie Brown was regarded Change_sentiment as the weakest sent Sending to Australia and `` without Bedser and Hutton , England would have been little better than a club side '' .

After this victory England would defeat Conquering Australia in 1953 , 1954–55 and 1956 .

It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015 .

The tournament Competition was won by Australia after defeating Conquering South Korea 2–1 in extra time in the final Competition , thereby earning Getting the right to participate Participation in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup , which was hosted Social_event by Russia .

The win Earnings_and_losses was Australia 's first Asian title Name_conferral since their move Motion from the Oceania Football Confederation ( OFC ) in 2006 .

It was also the first time a men 's team Cause_to_amalgamate has become Becoming champions Getting of two confederations , following Australia 's four OFC Nations Cup titles : 1980 , 1996 , 2000 and 2004 ; right after the Australian women 's team Cause_to_amalgamate won the 2010 AFC Women 's Asian Cup .

Australia was chosen Choosing as the host Social_event on 5 January 2011 , after being the sole bidder for the right to host Social_event the 2015 tournament Competition .

It was the first time that Australia had hosted Social_event the tournament Competition , and it was also the first time the Asian Cup had been held outside the continent of Asia .

As hosts Social_event , Australia automatically qualified Participation for the final tournament Competition , while the remaining 15 finalists Participation ( with the exception of Japan and South Korea who qualified Participation via their top three position in the previous Asian Cup ) were decided Deciding through a qualification Testing process , featuring Cause_to_be_included 44 teams , from February 2013 to March 2014 .

The 2007 Tri Nations Series was an annual rugby union competition Competition between the national teams of Australia , New Zealand and South Africa .

The census Scrutiny in Australia , or officially , the Census of Population and Housing , collects Come_together key characteristic data on every person in Australia , and the place they are staying in , on a particular night .

The census Scrutiny in Australia , or officially , the Census of Population and Housing , collects Come_together key characteristic data on every person in Australia , and the place they are staying in , on a particular night .

The census counts all people who are located within Australia and its external and internal territories , with the exception of foreign diplomats and their families , on census night .

It was Australia 's worst civil aviation accident Catastrophe .

The inquiry uncovered Reveal_secret four irregularities in the regulation of civil aviation in Australia and the judge made Manufacturing four recommendations to deal with these irregularities .

The Beyoncé Experience consisted Cause_to_be_included of 96 shows in 2007 over five legs , with concerts in Asia , Australia , North America , Europe and Africa .

While New Zealand proposed Statement that each colony provide a special force for imperial defence in the case of war , Canada and Australia both believed this idea undermined self-government .

While their first tour included Cause_to_be_included more dates and shows in Latin America , South America , and Australia , the Show Us Yours Tour contained Containing fewer shows and remained limited Limiting to the United Kingdom and North America .

The 2014–15 Australian bushfire season was expected to have the potential for many fires Catastrophe in eastern Australia after lower than expected rainfall was received Receiving in many areas .

Throughout 2014 and the first 6 months of 2015 , 18 fires Catastrophe were declared Expressing_publicly `` national disasters '' affecting Influence a total of 68 local government areas across New South Wales , South Australia , Victoria and the Northern Territory .

Another record also beaten in 2013 was Australia 's mean temperature climbing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale from set on 21 December 1972 to on 7 January 2013 .

Australia also experienced its hottest summer on average following a particularly hot spell in January .

Sydney New Year 's Eve Social_event is an annual multi-tiered event held Hold every New Year 's Eve in Sydney , Australia .

This festival Social_event is a celebration Social_event of Australia 's maritime heritage Preserving , though restricts Preventing_or_letting participation by organizations with interests in modern maritime issues Creating , such as preservation Preserving of maritime law and combating Hostile_encounter poachers in the Australian Whale Sanctuary .

It lasted from 23 August 1991 to 9 October 1992 , and included Cause_to_be_included 229 shows in 19 countries throughout Europe , North America , Australia and New Zealand .

The Myponga Pop Festival Social_event was a music festival Social_event which took place Process_start on a farm near Myponga , South Australia from 30 January to 1 February 1971 .