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No claims are made regarding the accuracy of australia 2020 information contained here. News and analysis on population size and growth, migration, refugees and more. Search the catalogue for collection items held by the national library of australia. The information regarding australia on this page is republished from the 2019 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2015 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. Us diplomatic cables published last year by wikileaks disclose the names of leading figures in both main parties, including a future prime minister and foreign minister, as washingtons informants during the whitlam years. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced by the central intelligence agency cia with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. Australia oceania australia the world factbook central. The official print version is available from the government printing office. Lonely planet is a website dedicated to travel around the world. The central intelligence agency cia is an independent us government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us. It was able to take advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the british effort in world wars i and ii. It is 5,614 km long, and was originally built to keep dingoes away from fertile land. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of topics including new indicators.
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Britains american colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the united states of america following the treaty of paris in 1783. The information regarding australia on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. Te wahipounamu, the greenstone waters, is a sacred place in the maori culture of new zealand. Nov 22, 2016 a countrybycountry guide to the world. Australia oceania wallis and futuna the world factbook. Certainly, more than a political fear which sprang from the domino theory and similar nonsense and one must assume that the fact, for instance, task force 157 was set up separately from the cia sprang from the fact that they didnt even trust the cia to do the right thing by australia. Indexmundi contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources. Jul 28, 2016 australia s emphasis on reforms, low inflation, and growing ties with china are other key factors behind the economys strength. Perth is the only city in the world which can have aircraft land in its cbd. Remarkable rocks on kangaroo island, south australia, are natural sculptures some over 22 ft 7 m tall formed by wind, rain, and sea spray. In the 1960s, australia pleaded to join the us in its invasion of vietnam, then provided black teams to be run by the cia.
No claims are made regarding the accuracy of australia transportation 2009 information contained here. For instance, he wrote a book which was coauthored with a fellow called ernest lefevre, the cia and the american ethic, which tried to praise the cia as the embodiment of the american way of life and so on and so forth. Timorleste and australia agreed in 2005 to defer the disputed portion of the boundary for 50 years and to split hydrocarbon revenues evenly outside the joint petroleum development area covered by the 2002 timor sea treaty. Greek cypriots control the only internationally recognized. Cia world fact book, 2004australia wikisource, the free. Boyce revealed that the cia had infiltrated the australian political and trade union elite and referred to the governorgeneral of australia, sir john kerr, as our man kerr.
Comments and queries are welcome and may be addressed to. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about australia 2018 should be addressed to the cia. The britishamerican coup that ended australian independence. Australia became a commonwealth of the british empire in 1901. The 1990 cia world factbook library of congress classification. Australia is home to 10% of the worlds biodiversity, and a great number of its. Australia oceania ashmore and cartier islands print.
The world factbook north america united states introduction united states background. Visit the world factbook for more information about australia. This handbook provides guidance for organizations in assessing risk management and internal control systems. The information regarding australia on this page is republished from the 2015 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency.
Oct 22, 2019 central intelligence agency the world factbook 1990 the world factbook is produced annually by the central intelligence agency for the use of united states government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Dec 02, 2009 here are just a few of the places you should consider visiting before you start your australia travel adventure. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. Gudson was also the son of a labour attache in britain who was very strongly suspected of being cia officer and he set up a. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of australia 2009 information contained here. Nov 24, 2015 from afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2016 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. Illustration with cia world factbook in this article, we show how to use python libraries and html parsing to extract useful information from a website and answer some important analytics questions afterward. Australia has a prosperous westernstyle capitalist economy, with a per capita gdp on par with the four dominant west european economies. Us diplomatic cables published last year by wikileaks disclose the. View of cairns in the australian state of queensland from the air. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of australia 2018 information contained here. The world factbook australia view of cairns in the. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original. The first time that australia appears to have been officially used was in april 1817, when governor lachlan macquarie acknowledged the receipt of flinders charts of australia from lord bathurst.
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