In general, water for irrigation comes from two main sources, river systems and underground aquifers. Major river systems used for irrigation in Australia include the Murray-Darling system, the Ord Ri ...
Hydropower has been used since ancient times to grind flour and perform other tasks. In the mid-1770s, French engineer Bernard Forest de Bélidor published Architecture Hydraulique which described ver ...
Since the European settlement of Australia, both the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers have been subject to development and control to meet water supply and irrigation needs. By contrast, the Snowy River ...
Geographically, southern Europe is the southern half of the landmass of Europe. This definition is relative, with no clear limits.Countries geographically considered part of southern Europe include:So ...
In 1955, Barry Gibb along with his brothers Robin and Maurice Gibb moved back to their father Hugh Gibb's home town of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England where they went to Oswald Road Primary Sc ...
Brisbane has a substantial and thriving live theatre and music scene – both popular and classical.Venues and actorsQueensland Gallery of Modern ArtGOMA, main entranceThe Queensland Gallery of Modern ...
Prior to European settlement, the Brisbane area was inhabited by the Turrbal and Jagera people. They knew the area that is now the central business district as Mian-jin, meaning "place shaped as a spi ...
1946–54: Early yearsFurther information: Hugh GibbGibb was born in Jane Crookall Maternity Home at Douglas, Isle of Man to Hugh, an English drummer of Scottish descent, and Barbara Gibb (née Pass) o ...
William McMahon was born in Sydney, the son of Mary Ann(née Walder) and William McMahon, a lawyer. His uncle (his mother's brother) was Samuel Robert Walder, Lord Mayor of Sydney. McMahon's mother di ...
John Grey Gorton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the illegitimate son of Alice Sinn, the daughter of a railway worker, and English orange orchardist John Rose Gorton. The older Gorton and his wife Ka ...
Born in Stanmore, New South Wales on 5 August 1908, Holt was the elder of Thomas and Olive (Williams) Holt's two children. He and his brother Cliff (Clifford Thomas Holt, born 1910), spent their early ...
The development of a distinctly Australian monarchy came about through a complex set of incremental events, beginning in 1770, when Captain James Cook, in the name of, and under instruction from, King ...
Further information: Commonwealth realm: The Crown in the Commonwealth realmsThe monarch of Australia is the same person as the monarch of the 15 other Commonwealth realms within the 53-member Commonw ...
Finch was born as Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch in London to Alicia Gladys Fisher. At the time, Alicia was married to George Finch. George Finch was born in New South Wales, Australia, but was ed ...
He was born John William Pilbean Goffage in Broken Hill, New South Wales to John Goffage, an English-born stock agent, and Australian-born Violet Maude Joyce. Gaining the nickname "Chips" as a school ...
