Australian fact file

Australia’s oldest town

Australia’s oldest town

Australia’s oldest town is George Town, a Tasmanian coastaltown on the east bank of the mouth of the Tamar River. Firstsettled in November 1804.

Australia’s oldest town

Australia’s oldest town is George Town, a Tasmanian coastaltown on the east bank of the mouth of the Tamar River. Firstsettled in November 1804.

Our largest rock

Our largest rock

Mt. Augustus, the worlds 39th largest rock, sits in the outback of WesternAustralia east of Carnarvon. The rock of the mountain is estimated tobe 1 billion years old, sitting on...

Our largest rock

Mt. Augustus, the worlds 39th largest rock, sits in the outback of WesternAustralia east of Carnarvon. The rock of the mountain is estimated tobe 1 billion years old, sitting on...

Largest nuclear bomb detonation

Largest nuclear bomb detonation

Taranaki is the site of the largest nuclear bomb detonation (by the British army) at Maralinga, South Australia. It was larger than the bomb that devastated Hiroshima. There were two...

Largest nuclear bomb detonation

Taranaki is the site of the largest nuclear bomb detonation (by the British army) at Maralinga, South Australia. It was larger than the bomb that devastated Hiroshima. There were two...

Australia's first European Queen

Australia's first European Queen

Tasmanian, Mary Donaldson, as, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, has risen to the rank of queen when her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, was proclaimed king of that European nation Sunday...

Australia's first European Queen

Tasmanian, Mary Donaldson, as, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, has risen to the rank of queen when her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, was proclaimed king of that European nation Sunday...

Introduced the use of photography into geological work

Introduced the use of photography into geologic...

Richard Daintree  was born in 1832 and was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria 1854-56, as a field surveyor. His extensive knowledge led to the opening of many...

Introduced the use of photography into geologic...

Richard Daintree  was born in 1832 and was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria 1854-56, as a field surveyor. His extensive knowledge led to the opening of many...

Invention of the Oral Contraceptive Pill

Organic Chemist, the late Arthur John Birch born in 1915 was Professor of Organic Chemistry, Australian National University, from 1967. Earlier he was at Oxford University, Cambridge University, the University...

Invention of the Oral Contraceptive Pill

Organic Chemist, the late Arthur John Birch born in 1915 was Professor of Organic Chemistry, Australian National University, from 1967. Earlier he was at Oxford University, Cambridge University, the University...