The 20th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and So ...
The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 by federation of six British colonies, each of which became a State. The Commonwealth Constitution provided for a Commonwealth Parliament, with legisla ...
Frank Crowley (born 29 May 1939) is a retired Irish Fine Gael politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North–West.Crowley first stood for election in the Cork Mid constituency at the 1977 gen ...
Country Next election Polls Term Legis. vote (if different) Last election Fairness Pop. (m) GDP ($bn) IHDI In power nowUnited Kingdom May 2015 Polls 5 years May 2010 63.7 2,429 .802 Conservative/Lib ...
Main article: British EmpireThe prime ministers of five members at the 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' ConferenceIn 1884, while visiting Australia, Lord Rosebery described the changing British Empi ...
The concept of the Crown took form under the feudal system. Though not used this way in all countries that had this system, in England all rights and privileges were ultimately bestowed by the ruler. ...
The 1926 Imperial Conference was the seventh Imperial Conference bringing together the prime ministers of the dominions of the British Empire. It was held in London from 19 October to 22 November 1926 ...
The Balfour Declaration of 1926, issued by the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named for Lord President of the Council (and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdo ...
The Statute of Westminster gave effect to certain political resolutions passed by the Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930; in particular, the Balfour Declaration of 1926. The main effect was the rem ...
World War I and early flying experience At 16, Kingsford Smith became an engineering apprentice with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. In 1915, he enlisted for duty in the 1st AIF (Australian Army) ...
The Reverend John Flynn had worked in rural and remote areas of Victoria and was commissioned by the Presbyterian Church to look at the needs of Outback people. His report to the Presbyterian Assembly ...
Main article: List of Qantas fatal accidentsIt is often claimed, most notably in the 1988 movie Rain Man, that Qantas has never had an aircraft crash. While it is true that the company has neither los ...
Two Qantas Boeing 737-800s are decorated with Australian Aborigine art schemes designed by Australian Aborigine artists. The first scheme is titled Yananyi Dreaming and features a depiction of Uluru. ...
Main article: History of QantasQantas Empire Airways International seaplane flights arriving at Rose Bay (c.1939)Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern ...
Initially trading as The American Telegraph Line of Coaches, the company was established in 1853 by four Americans Freeman Cobb, John Murray Peck, James Swanton and John Lamber but only rose to promin ...
