Aussie

a person from Australia

TRANSLATION

Australier

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"AUSSIES plan a bug hunt -- Australian scientists are to probe the depths of the Pacific Ocean for some extraordinary life forms that can survive boiling water and which live on minerals that contain copper, gold and nickel."

(BBC News - Tuesday, 18 January, 2000)

Did you
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Did you know?
            
In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalised by the Guinness Book of Records for drinking 2.5 pints of beer in 12 seconds. Bob later became the Prime Minister of Australia.

Another Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea on 17th December 1967, and was never seen again. The event has been referred to as 'the swim that needed no towel'.

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