query: who was the first european to visit australia

pos: History of Australia 20th century, until finally, a group of Pintupi people of the Gibson Desert became the last people to be contacted by outsider ways in 1984. While much knowledge was lost, Aboriginal art, music and culture, often scorned by Europeans during the initial phases of contact, survived and in time came to be celebrated by the wider Australian community. The first known landing in Australia by Europeans was by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606. Twenty-nine other Dutch navigators explored the western and southern coasts in the 17th century, and dubbed the continent New Holland. Macassan trepangers visited Australia's northern coasts

pos: Gulf of Carpentaria recognised in 2004. The first European explorer to visit the region (and Australia) was the Dutch Willem Janszoon (whose name is also written as Jansz) in his 1605–6 voyage. His fellow countryman, Jan Carstenszoon (or "Carstensz"), visited in 1623 and named the gulf in honour of Pieter de Carpentier, at that time the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Abel Tasman also explored the coast in 1644. The region was later explored and charted by Matthew Flinders in 1802 and 1803. The first overland expedition to reach the Gulf was the Burke and Wills expedition, led by Robert O'Hara Burke

neg: Koolyanobbing, Western Australia Koolyanobbing, Western Australia Koolyanobbing is located 54 km NNE of the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia. Iron ore is mined here by a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, Ohio. Ore is railed to port at Esperance for export. The current operations commenced in 1993. The first European to visit the area was Charles Cooke Hunt in 1864 who explored the Koolyanobbing range that is situated nearby. The next European to visit the area, in 1887 and later in 1891, was a gold prospector named Henry Dowd, who thought that the rocks in the area were of no

neg: Koolyanobbing, Western Australia each day, stops at Koolyanobbing. Koolyanobbing, Western Australia Koolyanobbing is located 54 km NNE of the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia. Iron ore is mined here by a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, Ohio. Ore is railed to port at Esperance for export. The current operations commenced in 1993. The first European to visit the area was Charles Cooke Hunt in 1864 who explored the Koolyanobbing range that is situated nearby. The next European to visit the area, in 1887 and later in 1891, was a gold prospector named Henry Dowd, who thought that the rocks in

neg: Wakefield River the Wakefield River. The creek was named after the father of C.J. Dennis, who ran a hotel in the town for a time. The first European to discover it was John Hill (incorrectly named William Hill by some sources) in early April 1839, who named it after Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the promoter of the scheme of systematic colonization that led to the founding of the Colony of South Australia. Hill was embarked upon the expedition which led to his discovery of the Clare Valley. The second European to visit was explorer Edward John Eyre, in late May 1839, who records

neg: Constitutional history of Australia to perform some function, such as giving the Royal Assent to an Act of Parliament, for ceremonial purposes during a Royal visit.) Constitutional history of Australia The Constitutional history of Australia began with the first white settlement in Sydney in 1788 and has undergone numerous constitutional changes since. Prior to European settlement of Australia in 1788, Europeans had been to the land merely as explorers. The only exception was James Cook who in 1770 sailed up most of the east coast of Australia and then claimed the entire coastline he had just explored as British territory. The basis of the

neg: Kwolyin, Western Australia Kwolyin, Western Australia Kwolyin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The first European to visit the area, in 1864, was the explorer Charles Cooke Hunt, who charted a large granite hill in the area by its Indigenous Australian name of "Qualyin Hill". The meaning of the name is unknown. By 1908 the area had been settled and the local progress association requested that the government declare a townsite along the Quairading to Nunagin railway that was being proposed. The townsite was selected in 1912 due to its position near Coaring Spring and the townsite was

neg: Karlgarin, Western Australia Karlgarin, Western Australia Karlgarin is a town located south-east of Perth in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. A small traditional farming town, in 2010 Karlgarin made national papers, as the poorest town in Western Australia, with an average of $34,054 taxable income. The first European to visit the area was Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who passed through in 1848. He recorded the name "Carlgarin" as the name of a nearby hill. Karlgarin is an Aboriginal word that is thought to mean "fire hill". Karlgarin was selected as a soldier settlement site and a declaration of a townsite

neg: Kwolyin, Western Australia gazetted in 1913, the same year the railway was opened. The station was initially named as Koarin but later renamed as Kwolyin. Kwolyin's State Hotel was constructed in 1914. It was destroyed by arson in February 1992. The gutted hotel building was demolished in 1992. Kwolyin, Western Australia Kwolyin is a small town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The first European to visit the area, in 1864, was the explorer Charles Cooke Hunt, who charted a large granite hill in the area by its Indigenous Australian name of "Qualyin Hill". The meaning of the name is unknown. By

neg: Karlgarin, Western Australia the local school, general store and church. Twelve buildings were damaged and the town has never fully recovered. Karlgarin, Western Australia Karlgarin is a town located south-east of Perth in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. A small traditional farming town, in 2010 Karlgarin made national papers, as the poorest town in Western Australia, with an average of $34,054 taxable income. The first European to visit the area was Surveyor General John Septimus Roe who passed through in 1848. He recorded the name "Carlgarin" as the name of a nearby hill. Karlgarin is an Aboriginal word that is thought

neg: Mount Margaret, Western Australia Mount Margaret, Western Australia Mount Margaret was an abandoned town located northeast of Perth and southwest of Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The first European to visit the area was government surveyor John Forrest who passed through in 1869 while on an expedition in search of the lost explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. On 25 June he named a nearby hill Mount Margaret after Margaret Elvire Hamersley whom he later married in 1876. The local indigenous name for the hill is "Kalgara". Gold was discovered at the site of the future town in 1893 by prospectors James Ross and

neg: Mount Margaret, Western Australia nearby Mount Morgans for food following another drought and hostility towards them by local station owners. When the Mount Morgans and Linden food depots were closed in 1927, the Aboriginal peoples moved to the mission at Mount Margaret. Mount Margaret, Western Australia Mount Margaret was an abandoned town located northeast of Perth and southwest of Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The first European to visit the area was government surveyor John Forrest who passed through in 1869 while on an expedition in search of the lost explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. On 25 June he named a nearby hill

neg: York Sound both discharge directly into the Sound. The first European to visit the area was the Dutch sailor and explorer, Abel Tasman, who landed in the area in 1644. The area was surveyed in 1820 by Philip Parker King aboard the "Mermaid". During World War Two a small group of Japanese officers landed in the area to determine rumours that large air & naval bases were being built. They became the only Axis soldiers to have landed in Australia during the war. York Sound York Sound is a sound located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia opening into the Indian

neg: Massive (band) Somewhere" was released worldwide through Earache Records on 22 April to critical acclaim and immediately went back on the road around Australia for a second support tour with the Screaming Jets who had personally asked for the band. In August 2016 they announced their first European headline tour which they called the Aussie Wrecking Crew Tour, an all Aussie line up spanning 25 dates. They also played main stage at Hard Rock Hell 10. The Massive "Round 2" UK tour was announced immediately after for November adding another 16 shows to their lengthy European visit. The band took a well

neg: Western Australia arrive in the early 17th century. The first European to visit Western Australia was a Dutch explorer, Dirk Hartog, who on 25 October 1616 landed at what is now known as Cape Inscription, Dirk Hartog Island. For the rest of the 17th century, other Dutch and British navigators encountered the coast, usually unintentionally, as demonstrated by the many shipwrecks along the coast of ships that deviated from the Brouwer Route (because of poor navigation and storms). Two hundred years passed before Europeans believed that the great southern continent actually existed. By the late 18th century, British and French sailors had

neg: Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia following the fall of Saigon to the communists in April 1975. The Liberals—led by Malcolm Fraser—condemned Whitlam, and after defeating Labor in December 1975, allowed South Vietnamese refugees to settle in Australia in large numbers. Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia The Ngô Đình Diệm presidential visit to Australia from 2 to 9 September 1957 was an official visit by the first president of the Republic of Vietnam. It was part of a year of travelling for Diệm, who made official visits to the United States and other anti-communist countries. As with his American trip, Diệm was warmly and

neg: Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia The Ngô Đình Diệm presidential visit to Australia from 2 to 9 September 1957 was an official visit by the first president of the Republic of Vietnam. It was part of a year of travelling for Diệm, who made official visits to the United States and other anti-communist countries. As with his American trip, Diệm was warmly and lavishly received during the height of the Cold War, garnering bipartisan praise from both the Liberal Party of Australia of Prime Minister Robert Menzies and the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP). Diệm addressed the Parliament

neg: Anna's Reservoir Conservation Reserve Anna's Reservoir Conservation Reserve Anna's Reservoir Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located approximately north of Alice Springs and is within the boundaries of Aileron Station. The traditional owners of the area are the Anmatyerre peoples. The first European to visit the area was John McDouall Stuart in April 1860 while on expedition through the area. Stuart named the rock-hole after the youngest daughter of James Chambers, who had sponsored the expedition.Stuart visited the rock-hole on his next three attempts to rach the north coast of Australia. Other travellers and the builders

neg: Australia on the Map as a commemorative theme for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Matthew Flinders’ 1814 map of Australia, "Terra Australis or Australia". Finally, the Australia on the Map Division began preliminary planning, in conjunction with other stakeholders, to develop commemorations in 2016 to mark the first European contact with the west coast of Australia by the visit of Dirk Hartog in the "Eendracht" in 1616. It was on this historic occasion that Hartog left the famous Hartog Plate. Reynders, P. and Gerritsen, R. "2006:The Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the 'Discovery' of Australia: A Report on Workshop, Held in

neg: Eneabba, Western Australia Eneabba, Western Australia Eneabba is a town on the Brand Highway north of Perth, Western Australia. The area is famous for its spectacular display of wildflowers in the spring. It is also home to the Iluka Resources mineral sands facility. The first European visit to the area was in 1839 by the second disastrous George Grey expedition along the west coast. Grey and his party were forced to walk through the area after their boats were lost. On 11 April, Grey discovered and named the Arrowsmith River, after John Arrowsmith the English cartographer. In 1870 the first settler, William Horsley

neg: Youndegin, Western Australia Youndegin, Western Australia Youndegin is a small town 155 km east of Perth, Western Australia along the Goldfields Road situated in the Wheatbelt Region of Western Australia. A police post existed in Youndegin in 1844, the same year several metallic objects later identified as meteorites were found not far from town during a routine police patrol. The townsite of Youndegin was gazetted in 1892. Charles Cooke Hunt was the first European to visit the area in 1864 when he established a track through the area to the eastern pastoral regions. By 1876 the government has set aside land for a

neg: Yamba, New South Wales Yamba, New South Wales Yamba is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia at the mouth of the Clarence River. The first European to visit the area was Matthew Flinders, who stopped by in Yamba Bay for six days in July 1799. The town economy is strongly based on fishing and tourism, but has a diverse range of influences, due to the 'Sea Change' phenomena and the large number of baby boomers who are starting to retire to the warmer climates. In 2017, Yamba had a population of 6,135, but as a popular tourist destination, it can triple its

neg: Petermann Ranges (Australia) Petermann Ranges (Australia) The Petermann Ranges are a mountain range in central Australia. They run across the border between Western Australia and the southwest corner of the Northern Territory. Their highest point is above sea level. The range was formed about 550 million years ago during the Petermann Orogeny. The existing geological research has broadly determined that the "Petermann Ranges" were equivalent in height to the Himalayas. The Petermanns were named for the geographer August Heinrich Petermann by Ernest Giles, the first European explorer to visit the area, and are commonly associated with the Rawlinson Ranges, nearby to the west.

neg: Hundred of Hawarden and the Crown Lands (Validation of Proclamations) Ordinance 1976. Today the Hundred is completely in the Limmen National Park, Limmen, Northern Territory, and the traditional owners of the area are the Yukul Australian Aboriginal people. The nearest settlement is Towns River. Hundred of Hawarden Hundred of Hawarden was a Hundred of Gladstone County, Northern Territory of Australia. The first European to visit the Hundred was Ludwig Leichhardt who went through what would become the hundred as in 1845, and in 1855 Augustus Charles Gregory passed to the south of the Hundred on his route to Gladstone, Queensland. This Hundred was

neg: Yeerakine Rock the local area who didn’t return from the First World War. Flora found around the site include donkey orchids, spider orchids, granite honey-myrtle, york gum, raspberry jam wattle, one-sided bottlebrush, black toothbrush grevillea, teatree and many others. Yeerakine Rock Yeerakine Rock is a granite rock formation located approximately south of Kondinin and approximately north west of Kulin in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The site has a parking area, picnic tables, barbeques and walk trails with information signage. The rock is easily climbed, giving good views over the surrounding plains. The first European to visit the rock was

neg: Mendooran Mendooran Mendooran is a small town adjacent to the Castlereagh River in the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. The town lies at an altitude of 271 metres above sea level, 348 kilometres west of Sydney, 75 kilometres from Dubbo and 71 kilometres southeast of Coonabarabran. At the 2011 census, Mendooran had a population of 302 people. The Castlereagh Highway also runs through the town, changing its name to Bandulla Street in the centre. The district was inhabited by the Wiradjuri tribe before white settlement. The first European to visit the area was surveyor John Evans who

neg: Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn Louis Francois Marie Aleno de Saint Aloüarn (25 July 173827 October 1772) was a notable French mariner and explorer. St Aloüarn was the first European to make a formal, but now unrecognised, claim of sovereignty — on behalf of France — over the west coast of Australia, which was known at the time as "New Holland". Much of this west coast had already been charted by other mariners from the Netherlands, following a landing by Dirk Hartog in 1616, who left a commemorative plaque recording his visit. James Cook, in 1770, had charted and claimed

neg: Louis d'Orléans, Prince of Condé of Louis d'Orléans' heart. His mortal remains are in Chapelle Royale Saint-Louis in Dreux. Louis d'Orléans is primarily remembered for his visit to Australia. He was the first member of a royal house to visit the Australian continent. The first visit by a member of the British Royal Family was in 1867 by Prince Alfred, who reached Australia in October that year and stayed there for five months. Louis d'Orléans, Prince of Condé "Louis" Philippe Marie Léopold d'Orléans (15 November 1845 – 24 May 1866) was a member of the House of Orléans and held the title of Prince of

neg: Yeerakine Rock Yeerakine Rock Yeerakine Rock is a granite rock formation located approximately south of Kondinin and approximately north west of Kulin in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The site has a parking area, picnic tables, barbeques and walk trails with information signage. The rock is easily climbed, giving good views over the surrounding plains. The first European to visit the rock was surveyor general John Septimus Roe who camped there in 1848. He used the collected water at the site and planned the next part of his journey from the top of the rock outcrop. After the area was

neg: Mei Quong Tart Market, now the Queen Victoria Building. He was also a community leader, well connected with the local political and social elites. The Imperial government of China awarded him the status of a Mandarin of the fifth degree, with blue feather, in 1887, in acknowledgment of his service to the Overseas Chinese community and to European-Chinese relations in Australia and for assisting with the 1887 Chinese mission to Australia sponsored by Zhang Zhidong, which was the first official Chinese mission to visit Australia. In 1894, he was advanced to the fourth degree by the Emperor personally and was appointed Mandarin of

neg: Eucla, Western Australia to originate from an Aboriginal word "Yinculyer" which one (uncited) source gives as referring to the rising of the planet Venus. It was first used by Europeans for the area at some point before 1867. In 1841, Eyre and Baxter became the first European explorers to visit the area. In 1867, the president of the Marine Board of South Australia declared a port at Eucla, and in 1870, John Forrest camped at the location for nearly two weeks. In 1873, land was taken up at Moopina Station near the present townsite, and work commenced on a telegraph line from Albany

neg: Fitzroy River (Western Australia) of great spiritual, cultural, medicinal and ecological significance. The first European to visit the Fitzroy River was George Grey in 1837 aboard . The river was subsequently given its European name by Lieutenant J.L. Stokes in February 1838 after Captain Robert FitzRoy R.N. The Fitzroy River flows for from the King Leopold and Mueller Ranges into King Sound south of Derby, and has a catchment area of The first settlement that appeared along the river was Yeeda Station settled in 1880. The initial owners of the station were the Murray Squatting Company composed of William Paterson, George Paterson, Hamlet Cornish

neg: Hundred of Hawarden Hundred of Hawarden Hundred of Hawarden was a Hundred of Gladstone County, Northern Territory of Australia. The first European to visit the Hundred was Ludwig Leichhardt who went through what would become the hundred as in 1845, and in 1855 Augustus Charles Gregory passed to the south of the Hundred on his route to Gladstone, Queensland. This Hundred was one of just 6 Hundreds in the County of Gladstone (located in the Roper River area) which was gazetted 09/01/1873. The Hundred lapsed with the passage in 1976 and subsequent assent of the Crown Lands Ordinance 1976 (No. 1 of 1977)

neg: June rugby union Tests only Wales awarding caps, before touring South Africa and Australia respectively. South Africa hosted England for three tests, the first extended tour there since the Lions' 1997 tour, and won the series 2-0, with one draw. Australia hosted Wales, playing their first three-test home series since the visit of the Lions in 2001, and winning 3-0. Australia had already lost a home test to Scotland, who also beat Fiji and Samoa in single tests. Scotland's visit to the Pacific islands was the first tour there by a tier 1 nation since 2006. Ireland lost to the Barbarians, also a non-cap

neg: Native (album) ending in the Philippines on November 6. Their final leg for 2013 was across Australia and New Zealand, marking their largest tour across Australia and their first visit to New Zealand. A total of four shows were played across Australia, beginning in Perth and ending in Melbourne, from here they went on to play two shows in New Zealand, one in Auckland and one in Wellington, ending November 17. On January 29, 2014, the band began their second European leg, and their fifth leg of the tour. They played a total of 22 shows in February and early March, ending

neg: Mount Clere Station Mount Clere Station Mount Clere Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but currently operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. The property is situated approximately north west of Meekatharra and south of Paraburdoo in the Gascoyne region. The first European to visit the area was Charles Brockman during his exploration of the Gascoyne in 1876. Brockman named Mount Clere as well as the Minilya and Lyndon Rivers. The early setters in the area, including the Davis brothers, who owned Mount Clere, experienced many problems with the local Aborigines, and had reported numerous cases

neg: Roe River (Western Australia) Rufous Creek and Gandjal Creek. The river was named in 1820 by Philip Parker King after the father of master's mate John Septimus Roe during his voyage in "Mermaid"; he also named Prince Frederick Harbour, Prince Regent River and the nearby Mount Trafalgar during the same visit. The first European to trace the Roe from its source to its outflow in Prince Frederick Harbour was government surveyor Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman in 1901. Roe River (Western Australia) The Roe River is a river in the Kimberley of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river lie in the Princess May Ranges within

neg: Menindee, New South Wales Menindee, New South Wales Menindee, frequently but erroneously spelled "Menindie", is a small town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia, in Central Darling Shire, on the banks of the Darling River, with a sign-posted population of 980 and a population of 551. Menindee is the oldest European settlement in western New South Wales, and the first town to be established on the Darling River. The first European to visit the area was the surveyor and explorer Major Thomas Mitchell in 1835. He was followed by Charles Sturt in 1844 and the town was the advance base for

neg: History of Australia since 1945 ties to the United States, hosting the first visit to Australia by an American president, his friend Lyndon Johnson. Significantly, Holt's government introduced the "Migration Act 1966", which effectively dismantled the vestigial mechanisms of the White Australia Policy and increased access to non-European migrants, including refugees fleeing the Vietnam War. Holt also called the 1967 Referendum which removed the discriminatory clause in the Australian Constitution which excluded Aboriginal Australians from being counted in the census – the referendum was one of the few to be overwhelmingly endorsed by the Australian electorate (over 90% voted 'yes'). Holt won the 1967 election

neg: Eneabba, Western Australia Springs, the site of Rowland's original homestead to the east. Eneabba has a Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen "Csa"). Eneabba, Western Australia Eneabba is a town on the Brand Highway north of Perth, Western Australia. The area is famous for its spectacular display of wildflowers in the spring. It is also home to the Iluka Resources mineral sands facility. The first European visit to the area was in 1839 by the second disastrous George Grey expedition along the west coast. Grey and his party were forced to walk through the area after their boats were lost. On 11 April, Grey

neg: Kamay Botany Bay National Park community. The place is also significant for its historical association with important European explorers and scientists and their life's work. These include James Cook, Joseph Banks, Daniel Solander, Compte de Laperouse, Pere Receveur and Joseph Lepaute Dagelet. It is also associated with the First Fleet and the first Governor of NSW, Arthur Phillip. The place is of state significance for the technical achievement of Banks and Solander who during their visit in 1770 made the first important collection of fauna and flora from Australia which included some items that had never before been described and classified. Previous archaeological excavations indicate

neg: Litchfield National Park in the landscape, played a seminal role in forming the landscape, plants and animals of this area. The park was named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a member of the Finniss Expedition that travelled from South Australia in 1864. This was the first European expedition to visit the Top End of Australia by land and it was their aim to explore as widely as possible and establish a settlement at Escape Cliffs, on the mouth of the Adelaide River. Previous attempts at settlement of Australia's northern coast at Fort Dundas, Raffles Bay and Port Essington had already failed. The surveyor and

neg: Harrie Massey of British Space Science" (1984). He was the chairman of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), which was established by the International Council of Scientific Unions, from its founding in 1959 until 1978, and also of the British National Committee for Space Research, its British national chapter. He was also the first Chairman of the European Space Sciences Committee, and helped found the European Space Research Organization and the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at University College London. Space science also gave Massey an excuse to visit Australia; he made some twenty trips. He was involved in the testing of balloons

neg: Kalbarri, Western Australia Kalbarri, Western Australia Kalbarri is a coastal town in the Mid West region located north of Perth, Western Australia. The town is found at the mouth of the Murchison River and has an elevation of . It is connected by public transport to Perth via Transwa coach services N1 and N2. The local Aboriginal people inhabited the area for thousands of years and have a dreaming story about the Rainbow Serpent forming the Murchison River as she came from inland to the coast. The first European people to visit the area were the crew of the trading ship Batavia, belonging

neg: Kalbarri, Western Australia states he is originally from Kalbarri. Kalbarri, Western Australia Kalbarri is a coastal town in the Mid West region located north of Perth, Western Australia. The town is found at the mouth of the Murchison River and has an elevation of . It is connected by public transport to Perth via Transwa coach services N1 and N2. The local Aboriginal people inhabited the area for thousands of years and have a dreaming story about the Rainbow Serpent forming the Murchison River as she came from inland to the coast. The first European people to visit the area were the crew

neg: New Zealand Open events before, but they had all been in Australia, making this the tour's first ever visit to New Zealand. In 2006 the event was moved to November, taking its place on the European Tour schedule for the following calendar year. The 2007 event was the last to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and with the tournament being rescheduled to March, there was also no New Zealand Open on the 2008 Australasian Tour. The 2009 and 2010 tournaments were also co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour. From 2011 to 2017 it was solely

neg: Australia–United States relations to visit Australia during its circumnavigation of the world. The fleet stopped in Sydney, Melbourne and Albany. Deakin, a strong advocate for an independent Australian Navy, used the visit to raise the public's enthusiasm about a new navy. The visit was significant in that it marked the first occasion that a non-Royal Navy fleet had visited Australian waters. Many saw the visit of the Great White Fleet as a major turning point in the creation of the Royal Australian Navy. Shortly after the visit, Australia ordered its first modern warships, a purchase that angered the British Admiralty. During World War

neg: Gingin, Western Australia Gingin, Western Australia Gingin is a small town in Western Australia, located on the Brand Highway north of the Perth city centre. It is the council seat for the Shire of Gingin local government area. Gingin had a population of 743 at the 2011 census, but the shire as a whole had 4,685 people. The town's economy is mostly based on agriculture, although there has been an increasing focus on science with the establishment of the Australian International Gravitational Observatory and Gravity Discovery Centre. There is also a small military airfield, RAAF Gingin, located nearby. The first European to visit

neg: Holt Government faced Britain's withdrawal from Asia by visiting and hosting many Asian leaders and by expanding ties to the United States, hosting the first visit to Australia by an American president, his friend Lyndon Johnson. Holt's government introduced the "Migration Act 1966", which effectively dismantled the White Australia Policy and increased access to non-European migrants, including refugees fleeing the Vietnam War. Holt also called the 1967 Referendum which removed the discriminatory clause in the Australian Constitution which excluded Aboriginal Australians from being counted in the census – the referendum was one of the few to be overwhelmingly endorsed by the Australian

neg: Bass Point Reserve European visit to the region was by colonial explorers and naval men, George Bass and Matthew Flinders, in 1796. Exploring the unknown country to observe and report back to the colony, Bass and Flinders were most-likely the first contact the Elouera people had had with European settlers. The contemporary naming of Bass Point commemorates the initial explorations of these significant explorers. After the Illawarra region had been officially settled, the land was divided into free grants, and Bass Point was granted to D'Arcy Wentworth, a wealthy colonial official and medical practitioner. Wentworth had arrived in Australia as a free settler

neg: Coronation Island (Western Australia) Coronation Island (Western Australia) Coronation Island is located off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Located off Port Nelson in the Bonaparte Archipelago as a part of the group of islands known as the Coronation islands. These were named by Philip Parker King, the first European the visit the islands in 1820, after the anniversary of the late King's coronation. The island encompasses an area of . The traditional owners of the area are the Uunguu peoples of the Wunambal language group whose name for the island is "Garlinju". Careening Bay on the island is the location where King careened

neg: Coronation Island (Western Australia) his cutter, the "Mermaid" to make repairs. While on the island the crew engraved the name of the ship on a Boab tree that is still visible today. Priority flora found on the island include solanum cataphractum. Coronation Island (Western Australia) Coronation Island is located off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Located off Port Nelson in the Bonaparte Archipelago as a part of the group of islands known as the Coronation islands. These were named by Philip Parker King, the first European the visit the islands in 1820, after the anniversary of the late King's coronation. The island encompasses

neg: Ahmadiyya in Australia the Ahmadiyya movement in Australia was only founded in the 1980s. On 15 August 1979, Australian Ahmadis were finally given permission from the international headquarters, then in Pakistan, to formally register the movement in Australia. But it was not until 1987 that the Community was registered in the country. The first caliph to visit the country was Mirza Tahir Ahmad, who first formally arrived in the country on September 25, 1983, via Fiji. The caliph laid the foundation stone of the first Ahmadi mosque in Australia five days later, on 30 September. He visited the country for the second time

neg: Schapelle Corby divorce was finalised in 2003. Returning home to Australia, Corby had a stopover in Bali, where she had been five times since the age of sixteen, which included stopovers on her way to or from Japan. Corby's older sister, Mercedes, is married to a Balinese man (who was Corby's parole guarantor) and lives in Bali. On 8 October 2004, Corby, her brother and two friends flew from Brisbane to Bali transiting in Sydney. It was her first visit to Bali in four years, having several previous stopovers between Australia and Japan to visit her sister, Mercedes. Passing through customs upon

neg: Wallaroo, South Australia declined. Matthew Flinders was the first European to visit the location. When he sailed by on 16 March 1802, he recorded that "the immediate coast ... which extends several leagues to the north of the point, is low and sandy, but a few miles back it rises to a level land of moderate elevation, and is not ill-clothed with small trees." Wallaroo was first settled in 1851 by a sheep grazier, Robert Miller. In 1857, Walter Watson Hughes purchased the land and named it "Walla Waroo". The name was subsequently shortened to "Wallaroo". Copper was soon discovered in the Kadina

neg: Sydney Parkinson Sydney Parkinson Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti. Parkinson was employed by Joseph Banks to travel with him on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific in 1768, in HMS Endeavour. Parkinson made nearly a thousand drawings of plants and animals collected by Banks and Daniel Solander on the voyage. He had to work in difficult conditions, living and working in a small cabin surrounded by hundreds of specimens. In Tahiti he was plagued by swarms

neg: Måns Zelmerlöw in the history of the contest. Throughout the summer of 2015, he made several appearances at music festivals in Sweden and Finland before embarking on a 17-date European tour in September. According to his Twitter and Instagram, before the European tour, he would make his way to Shanghai, China for a visit, promoting his latest album "Perfectly Damaged". In the end of January 2016, Zelmerlöw travelled to Australia and sang at Guy Sebastian's 28 date Concert Tour "You..Me..Us Tour" as a surprise guest artist. Zelmerlöw and his band performed at two dates to the delight of Australian audiences who attended

neg: Dudley Peninsula Dudley Peninsula Dudley Peninsula (known as Presquila Gallissoniere and as the MacDonnell Peninsula from 1857 to 1986) is the peninsula forming the eastern end of Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia. It was occupied by Aboriginal Australians as recently as 3,100 years BP but was found to be unoccupied by the first European explorers to visit it in the early 19th century. It was first settled by Europeans as early as the 1830s. As of 2011, it had a population of 595 people. Dudley Peninsula is the eastern end of Kangaroo Island. It is connected to the

neg: Sydney Parkinson The following are some examples of Parkinson's artistic work: Sydney Parkinson Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti. Parkinson was employed by Joseph Banks to travel with him on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific in 1768, in HMS Endeavour. Parkinson made nearly a thousand drawings of plants and animals collected by Banks and Daniel Solander on the voyage. He had to work in difficult conditions, living and working in a small cabin surrounded by hundreds

neg: Animal Collective of 2006 and saw them visit Australia and New Zealand for the first time in addition to many European festivals and North American dates, including a headline set in the Carling Tent at the Reading and Leeds festival. In the summer of 2006, Dibb's father died, which led to a show breakup after only two songs at Rock Herk Festival on July 15. In the late fall of 2006, Animal Collective released "People" in Australia as a 7" on their Australian label Spunk Records, and worldwide as a 12" and CD EP in early 2007 on FatCat Records. It contains

neg: Whroo Whroo Whroo is a rural locality and ghost town in Victoria, Australia, between Shepparton and Seymour in the Shire of Strathbogie. The area at 36°34S 145°01′e is a former mining area and remains predominantly agricultural today. The locality includes the Whroo Historical Area state reserve. The first inhabitants of the area were the Ngooraialum people. The first European explorer to enter the Goulburn Valley was Thomas Mitchell. The first Europeans to visit the area were the drovers Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney. Squatters started settling the area in 1840. Two sailors – John Thomas Lewis and James Meek Nickinson discovered

neg: Australia–India relations closer security relations, including a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation in 2009. Recent visits by Indian and Australian prime ministers, such as Tony Abbott's visit in 2014, and later the same year Narendra Modi's visit to Australia - the latter being the first by an Indian prime minister in 28 years, and Malcolm Turnbull's visit in 2017 have continued to progress the relationship. While India was Australia's first major trading partner with imports through the East India Company, exports from Australia to India dates back to the late 18th century and early 19th century, when coal from Sydney and horses

neg: Early modern Britain rulers under the threat of force of the Indian Army, 80% of which was composed of native Indian sepoys. In 1770, James Cook became the first European to visit the eastern coast of Australia whilst on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific. In 1778, Joseph Banks, Cook's botanist on the voyage, presented evidence to the government on the suitability of Botany Bay for the establishment of a penal settlement, and in 1787 the first shipment of convicts set sail, arriving in 1788. At the threshold to the 19th century, Britain was challenged again by France under Napoleon, in a

neg: Dirk Hartog Dirk Hartog Dirk Hartog (; baptized 30 October 1580, Amsterdam – buried 11 October 1621, Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, the Hartog plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochszch. Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hartog. Born into a seafaring family, at the age of 30 he received his first ship's command, and spent several years engaged in successful trading ventures in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.

neg: Hartog Plate is currently housed in the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle, Western Australia. Marking the location in 1938, the Commonwealth government commemorated Dirk Hartog's landing with a brass plaque. Just short of 60 years later, on 12 February 1997, the then premier of Western Australia Richard Court unveiled a bronze plaque to mark the tricentennial of Vlamingh's visit. The lighthouse and plaques are located at . Hartog Plate Hartog Plate or Dirk Hartog's Plate is either of two plates, although primarily the first, which were left on Dirk Hartog Island during a period of European exploration of the western coast

neg: Argentina–Australia relations (April - June 1982), Australia sided with the United Kingdom and imposed sanctions against and refused all imports from Argentina. Relations between Argentina and Australia slowly returned to normal after the war. In 1998, President Carlos Menem became the first Argentine head of state to visit Australia. Scott Morrison was the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Argentina during 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit. High-level visits from Argentina to Australia High-level visits from Australia to Argentina Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements, such as an Extradition Treaty (1990); Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (1993); Agreement on Investment

neg: Kerang Kerang Kerang is a rural town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, lucerne and grain. It is located north-west of Melbourne on the Murray Valley Highway a few kilometres north of its intersection with the Loddon Valley Highway, elevation . At the , Kerang had a population of 3,893. "Kerang" is believed to be an Aboriginal word for Cockatoo. The Wemba-Wemba Aborigines are thought to have been the area's first occupants. Thomas Mitchell was the first European to visit the area, in 1836. Squatters

neg: Kerang Kerang Kerang is a rural town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, lucerne and grain. It is located north-west of Melbourne on the Murray Valley Highway a few kilometres north of its intersection with the Loddon Valley Highway, elevation . At the , Kerang had a population of 3,893. "Kerang" is believed to be an Aboriginal word for Cockatoo. The Wemba-Wemba Aborigines are thought to have been the area's first occupants. Thomas Mitchell was the first European to visit the area, in 1836. Squatters

neg: History of Tonga January 21, 1643, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to visit the main island (Tongatapu) and Haapai after rounding Australia and New Zealand while looking for a faster route to Chile. He mapped several islands. Tasman named the island of Tongatapu "t’ Eijlandt Amsterdam" (Amsterdam Island), because of its abundance of supplies. This name is no longer used except by historians. The most significant impact had the visits of Captain Cook in 1773, 1774, and 1777, followed by the first London missionaries in 1797, and the Wesleyan Methodist Walter Lawry in 1822. Around that time, most Tongans

neg: Swami Vivekananda two months. During his first visit to the West he travelled to the UK twice, in 1895 and 1896, lecturing successfully there. In November 1895 he met Margaret Elizabeth Noble an Irish woman who would become Sister Nivedita. During his second visit to the UK in May 1896 Vivekananda met Max Müller, a noted Indologist from Oxford University who wrote Ramakrishna's first biography in the West. From the UK, Vivekananda visited other European countries. In Germany he met Paul Deussen, another Indologist. Vivekananda was offered academic positions in two American universities (one the chair in Eastern Philosophy at Harvard University

neg: Norfolk Island there would be no inducement for anyone, especially from other European powers, to visit and lay claim to the place. From the island was abandoned. In 1824 the British government instructed the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane, to occupy Norfolk Island as a place to send "the worst description of convicts". Its remoteness, previously seen as a disadvantage, was now viewed as an asset for the detention of recalcitrant male prisoners. The convicts detained have long been assumed to be a hardcore of recidivists, or 'doubly-convicted capital respites' – that is, men transported to Australia who committed fresh

neg: Philadelphian cricket team the Philadelphians, who won the game by six wickets. In 1891 a team led by Lord Hawke visited from England, playing two matches. The Philadelphians won a high-scoring first match but the tourists won a low-scoring second match, Sammy Woods taking 15 wickets. 1892 saw Ireland visit Philadelphia. The teams each won one match, with one game drawn. This series was notable as it was the debut of Bart King, who would go on to a successful career bowling for the Philadelphians. The following year saw the first visit of Australia since the game in 1878. It visited on its

neg: English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1863–64 local players on each side: in a close match G. Anderson's XI beat G. Parr's XI by four wickets. English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1863–64 An England cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in the 1863–64 season. This was the second tour of Australia by an English team, the first having been in 1861–62, and the first to visit New Zealand. Like the 1859 team in North America, this team is sometimes referred to as George Parr's XI. The team was captained by George Parr (Nottinghamshire) who was joined by William Caffyn, Julius Caesar, Tom

neg: English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1863–64 English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1863–64 An England cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in the 1863–64 season. This was the second tour of Australia by an English team, the first having been in 1861–62, and the first to visit New Zealand. Like the 1859 team in North America, this team is sometimes referred to as George Parr's XI. The team was captained by George Parr (Nottinghamshire) who was joined by William Caffyn, Julius Caesar, Tom Lockyer, (all Surrey); Alfred Clarke, Cris Tinley, John Jackson (all Nottinghamshire); George Tarrant, Robert Carpenter, Thomas Hayward (all Cambridgeshire);

neg: Waconda Spring European explorer to visit Waconda Spring was Sir William Johnson in 1767; however, this is unlikely. The first recorded visit to the site was by General Zebulon Pike in 1806. Pike visited the spring during his exploration of the Great Plains after he had concluded a treaty with the Pawnee. Settlement in the area did not take place until after Kansas became a state in 1861. The first settler in the region was in 1870 by a man named Pfeiffer, who took out the first claim on the property. Kansas Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy toured the region in 1870 and

neg: History of Leicester Tigers for the third test defeat against the Springboks. To celebrate the club's centenary a 6 match tour to Australia and Fiji was arranged in August 1980, the first undertaken by an English club in the southern hemisphere. Tigers lost 22-12 to Queensland in their first match but recorded victories over Eastern Suburbs and Randwick before traveling to Fiji and winning 3 games. Prestige fixtures staged at Welford Road to mark the centenary were the visit of the Irish Wolfhounds who were beaten 10-6; Romania who won 39-7, with Florică Murariu scoring 4 tries for the visitors and a return visit

neg: Clare, South Australia Clare, South Australia The town of Clare (postcode 5453) is located in South Australia in the Mid North region, 136 km north of Adelaide. It gives its name to the Clare Valley wine and tourist region. The first European to explore the district was John Hill, who in April 1839 discovered and named the Wakefield River and Hutt River. In early 1840 the first European settlers arrived in the district, led by John Horrocks. The town itself was established in 1842 by Edward Burton Gleeson, and named after his ancestral home of County Clare in Ireland, although the town was

neg: Allan Cunningham (botanist) was created by Endlicher in Cunningham's honour. A species of Australian lizard, "Egernia cunninghami", is named in honour of Allan Cunningham. The Australian federal seat of Cunningham, which stretches from Port Kembla in the south of Wollongong to Heathcote in Southern Sydney, was named after him in honour of his being the first European explorer to visit the Illawarra region. The locality of Allan, Queensland was named after him. Allan Cunningham (botanist) Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in Australia to collect plants. Cunningham was born

neg: Edmond Panariti of the national steering committee of the SMI since 2008. He was the secretary for agriculture and environment of the SMI from 2006 to 2008. He was elected to the Tirana municipality council in 2011, and was deputy mayor of Tirana from July 2011 to July 2012. Panariti was appointed minister of foreign affairs on 3 July 2012, replacing Edmond Haxhinasto. He also served as chairman of the committee of European ministers at the Council of Europe until 9 November 2012. Panariti visited Australia on 24 and 25 August 2012, becoming the first Albanian government minister to visit the country.

neg: Huntingfield, Tasmania export market and the completion of the Southern Outlet road to Hobart caused urbanisation and growth. Huntingfield, Tasmania Huntingfield is an outer suburb of the greater Hobart area, bordering Blackmans Bay and Kingston. The area was created in the late 1980s. Located in Huntingfield are Tarremah Steiner School, St Aloysius Catholic College and Kingborough Family Church. In 2017 it's houses were the fastest selling in Australia, which was attributed to resonable prices, and a good range of services. The first European to visit the area was botanist Robert Brown in 1804, and the area was later settled by the Lucas

neg: Huntingfield, Tasmania Huntingfield, Tasmania Huntingfield is an outer suburb of the greater Hobart area, bordering Blackmans Bay and Kingston. The area was created in the late 1980s. Located in Huntingfield are Tarremah Steiner School, St Aloysius Catholic College and Kingborough Family Church. In 2017 it's houses were the fastest selling in Australia, which was attributed to resonable prices, and a good range of services. The first European to visit the area was botanist Robert Brown in 1804, and the area was later settled by the Lucas family. It was predominantly an agricultural area until the late 1960s when bushfires, changes in the

neg: Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia in the midst of the Cold War. He refused to hold the national elections and asserted that Ho Chi Minh would rig the ballots in the north, although he had done so himself in deposing Bảo Đại. Diem arrived in the capital Canberra on 2 September 1957; his visit was the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to Australia. He had visited the US in May, and the visit to Australia was the second of three legs in a tour of anti-communist countries in the Asia Pacific region; Diem had visited Thailand in August and went on to

neg: Niagara Falls, New York Falls State Park and the downtown area closest to the falls continue to thrive as a result of tourism. The population, however, has continued to decline from a peak of 102,394 in the 1960s due to the loss of manufacturing jobs in the area. Before Europeans entered the area, it was dominated by the Neutral Nation of Native Americans. European migration into the area began in the 17th century. The first recorded European to visit the area was Frenchman Robert de la Salle, accompanied by Belgian priest Louis Hennepin, who was the first known European to see the falls. The

neg: England national rugby league team head coach stayed on the guide England to another European Championship in 2003 before leaving in 2004. Kear was replaced by Karl Harrison who won the 2004 European Championships which was the only international competition to be played until 2006 when he was replaced by Paul Cullen who won the first, and last Federation Shield comfortably in 2006. The RLIF announced plans for a World Cup to take place in Australia in 2008 and the RFL appointed their first foreign coach in 2007 by appointing then Leeds Rhinos coach Tony Smith. Smith took England to Australia and guided them to the semi

neg: Mandan planned expedition to visit the Mandans could take place. The first European known to visit the Mandan was the French Canadian trader Sieur de la Verendrye in 1738. The Mandans carried him into their village, whose location is unknown. It is estimated that at the time of his visit, 15,000 Mandan resided in the nine well-fortified villages on the Heart River; some villages had as many as 1,000 lodges. According to Vérendrye, the Mandans at that time were a large, powerful, prosperous nation who were able to dictate trade on their own terms. They traded with other Native Americans both

neg: Sticky & Sweet Tour Sticky & Sweet Tour Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth concert tour by American singer Madonna to promote her eleventh studio album, "Hard Candy". It began in August 2008 and was Madonna's first tour from her new recording and business deal with Live Nation. The tour was announced in February 2008, with dates for European and North American venues revealed. Though initially planned, the tour did not visit Australia due to financial problems and the financial recession. Costume designer Arianne Phillips designed the costumes, supported by a number of famous designers and brands. The stage for the main show

neg: Admiralty Gulf peoples to the west and the Kambure peoples to the east. Nicolas Baudin charted Cape Bougainville in 1803 and Cassini Island and was most likely the first European to visit the Gulf. The coastline around the Gulf was explored by Philip Parker King aboard the Mermaid in 1819 as part of his survey of the area. King named the Gulf along with Port Warrender and Vansittart Bay. Admiralty Gulf Admiralty Gulf is a gulf in the Kimberley of Western Australia that opens into the Indian Ocean. The Gulf is bounded by the Bougainville Peninsula to the North and Bigge Point

neg: Broome, Western Australia Jetty. They chatter and socialise loudly before flying out at dusk each evening. The bats are key pollinators and seed dispersers for native trees and plants. Broome is situated on the traditional lands of the Yawuru people. It is often mistakenly thought that the first European to visit Broome was William Dampier in 1688, but he only visited the north of what was later named the Dampier Peninsula. In 1699 he explored the coast from Shark Bay to La Grange Bay, from where he headed north leaving the Australian coast. Many of the coastal features of the area were later

neg: Australia–Philippines relations state visit in May 2007 while second one was in September 2007 for the 15th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. The last one to visit Australia was President Benigno S. Aquino in October 2012. The two countries celebrated 70 years of diplomatic relations in 2016. This bilateral relation was established when Australia opened a Consulate General in Manila on 22 May 1946. The anniversary is being celebrated in the Philippines and Australia. The Australian Embassy in the Philippines launched the ‘Philippines and Australia: The First 70 Years’ exhibition in November 2015. This exhibition featured momentous milestones in the shared history between

neg: Morgan, South Australia locality. The first Europeans to visit were the expedition of Charles Sturt, who passed by in a rowboat in 1830. The first Europeans to visit overland, by horseback, in March 1838, was the expedition of Hill, Oakden, Willis, and Wood. They noted a large Indigenous population. The locality was originally known to Europeans as the North West Bend, or Nor'west Bend, or Great South Bend, due to an acute change in the trend and direction of the Murray. The westward flowing stream of the river turns here to flow southward. The nearby pioneering pastoral station, Northwest Bend Station, established in

neg: English cricket team in Australia in 1861–62 was formed of the six non-Surrey tourists and another five locals. The World XI won by 6 wickets thanks to an outstanding all-round performance by George Bennett who scored 72 and then took 7-30 and 7-85. This game drew a good attendance of about 8,000. One of the World XI locals was John Conway of Victoria who later managed the first Australian team to tour England. The tour was certainly successful in the long-term sense that it inspired later English teams to visit Australia. The team arrived back in England on 12 May 1862. English cricket team in Australia in

neg: Wyndham, Western Australia of Wyndham-East Kimberley. Wyndham lies on Doolboong country. The first European to visit the area was Phillip Parker King in 1819. He was instructed to find a river 'likely to lead to an interior navigation into the great continent'. He sailed into Cambridge Gulf, which he named after the Duke of Cambridge, and then sailed up a river which was subsequently named after him. Finding no fresh water on the mudflats, he departed. The town of Wyndham was established by John Forrest in 1886 as the major port and trading station of the East Kimberley, after finds of gold in

neg: United States presidential visits to Australia and New Zealand United States presidential visits to Australia and New Zealand Several United States presidents have made presidential visits to Australia and New Zealand. The first visit by an incumbent to these Australasian nations was made in 1966 by Lyndon B. Johnson. His three-day five-city visit to Australia was intended as a show of gratitude to the Australian nation for its then emphatic support for the Vietnam War. Four presidents have traveled there since. Prior to arriving in Australia, Johnson visited New Zealand. He went primarily to shore up support for the war in Vietnam. Only one sitting president has visited since.

neg: Blanchewater Station Blanchewater Station Blanchewater Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the far north of South Australia. It is situated approximately north east of Lyndhurst and south west of Innamincka. The MacDonnell River traverses the property and flows into Lake Blanche. A large waterhole on Mount Hopeless Creek is also situated to the east and once operated as an outstation. The Strzelecki Creek also flows through the property all the way to the northern Flinders Ranges are found to the south of the station. The first European to visit to the area was Benjamin Babbage in

neg: Australia–Philippines relations operations. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, there have been many high-level visits between the two countries. Then Vice President Carlos P. García, was on an official visit to Australia at the time of President Ramon Magsaysay's untimely death, and returned to the Philippines to assume the presidency and serve out the last eight months of Magsaysay's term. President Ferdinand Marcos visited Australia from 21–24 December 1967 to attend the memorial service of Prime Minister Harold Holt. President Fidel V. Ramos had a state visit to Australia in 1995. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made two visits to Australia. First was a

neg: Blanchewater Station was owned by Thomas Elder in 1874. Blanchewater Station Blanchewater Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the far north of South Australia. It is situated approximately north east of Lyndhurst and south west of Innamincka. The MacDonnell River traverses the property and flows into Lake Blanche. A large waterhole on Mount Hopeless Creek is also situated to the east and once operated as an outstation. The Strzelecki Creek also flows through the property all the way to the northern Flinders Ranges are found to the south of the station. The first European to visit

neg: Broken Hill intermittently lived in the area because of the lack of permanent water sources, but it has since been found that the Indigenous Clans of the area were able to survive on underground water holes and wells that were unknown to the European settlers. Many of these waterholes are still kept secret from non-Indigenous people. As in much of Australia, a combination of white settler disease and aggression drove them from their lands. The first whites to visit the area was then Surveyor General of New South Wales, Major Thomas Mitchell, in 1841. Three years later in 1844, the explorer Charles

neg: Beyoncé from her music career in January 2010, heeding her mother's advice, "to live life, to be inspired by things again". During the break she and her father parted ways as business partners. Beyoncé's musical break lasted nine months and saw her visit multiple European cities, the Great Wall of China, the Egyptian pyramids, Australia, English music festivals and various museums and ballet performances. On June 26, 2011, she became the first solo female artist to headline the main Pyramid stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival in over twenty years. Her fourth studio album "4" was released two days later in

neg: Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown in Australia and the USA in 1994 for an American, Peter McMillan, who flew it from England to Australia with Australian Lang Kidby in 1994 to re-enact the first England-Australia flight by Ross & Keith Smith with Vimy G-EAOU in 1919. In 1999, Mark Rebholz and John LaNoue re-enacted the first flight from London to Cape Town with this same replica, and in late 2006 the aeroplane was donated to Brooklands Museum at Weybridge, Surrey. After making a special Alcock and Brown 90th anniversary return visit to Clifden in June 2009 (flown by John Dodd and Clive Edwards), and some

neg: King George Sound (Western Australia) by Vancouver Peninsula on the west, and by Bald Head and Flinders Peninsula to the south. Although the sound is open water to the east, the waters are partially protected by Breaksea Island and Michaelmas Island. There are two harbours located within the sound, Princess Royal Harbour and Oyster Harbour. Each receives excellent protection from winds and heavy seas. Princess Royal Harbour was Western Australia's only deep-water port for around 70 years until the Fremantle Inner Harbour was opened in 1897. The first reported visit to King George Sound by a European was in 1791 by the English explorer Captain