australia

• "The Wet"

  noun The Wet is the rainy season during Summer in northern tropical Australia.

• ANZAC Day

  noun ANZAC day in Australia, is April 25th. It's the anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915. It's the national day of remembrance for Australian Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen, killed in wars overseas. Recently members of "Enemy Armed Forces" also march with Australians in celebrations across the country and is seen as a measure of reconciliation.

• ANZAC biscuit

  noun type of cookie; An ANZAC biscuit a national biscuit of Australia, purportedly invented on the war fields of the First World War. The recipe can vary but the essential ingredients are rolled oats and golden syrup. (see biscuit)

• Adelaide

  noun Adelaide is the capital and city of southern Australia northwest of Melbourne. It was founded in 1836. Population:1,071,100.

• Alice, the

  noun Alice Springs, a town in the Northern Territory of Australia.

• Alice, the

  Alice Springs, a town in the Northern Territory of Australia

• Apple Isle

  noun Tasmania, an island state of Australia, so called for the huge apple industry on the island.

• Ashes, the

  noun The name for the trophy in an ongoing series of Cricket Tests between Australia and England. The story goes that Australia won the first test and England burned the stumps in shame. The ashes were placed in a small urn which is now the trophy.

• Aussie

  some one from Australia a Australian

• Australia Day

  noun A day that has been celebrated ever since 1788. It's a united Australian national day, celebrated on January 26th when formal possession was taken of the colony of New South Wales.

• Australia

  noun A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent, Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago. It's the world's smallest continent, southeast of Asia between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Australia is a commonwealth comprising the continent of Australia, the island state of Tasmania, two external territories, and several dependencies. The first British settlement, a penal colony at Fort Jackson (now part of Sydney), was established in 1788. The present-day states grew as separate colonies; six of them formed a federation in 1901. In 1911 Northern Territory joined the commonwealth and the Capital Territory, site of Canberra, was created. Canberra is the capital and Sydney is the largest city. (Population=18,322,231) It's about 3/4 the size of the continental United States.

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