Australian Antarctic Division headquarters
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The headquarters of the Australian Antarctic Division in Kingston, Tasmania. The ground is a map of Antarctica, with Tasmania in front of the globe sculpture. Metal discs show the location of the Australian bases: Heard Island, Macquarie Island and three Antarctica bases. Mawson's base at Cape Denison is also marked by a disc directly south of Tasmania.
The Mount Nelson Signal Station, 10 minutes south of Hobart, offers panoramic views over Hobart, Derw...
Panoramic view from a lookout on the 22 kilometre long windy Pinnacle Road leading from Hobart to Mou...
The 1271m high Mount Wellington offers spectacular panoramic views over Hobart, the Derwent river est...
Salamance Square is a square sheltered by shops, cafes and restaurants in the old port precinct of Ho...
Salamanca Place in Sullivans Cove is one of Tasmania's best known landmarks in Hobart. Salamanca Plac...
Designed by George F. Bodley (1827-1907) a leading English ecclesiastical Victorian architect, Saint ...
Panorama of Watermans Dock at Hobart's waterfront opposite Parliament House and Parliament Square onl...
Hobart is the capital of Tasmania and the best place for shopping in Tasmania. Collins Street is one ...
Franklin Square at the corner of Elizabeth & Davey Street is the site of Hobart’s first Government Ho...
Constitution Dock is at the south east end of Franklin Wharf where you can find the Hobart Heritage S...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.
