For the first time , in 2016 Norfolk Island was included Cause_to_be_included in the Australian census rather than being conducted Action by the Norfolk Island Government .

The cartoonist Roy Ullyett summed up Statement the summer with the picture of a dazed Communication kangaroo in Australian strip and the ditty : `` Here lie the Ashes of '56 , skittled Attack by Laker for next to nix .

The second line refers to the Australian complaints Judgment_communication that the grass had been shaved Removing off the Old Trafford wicket to help Assistance the England spinners .

Summadayze was an annual Australian music festival Social_event held Hold in the month of January .

The battle Military_operation was fought Hostile_encounter by Australian and United States forces Causation against the Japanese beachheads at Buna , Sanananda and Gona .

Australian forces Causation maintained Preserving contact as the Japanese conducted Action a well-ordered rearguard action .

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 .

The 2012–13 Australian bushfire season had above average fire potential for most of the southern half of the continent from the east coast to the west .

Additionally , six of the 20 hottest days in Australian records ( by average maximum ) have been in January 2013 .

The Australian mini-tour Social_event of July 2004 marked Recording the first time the band played in the country .

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival Social_event ( MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival ) is a biennial event Social_event held in Hobart Tasmania celebrating Social_event wooden boats .

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival Social_event ( MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival ) is a biennial event Social_event held in Hobart Tasmania celebrating Social_event wooden boats .

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 .

The First Australian Wooden Boat Festival Social_event was held in 1994 ( 180 boats ) .

Australian artists included Cause_to_be_included Daddy Cool , Spectrum , Fraternity , Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs , Fanny Adams , Jeff St John 's Copperwine with Wendy Saddington , Company Caine and Chain .

In March 2013 Black Sabbath 's Ozzy Osbourne recalled Statement the group 's debut Process_start Australian performance , `` That was the Myponga Pop Festival Social_event if I remember right ?

Relying mostly on analysis of data from the Inmarsat satellite with which the aircraft last communicated Communication , the Australian Transport Safety Bureau proposed initially that a hypoxia event was the most likely cause given Giving the available evidence , although there has not been any consensus concerning this theory among investigators Criminal_investigation .

Unlike the Big Day Out , which featured various local acts at each city , Alternative Nation 's line-up Come_together was the same at all three events , except in Brisbane where four more Australian bands , Budd , Catfish , Dreamkillers and Chalk were included Cause_to_be_included .

Somewhat cynically , however , all of the Australian bands that performed Hold in Melbourne and Sydney , except Def FX , were relegated Change to smaller stages away from the main performance area .

In Melbourne , future Australian music superstars Powderfinger played Participation on the back of a flatbed truck for a crowd of approximately 40 people .

Operation Military_operation Rimau was an attack Attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour , carried out Action by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit , during World War II using Australian built Building Hoehn military MKIII folboats .

The 2nd Australian Division occupied Hold the Butte on 24 February 1917 , during the German retirements Departing made Action on the Somme front , preparatory to Operation ( ) , the German retreat Escaping to the Hindenburg Line .

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau ( ATSB ) final Process_end report Reporting could not determine Deciding what incapacitated Hindering the occupants .

The concerts Social_event showcased a more confident Minogue as she began Process_start to command Control control over her image , as well as new songs from the album `` Rhythm of Love '' , which offered Giving a then new sound for the Australian pop star .

The Health Services Union expenses affair was an Australian political scandal that concerned criminal activities associated Collaboration with the financial affairs of the Health Services Union of Australia ( HSU ) , between 2006 and 2007 ; and the Health Services Union `` east branch '' ( HSUeast ) between 2006 and 2011 .

Melbourne prevailed Conquering 6-0 in the joint Collaboration largest win Earnings_and_losses in A-League history , and the greatest ever deficit Earnings_and_losses in any Australian soccer Grand Final Process_end , including the old NSL .

The Blood Hole massacre Killing occurred Coming_to_be in what is now the Australian state of Victoria at Middle Creek , 6 – 7 miles from Glengower Station between Clunes and Newstead at the end Process_end of 1839 or early 1840 , killing Killing an unknown number of Aborigines from the Grampians district who were on their way home after trading Exchange goods for green stone axe blanks that they obtained Getting near what is now Lancefield .

On October 27 , the band announced Expressing_publicly that John McVie had been diagnosed Check with cancer , and that they were cancelling Change_event_time their New Zealand and Australian performances in order for him to undergo Cure treatment .

Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain ( 11 June – 17 August 1980 ) was an Australian two-month-old baby girl who was killed Killing by a dingo on the night of 17 August 1980 , on a family camping trip Traveling to Uluru ( also known as Ayers Rock ) in the Northern Territory .

This was one of the biggest and most misunderstood cases in Australian history .

The story has been made Creating into a TV movie , a feature film , `` Evil Angels '' ( released Publishing outside Australia and New Zealand as `` A Cry in the Dark '' ) , a TV miniseries , a play by Brooke Pierce , a concept album by Australian band The Paradise Motel and an opera , `` Lindy '' , by Moya Henderson .

Showgirl : The Greatest Hits Tour was the eighth concert Social_event tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue , in support Supporting of her second major greatest hits Attack compilation , `` Ultimate Kylie '' ( 2004 ) .

Dean was the second-most intense tropical cyclone Catastrophe worldwide of 2007 in terms of pressure , only behind Cyclone George in the Australian region , and tied Connect with Felix as the most intense worldwide in terms of 1-minute sustained winds .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade with American armour and artillery in support Supporting , and the PVA 117th Division of the 39th Army , around the village of Pakchon on the Taeryong River .

In their first battle Hostile_encounter with the PVA , the 3rd Battalion , Royal Australian Regiment ( 3 RAR ) captured Conquering a well defended Defending hill with only limited Limiting offensive support , and held Defending it in the face of heavy counter-attacks before confused Perception_active command Control decisions Deciding resulted in Causation a disorganised night withdrawal Escaping while still in contact Communication .

In the aftermath Catastrophe the inexperienced Australian battalion commander—Lieutenant Colonel Floyd Walsh—was relieved Cure of his position by the British brigade commander , having taken over Conquering just six days earlier following the death Death of the previous commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Charles Green at Chongju .

On 31 January 1945 a Stinson Model A aircraft departed Departing from Melbourne for a flight of to Kerang , Victoria—the first leg of an Australian National Airways regular scheduled service to Broken Hill , New South Wales .

The system was the second cyclone and first severe tropical cyclone of the active 1999–00 Australian region cyclone season .

John reached Achieve peak intensity on 14 December as a Category 5 cyclone on the Australian cyclone scale , the highest rating possible .

After the season , the name `` John '' was retired Process_end from the Australian tropical cyclone naming list .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gwenda was tied Connect with Cyclone Inigo as the most intense Australian tropical cyclone Catastrophe on record ( with the possible exception of Cyclone Mahina ) , with a barometric pressure of 900 hPa ( mbar ) and was the most intense storm Catastrophe worldwide in 1999 .

`` End of Love '' was released Publishing as the album 's lead single , followed by `` Ivory Tower '' , and `` Are You Ready '' ( a cover of the 2005 hit by Australian duo Shakaya ) .

British units that reached Arriving the summit of Chunuk Bair early on 8 August 1915 to engage Hostile_encounter the Turks were the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand and Australian Division , 7th Battalion , Gloucestershire Regiment , and 8th Battalion , Welch Regiment , both of the 13th ( Western ) Division .

The troops were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength in the afternoon by two squads of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment , also part of the New Zealand and Australian Division .

The first troops on the summit were severely depleted Expend_resource by Ottoman return fire and were relieved Process_end at 10:30 pm on 8 August by the Otago Battalion ( NZ ) , and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment , New Zealand and Australian Division .

From 20 July until the battle Hostile_encounter began Process_start , the Australian 1st and 2nd Light Horse Brigades took Action turns pushing Motion out to battle Hostile_encounter the advancing Cause_to_make_progress hostile column .

During fierce fighting Hostile_encounter before dawn on 4 August , the Australian light horsemen were forced to slowly retire Departing .

The retiring Departing force Military_operation was pursued Aiming by the Anzac Mounted Division between 6 and 9 August , during which the Ottomans and Germans forces fought Hostile_encounter a number of strong rearguard actions against the advancing Cause_to_make_progress Australian light horse , British yeomanry and New Zealand mounted rifle brigades .

On 25 April 1915 , the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC ) landed Arriving on the western side of the Gallipoli Peninsula , at what thereafter became Becoming known as Anzac Cove .

During the second phase , lasting from late 1942 until the Japanese surrender Surrendering , the Allies—consisting primarily of Australian and US forces—cleared the Japanese first from Papua , then the Mandate and finally from the Dutch colony .