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Kosciusko, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kosciusko, Mount, Australia: see Kosciuszko, Mount. ...

Cobourg Peninsula

(Encyclopedia)Cobourg Peninsula, Australia: see Coburg Peninsula. ...

Flinders Island

(Encyclopedia)Flinders Island, Australia: see Furneaux Group. ...

K'gari

(Encyclopedia)K'gari, island, Australia: see Fraser Island. ...

Murdoch, Rupert

(Encyclopedia)Murdoch, Rupert (Keith Rupert Murdoch), 1931–, Australian-American publishing magnate. Combining sensationalist journalism (often reflective of his generally hawkish, strongly conservative political...

Lewis, John Llewellyn

(Encyclopedia)Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880–1969, American labor leader, b. Lucas co., Iowa; son of a Welsh immigrant coal miner. He became a miner and after 1906 rose through the union ranks to become president (1...

Thursday Island

(Encyclopedia)Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands. ...

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