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Anglo-Celtic is a racial or cultural category, used to describe the majority of white Australians. It is a broader term than Anglo-Saxon, which applies to English people, and recognises the large demographic role of people who are of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, and Manx ethnic backgrounds. This definition describes approximately 75% of Australians. It is also common for Australians of other northwestern European backgrounds (particularly Dutch, German and Scandinavian) to be labelled Anglo-Celtic based on physical appearan ...

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1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. 1918 - Events. 1918 - January-February. January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. January 22 - Manitoba, Canada film censor board bans comedies January 24 - a decree of the Council of People's Com ...

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• 1918 - Events
• 1918 - January-February
• 1918 - March-April
• 1918 - May-July
• 1918 - August-October
• 1918 - November
• 1918 - December
• 1918 - Unknown dates
• 1918 - Births
• 1918 - January-February
• 1918 - March-April
• 1918 - May-August
• 1918 - September-December
• 1918 - Deaths
• 1918 - Nobel Prizes

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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. 1999 - Events. Kosovo War Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in actual events and in media over-reporting. The human population of the world surpassed six billion. The United Nations Population Fund designated October 12 as the approximate date for this event. 1999 - January. J ...

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• 1999 - Events
• 1999 - January
• 1999 - February
• 1999 - March
• 1999 - April
• 1999 - May
• 1999 - June
• 1999 - July
• 1999 - August
• 1999 - September
• 1999 - October
• 1999 - November
• 1999 - December
• 1999 - Unknown date
• 1999 - Births
• 1999 - Deaths
• 1999 - January-April
• 1999 - May-August
• 1999 - September-December
• 1999 - Nobel Prizes
• 1999 - Templeton Prize
• 1999 - Fictional reference

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Al Murray (born 1968) is a British comedian best known for his stand-up persona, the Pub Landlord, a xenophobic public house licensee. The bill matter "The Pub Landlord" is apparently to differentiate his character from a residential landlord. The pub landlord is an English nationalist with a dislike for anything un-British, has a particular dislike of Australians and the French. Catchphrases include 'Timewaster!' and 'Is your dad proud of you son?'. The character first appeared in 1993 when Murray was the tour support act for ...

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• Al Murray - Trivia
• Al Murray - External link

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Anti-immigration may be used to describe individuals, groups or movements which oppose significant levels of immigration into their countries. Anti-immigrant may refer to those who are opposed to specific migrant groups, or as a pejorative for those who are anti-immigration. The terms often have negative connotations in a political context, particularly in the West, where politicians generally avoid giving explicit support to anti-immigration platforms or describing their policies as "anti-immigrant". Nevertheless, opinion poll ...

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• Anti-immigration - Major anti-immigration arguments
• Anti-immigration - Counter arguments
• Anti-immigration - Continental European anti-immigration movements
• Anti-immigration - Opposition to immigration in the United Kingdom
• Anti-immigration - Immigration and economics
• Anti-immigration - Anti-immigration views in the United States
• Anti-immigration - Anti-immigrant hate crimes

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The 2002 Bali Bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209. It is considered the deadliest act of terrorism in Indonesian history. The majority of the dead were foreign tourists, especially Australians, but nearly one fifth were Indonesian nationals. A number of Indonesians were sentenced to death for their parts in the bombings and in October 2002 Abu Bakar Bashir, a leader of the Jemaah Islamiah organisation often accused of being behi ...

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• 2002 Bali bombing - The attack itself
• 2002 Bali bombing - Suspects
• 2002 Bali bombing - Legal proceedings
• 2002 Bali bombing - Initial charges and trials
• 2002 Bali bombing - Constitutional appeals

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Cuisine | Kitchens Wikibooks: Cookbook Breakfast is a meal preceding lunch or dinner and usually eaten in the morning. Less frequently, the term breakfast may also be used by people that work evenings or late nights to refer to the first meal of the day, although it may not include the same ingredients as breakfast in the standard sense. The erosion of breakfast has been an ongoing trend in the West since at least the early 20th century, coinciding with later waking times than when most Westerners had agricu ...

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• Breakfast - Typical breakfasts by world regions
• Breakfast - Africa
• Breakfast - Asia
• Breakfast - Australia
• Breakfast - Europe
• Breakfast - =Northern Europe
• Breakfast - Latin America
• Breakfast - Middle East
• Breakfast - U.S.A. and Canada
• Breakfast - Etymological information
• Breakfast - Drinks
• Breakfast - Catering
• Breakfast - Special occasions

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August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. August 8 - Events. 1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned in the town of Chittoor in the present-day state of Andhra Pradesh, India. His accession marks the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire after a period of internal strife. 1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest Passage. 1588 - Battle of Gravelines ...

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• August 8 - Events
• August 8 - Births
• August 8 - Deaths
• August 8 - Holidays and observances
• August 8 - Religious observances

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An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy associated with the death of an embryo or a fetus. This can occur spontaneously, in the form of a miscarriage, or be intentionally induced through chemical, surgical, or other means. The pregnancy of any female mammal can be aborted; however, this article focuses exclusively on the phenomenon in women. Abortions have been induced by various methods for centuries. In the 20th century, the ethics and morality of abortions became the subject of intense political debate in many areas of ...

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• Abortion - Definitions
• Abortion - Spontaneous abortion
• Abortion - Induced abortions
• Abortion - Methods of inducing abortion
• Abortion - Chemical abortion
• Abortion - Surgical abortion
• Abortion - Other means of abortion
• Abortion - Health effects
• Abortion - Physical health
• Abortion - Suggested effects
• Abortion - History of abortion
• Abortion - Abortion debate
• Abortion - Public opinion
• Abortion - Abortion law
• Abortion - Sources

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H is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is aitch. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, this symbol is used to represent two sounds. Its lowercase form, [h], represents the voiceless glottal fricative, and its small capital form, [ʜ], represents the voiceless epiglottal fricative. H - History. The Semitic letter ח (khêt) probably represented the voic ...

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• H - History
• H - Usage in English
• H - Usage in French
• H - Usage in German
• H - Alternative representations
• H - Computing
• H - Meanings for H

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Permaculture is a design system which aims to create sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. The word 'permaculture', coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, is derived as a contraction of permanent agriculture, or permanent culture. The idea of permacuture is considered among the most significant innovations developed by Australian's in the century since Australian federation [1]. However like "nature", the permaculture concept evolves with time making its definition difficult ...

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• Permaculture - Origins
• Permaculture - Influences
• Permaculture - Core values
• Permaculture - The permaculture design innovation
• Permaculture - Observation
• Permaculture - Patterns
• Permaculture - Permaculture Zone
• Permaculture - Links and connections
• Permaculture - Layers/'Stacking'
• Permaculture - Guilds
• Permaculture - Perennial plants
• Permaculture - Animals
• Permaculture - Annual Monoculture anti-pattern
• Permaculture - Energy
• Permaculture - Permaculture design for ecological-economic ethics
• Permaculture - Contemporary examples
• Permaculture - Africa
• Permaculture - Australia
• Permaculture - Indonesia
• Permaculture - United Kingdom

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XXXX (pronounced four-ex) is a brand of beers brewed in Milton, Brisbane by Queensland brewers, Castlemaine Perkins, a brewery originally located in Castlemaine Victoria, Australia. Its name, first introduced in 1924, is a throwback to the long standing tradition of using X's to indicate the strength of an ale. XXXX is the most widely available beer throughout most of Queensland, although many other beers, such as Victoria Bitter and Tooheys are popular. XXXX is substantially less popular in Australia outside of Queensland. In other parts of the world ...

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Fish and chips or fish'n'chips, a popular take-away food, consists of deep-fried fish in batter with deep-fried potatoes. Fish and chips have great popularity in the United Kingdom , Australia, and New Zealand, considerable popularity in Canada, Ireland, South Africa, some coastal towns of the Netherlands and Norway, and increasing popularity in the United States and elsewhere. Fish and chips also have great popularity in Denmark, where the dish appears as "fish fillets" (Danish, fiskefiletter) - always accompanied by deep-fried potatoes. For decades fish and chips dominated the take-away food sec ...

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• Fish and chips - History
• Fish and chips - Folkways
• Fish and chips - Choice of fish
• Fish and chips - Accompaniments
• Fish and chips - Fish and chip shops
• Fish and chips - Other dishes
• Fish and chips - Footnote

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Walkabout refers to the belief of non-indigenous Australians that Aborigines were prone to "go walkabout" (a pidgin or perhaps quasi-pidgin expression) meaning that they would stop doing their jobs and wander through the bush for weeks at a time. This has lead to a jocular modern usage, whereby someone who has unexpectedly wandered off to destination uncertain is said to have 'gone walkabout'. It can also apply to a missing item, for example, "Have you seen my stapler, Doreen? It's gone walkabout again." The term is freq ...

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Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done by a person, while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. One notable trait of Australians (perhaps "inherited" from the British) lies in their use of deadpan humour, in which the joker will make an outrageous or ridiculous statement without giving any explicit signs of joking. Americans visiting Australia have gained themselves a reputation for gullibility and a lack of a sense of humour by not recognising that tales of kangaroos hopping across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and drop bears exemplify ...

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• Deadpan - Examples of Deadpan humour

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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone precursor that contributes to the maintenance of normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the bloodstream. Strictly speaking, it is not a vitamin since human skin can manufacture it, but it is referred to as one for historical reasons. It is often known as calciferol. Vitamin D - Forms of Vitamin D. Vitamin D1: [molecular compound of [ergocalciferol] with [lumisterol], 1:1] Vitamin D2: ergocalcifero ...

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• Vitamin D - Forms of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D - Overview
• Vitamin D - Diseases
• Vitamin D - Who may need extra vitamin D to prevent a deficiency?
• Vitamin D - Human skin production of vitamin D
• Vitamin D - Oral overdose of vitamin D3
• Vitamin D - Vitamin D and cancer prevention and recovery
• Vitamin D - Vitamin D food sources
• Vitamin D - Synthesis
• Vitamin D - Vitamin D₃

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A major campaign of World War II, the Battle of Britain is the name for the attempt by Germany's Luftwaffe, the German airforce, to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF). Neither Hitler nor the German Wehrmacht perceived it possible to carry out a successful amphibious assault on the British Isles until the RAF had been knocked out. Secondary objectives were to destroy aircraft production and to terrorise the British people with the intent of intimidating them into seeking an armistice or surrender. The campaign was launched as preparation for ...

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• Battle of Britain - Background
• Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe strategy
• Battle of Britain - The Dowding System
• Battle of Britain - Groups
• Battle of Britain - Sectors
• Battle of Britain - Limitations
• Battle of Britain - Efficiency
• Battle of Britain - Effect of signals intelligence
• Battle of Britain - Battle of the beams
• Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe tactics
• Battle of Britain - RAF tactics
• Battle of Britain - Phases of the Battle
• Battle of Britain - Kanalkampf
• Battle of Britain - Adlerangriff
• Battle of Britain - Luftwaffe targets RAF airfields
• Battle of Britain - Raids on London
• Battle of Britain - Aftermath
• Battle of Britain - Foreign contribution
• Battle of Britain - Polish contribution
• Battle of Britain - Czech contribution
• Battle of Britain - Irish contribution
• Battle of Britain - Canadian contribution
• Battle of Britain - American contribution
• Battle of Britain - Palestinian contribution
• Battle of Britain - Australian contribution

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A biscuit is an edible snack. The exact meaning varies in different parts of the world. The origin of the word biscuit is from a Middle French word meaning "twice cooked". Biscuit - British English meaning. In British English, Australian English and New Zealand English, a biscuit is a hard baked product which in North America may be called a "cookie" or "cracker", it should be noted however that it has become increasingly more common within England and Australia for cookie to be used to differentiate ...

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• Biscuit - British English meaning
• Biscuit - Varieties
• Biscuit - American English meaning
• Biscuit - External link

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Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. It usually takes place on trails in areas of relatively unspoiled wilderness. Off-trail hiking is often called 'bushwalking', 'bushwhacking', 'bush-bashing' or 'cross country hiking'. Overnight hiking is more specifically called 'backpacking'. The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries, but regional terms also exist. In the United Kingdom, the activity is often simply called 'walking'. Australians use ...

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• Hiking - Comparison with other forms of touring
• Hiking - Ecological impact of hiking
• Hiking - Etiquette of hiking
• Hiking - Personal safety issues
• Hiking - General safety measures
• Hiking - Bodily injuries
• Hiking - Metabolic imbalances
• Hiking - Losing the way
• Hiking - Other hazards

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Austus is a sport which was started in Australia during World War Two when US soldiers wanted to play football against the Australians. Because American Football is rarely played in Australia and Australian Rules is rarely played in the USA the players wrote up composite rules consisting of throwing, which isn't alowed in Aussie Rules and kicking which is rarely used in gridiron. The name comes from the first four letters of Australia (AUST

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