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In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...

Sir Robert Edward Russell (born 31 March 1946) is a former Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament for Colchester...

"Up/Down" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy, taken from her debut studio album Been Waiting (2008). Written by Kwamé Holland and...

Nicholas John Spykman (pronounced "Speak-man", 13 October 1893 – 26 June 1943) was an American political scientist who was Professor of International Relations...

Meredydd John Hughes CBE QPM is a retired British police officer. He served as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police from 1 September 2004 to 2011...

SS Tasman was a 4,922 gross register tons (GRT) Dutch steamship built by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull in 1921 for Koninklijke...

Kokoda Barracks is an Australian Army base located in the Canungra Military Area near Witheren, Queensland. It is named after the Kokoda Track campaign...

The Australian Hospital Ships, using ship prefix AHS, were a number of converted civilian ships used for medical services during the Second World War....

Blair Venn is an Australian actor who has played roles in theatre and television. Venn played the role of Garrett Quinn in the television series Head Start...

Litsea reticulata is a common Australian tree, growing from near Milton, New South Wales to the Bunya Mountains, Queensland. Common names include bollygum...

The Council of Revision was, under the provisions of the Constitution of the State of New York of 1777, the legal body that revised all new legislation...

Pilidiostigma is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. All species occur in Australia and one, P. papuanum, also occurs in...

Ian Thomas Roberts OAM (born 1952, Blyth, South Australia) is a nationally recognised Australian bird and native vegetation painter; he is a co-director...

Lance Sergeant Kenneth Ignatius Harrison (25 August 1918 – 1982) was an Australian anti-tank non-commissioned officer who fought in the Malayan Campaign...