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  • Lavington Sports Ground

    Lavington Sports Ground is a sports ground located in an area known as "Hamilton Valley", which is part of the suburb of Lavington on the north-west fringe of Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The capacity of the venue is estimated at around 20,00…

  • Kardinia Park (stadium)

    Kardinia Park (currently known as Simonds Stadium due to naming rights) is regional Victoria's premier sporting and entertainment venue located in South Geelong, Victoria. The stadium which is owned and operated by the City of Greater Geelong is the…

  • Horizontal Falls

    The Horizontal Falls or Horizontal Waterfalls (nicknamed the "Horries") is the name given to a natural phenomenon on the coast of the Kimberley region in Western Australia.

  • HMVS Cerberus

    HMVS Cerberus (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1871 and 1924.

  • Flemington Racecourse

    Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is Australia's richest horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the M…

  • City of Manningham

    The City of Manningham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and is divided into 12 suburbs, with the largest being Doncaster and Doncaster East, over an area of 114 square kilometres.

  • Callan Park Hospital for the Insane

    The Callan Park Hospital for the Insane (1878 – 1914) was an insane asylum located in the grounds of Callan Park, an area on the shores of Iron Cove in the Sydney suburb of Lilyfield in Australia. In 1915 the facility was renamed Callan Park Mental …

  • Brisbane City Hall

    Brisbane City Hall, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the seat of the Brisbane City Council. It is located adjacent to King George Square, where the rectangular City Hall has its main entrance. The City Hall also has frontages and entrances in …

  • Bright, Victoria

    Bright (pronunciation [ˈbɹɑet̥]) is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia, 319 metres above sea level at the southeastern end of the Ovens Valley. At the 2011 census, Bright had a population of 2,165. It is in the Alpine Shire local government …

  • Blackwater, Queensland

    Blackwater is both a town and a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the major town in a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland.

  • Big Banana

    The Big Banana is a tourist attraction and amusement park in the city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The grounds of the park are set amongst a banana plantation, featuring a large walk-through banana. Built in 1964, it was one of Aust…

  • Zetland, New South Wales

    Zetland is an inner-east suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney.

  • Wilpena Pound

    Wilpena Pound is a natural amphitheatre of mountains located 429 kilometres (267 mi) north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park. The Pound is the most northern point with access via a sealed road …

  • Waverley Park

    Waverley Park (originally VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football …

  • Tullamarine, Victoria

    Tullamarine is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district. It is split between three local government areas—the cities of Brimbank, Hume and Moreland.

  • Springbrook National Park

    The Springbrook National Park is a protected national park that is located in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. The 6,197-hectare (15,310-acre) park is situated on the McPherson Range, near Springbrook, approximately 100 kilometres…

  • RAAF Williams

    RAAF Williams (ICAO: YMPC) comprises the two bases of Point Cook and Laverton, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria. Both establishments previously existed as separate RAAF Bases (RAAF Base Point Cook and RAAF Base Laverton) until 1989 when they …

  • Mount Buffalo National Park

    The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park located in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The 31,000-hectare (77,000-acre) national park is located approximately 350 kilometres (220 mi) northeast of Melbourne in the Australian Alps.

  • Mitchell Freeway

    Mitchell Freeway is a 30-kilometre-long (19 mi) freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with the satellite city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of State Route 2, which continues south as Kwinana Fr…

  • Maralinga

    Maralinga in the remote western areas of South Australia was the home of the Maralinga Tjarutja, a southern Pitjantjatjara Indigenous Australian people. Maralinga was the site of the secret British nuclear tests in the 1950s. The site measures about…

  • Lady Elliot Island

    Lady Elliot Island is the southernmost coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The island lies 46 nautical miles (85 km; 53 mi) north-east of Bundaberg and covers an area of approximately 45 hectares (110 acres). It is part of the Capricorn …

  • Goondiwindi

    Goondiwindi /ɡʌndəˈwɪndi/ is an Australian town of approximately 5,629 people. The town has an annual population growth of 1.4 percent.

  • Geography of Western Australia

    Western Australia occupies nearly one third of the Australian continent. Due to the size and the isolation of the state, considerable emphasis has been made of these features; it is the second largest administrative territory in the world, after Yak…

  • Fire and Rescue NSW

    Fire and Rescue NSW (previously known as New South Wales Fire Brigades), an agency of the Government of New South Wales, Australia, is responsible for firefighting, rescue and hazmat services in the major cities, metropolitan areas and towns across …

  • Woy Woy, New South Wales

    Woy Woy is a coastal town and a southern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern reaches of Brisbane Water 79 km (49 mi) north of Sydney.

  • Cooper Basin

    The Cooper Basin is a sedimentary geological basin in Australia. The basin is located mainly in the south west part of Queensland and extends into north eastern South Australia. It is named after the Cooper Creek which is an ephemeral river that run…

  • City of Ryde

    The City of Ryde is a local government area that services certain suburbs located within the Lower North Shore and Northern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.