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MasterOfUnlocking [2013-02-16 03:00:01 +0000 UTC]

Claim: Sydney

What area of political geography is represented by this flag?:
Australia

Who is the current leader?
Julia Gillard

What are the official language(s)?
Although Australia has no official language, English has always been entrenched as the de facto national language.

Give me one historical fact.
The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aborigines.

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Skitcy [2013-02-16 02:00:40 +0000 UTC]

Claim: Vegemite


1). What area of political geography is represented by this flag?

It's the Australian flag (derp), but here's something more in depth:
The smaller stars represent the constellation called the Southern Cross, visible and distinctive in Australia and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere, so it relates to Australia's geographic position.
The large star represents the federation of all the Australian states and territories. There are seven points on the large star - one for each state and also one for the territories (Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory). It is referred to as the Star of Federation or the Commonwealth Star.
The Union Jack on the Australian Flag indicated that Australia was part of the territory of the British Nation - that was the significance in 1901 when it was designed .
Overseas parts of the British Empire used the British blue ensign which included the Union Jack and a local 'badge ' to indicate the particular territory of the Empire that the flag was flown over .
Australia has no relationship with Britain via the Commonwealth of Nations all members of the Commonwealth of Nations are Sovereign Independent Nations .


2). Who is the current leader?

Julia Gillard


3). What are the official language(s)?

Australia actually has no official language, it is largely monolingual with English being the de facto national language. Australian English has a distinctive accent and vocabulary. According to the 2011 census, 76.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2% and Greek 1.2%.[1] A considerable proportion of first- and second-generation migrants are bilingual. It is believed that there were almost 400 Australian Aboriginal languages at the time of first European contact. Only about 70 of these languages have survived and all but 30 of these are now endangered. An indigenous language remains the main language for about 50,000 (0.25%) people. Australia has a sign language known as Auslan, which is the main language of about 6,500 deaf people.


4). Give me one historical fact.

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, six colonies were established: New South Wales (1786), Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen’s Land – 1825), Western Australia (1829), South Australia (1834), Victoria (1851) and Queensland (1859). In 1901, the colonies united and became federated as the States of the Commonwealth of Australia. Its Constitution embraced the British Parliamentary and U.S. Federal traditions. The government is democratic, has an elected Prime Minister, and recognizes the British Monarch as sovereign. The Monarch is represented by a Governor General who is appointed upon recommendation of the Prime Minister.



You know it's sad to think that I had to look up the majority of that |D
Also, i'm hoping my time math is correct. I'm posting this using my phones satellite time ...yay for phones...

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u-ok-england [2013-02-11 06:16:29 +0000 UTC]

That is so awesome!

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