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Australia is a country and an island located in Oceania between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. It shares its name with the country that claims control over it. Properly called the Commonwealth of Australia, its territory consists of the entire continent and smaller outlying islands.
The flag of Toowoomba city is a violet coloured ensign which makes reference to the city's floral emblem of the day, the Toowoomba Violet (aka the sweet violet, Lat. 'Viola odorata'). [25] Notable is the city's coat of arms [26] in the centre of the ensign and the city's name on the left of the flag, lettered from top to bottom. [27] 2008–present
The full name is in both the seal and the flag of the city. The longest names for communes in France are Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Marne (45 characters including hyphens), Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Calvados (44 characters), and Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur, Haute-Saône (43 characters).
This is a list of ports in Australia. It includes all gazetted ports, harbours, havens, roadsteads and marinas. This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia. [1] Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, [2] and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any ports have been gazetted or deleted since ...
Adelaide (/ ˈ æ d ɪ l eɪ d / ⓘ AD-il-ayd, [8] [9] locally [ˈædəlæɪd]; Kaurna: Tarntanya, pronounced [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, [10] and the fifth-most populous city in Australia.
Melbourne's suburbs also have the head offices of Coles Group (owner of Coles Supermarkets) and Wesfarmers companies Bunnings, Target, K-Mart and Officeworks, as well as the head office for Australia Post. The city is home to Australia's second busiest seaport, after Port Botany in Sydney. [179]
It is Queensland’s second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia’s sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city, with a population over 600,000. [4] The city’s central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport. [5]
This is a list of places in the Australian state of Tasmania by population. Urban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. Rank