the `` sydney daily telegraph Communication pictorial '' described Statement the event as `` the most dramatic industrial clash that has ever shocked Response australia . ''

on 3 march 1942 , unk , a douglas unk airliner operated by unk , was shot down Use_firearm over western australia by imperial japanese navy air service Supply fighter aircraft , resulting in Causation the deaths Death of four passengers and the loss Earnings_and_losses of diamonds worth an estimated unk ( the equivalent of a $ unk million in 2010 ) .

delegates were sent Sending to the conference Communication by canada , new zealand , the australian self-governing colonies of new south wales , queensland , south australia , tasmania and victoria and the south african colony of cape colony .

the conference Social_event attempted to coordinate Control industrial research for the purposes of promoting Cause_to_make_progress unk trade Exchange and this was largely successful , with departments of scientific and industrial research Research being founded Creating in the uk , new zealand and india , and the commonwealth institute of science and industry being restructured Reforming_a_system in australia .

since the payments Cost were discovered Know , awb limited has undergone a major restructuring Reforming_a_system , losing Earnings_and_losses its monopoly supply of australia wheat exports Supply , and appointing Change_of_leadership an entirely new management .

operation blowdown was an explosives test Testing carried out Military_operation in the iron range jungle of australia 's cape york peninsula in 1963 , to simulate Hold the effects of a nuclear weapon on tropical rainforest .

although never officially stated Statement , there is speculation Coming_to_believe that the test intended to determine Deciding the feasibility of using Using nuclear weapons in clearing the jungles of vietnam , at a time of australia 's increasing involvement in the vietnam war starting in 1962 .

in february 1952 , attlee 's successor , winston churchill , announced Expressing_publicly in the house of commons that the first british atomic bomb test Testing would occur Coming_to_be in australia before the end of the year .

the tour was ian chappell 's last as captain ; he met with Come_together considerable success with the bat , compiling Come_together australia 's highest aggregate , but announced Expressing_publicly his retirement from the captaincy following the final Process_end test Research .

the centrepiece of enlighten canberra is the illuminating Lighting of canberra 's cultural institutions after dark , including old parliament house , parliament house and the national gallery of australia ( since the 2011 event Social_event ) as well as the national portrait gallery and unk ( since the 2012 event Social_event ) .

the unk ashes ( named Name_conferral commonwealth bank ashes series for sponsorship reasons ) was a test Testing cricket series between england and australia .

in the fifth and final test Testing england beat Competition australia for the first time since 1938 and ended Process_end their unbeaten run of 14 tests against england , 26 tests against all teams and 96 games in all cricket since the second world war .

this was the first ashes series to be played Action since the retirement of don bradman and it saw the debut of ken archer , jim burke , graeme hole and jack iverson for australia and john warr and roy tattersall for england .

the series began Process_start in south africa on 16 june , with a test Testing between south africa and australia at newlands , cape town and ended Process_end on 21 july in eden park , auckland with a test Testing between new zealand and australia .

the series began Process_start in south africa on 16 june , with a test Testing between south africa and australia at newlands , cape town and ended Process_end on 21 july in eden park , auckland with a test Testing between new zealand and australia .

since presenting Presence the unk trio at its inaugural concert in january 1983 , the melbourne jazz co-op has presented Presence hundreds of performances featuring many of australia UNK s most respected musicians , from melbourne and interstate , as well as a number of international artists who otherwise may not have performed Hold in melbourne .

though initially planned Arranging , the tour did not visit Traveling australia due to financial problems and the financial recession .

andrew strauss became Becoming just the second england captain in 20 years , alongside michael vaughan in 2005 , to win Earnings_and_losses the ashes the first test was held at the swalec stadium in cardiff , the first test match ever to be held at the ground , and resulted in Causation england saving Earnings_and_losses a draw with one wicket to spare , and ricky ponting surpassing Achieve 11,000 test runs , becoming Becoming australia 's leading test run scorer as the series progressed Cause_to_make_progress .

australia began Process_start the match needing only a draw to retain Preserving the ashes , but an inspired bowling performance from stuart broad to remove Removing australia for just 160 runs , and a maiden test century for jonathan trott in england 's second innings left australia chasing 546 with two days left Departing to play .

australia began Process_start the match needing only a draw to retain Preserving the ashes , but an inspired bowling performance from stuart broad to remove Removing australia for just 160 runs , and a maiden test century for jonathan trott in england 's second innings left australia chasing 546 with two days left Departing to play .

australia began Process_start the match needing only a draw to retain Preserving the ashes , but an inspired bowling performance from stuart broad to remove Removing australia for just 160 runs , and a maiden test century for jonathan trott in england 's second innings left australia chasing 546 with two days left Departing to play .

the tour Traveling began Process_start on 19 february 2011 in herning , denmark at jyske bank unk and concluded Process_end on 14 july 2011 in cape town , south africa at the grand arena , consisting Cause_to_be_included of 36 shows Social_event in europe , nine shows Social_event in asia , 17 shows Social_event in north america , 10 shows Social_event in australia and five shows Social_event in africa .

since 1916 the anniversary of the landings on 25 april has been commemorated Social_event as anzac day , becoming Becoming one of the most important national celebrations in australia and new zealand .

supporting Supporting the carrier aircraft were eight b-17 bombers of the 435th bombardment squadron of the 19th bombardment group from garbutt field , townsville , australia and eight royal australian air force hudson bombers of no .

south africa had already been touring Traveling australia for a month , but did not win Earnings_and_losses any of their four first-class matches , and lost Earnings_and_losses the test series unk .

on 22 september 1966 a vickers viscount departed Departing from mount isa , queensland , australia for a 73-minute flight to longreach .

the india national cricket team toured Traveling australia in the unk season Competition to play Competition a five-match test series Competition against australia .

the india national cricket team toured Traveling australia in the unk season Competition to play Competition a five-match test series Competition against australia .

at learmonth , the plane was met Come_together by the royal flying doctor service Supply of australia and careflight , where 14 people were airlifted Bringing to perth for hospitalisation , with 39 others also attending Participation hospital .

brisbane open Openness house is a doors open Openness days event Social_event held in brisbane , queensland , australia that showcases many of the city 's buildings to the public .

eltingh did not participate Participation at this year 's australian open , leaving GiveUp UNK to team up with australia 's patrick rafter .

the unk ashes series between australia and england consisted of five test Testing cricket matches , each of six days duration with five hours play each day and eight ball overs .

at the conclusion of the round robin games , the highest ranked side ( in this case , australia ) progressed Cause_to_make_progress through to the final leaving Causation 2nd and 3rd place ( new zealand and sri lanka ) to contest Competition the semi final .

australia had not lost Earnings_and_losses a test since the second world war and were strong favourites .

their captain don bradman had publicly expressed Expressing_publicly his ambition of going through the tour without defeat , and australia won 10 of their 12 lead-up matches Competition , eight by an innings .

nevertheless , the final result was a unk series win for australia , with the third test being drawn .

the series Competition saw a number of notable cricketing feats , including a unk partnership between bradman and arthur morris , aided Assistance by many dropped Earnings_and_losses catches and missed stumpings , during the fourth test , and australia 's heaviest win of the series in the fifth test , where england were bowled Body_movement out for 52 in half a day .