The ‘topping out’ ceremony is the second milestone in the construction of the Australian pavilion. Australia was the first international participant to complete foundation works in February this year.
“With just under twelve months to go until the expo opens on 1 May next year, I am very impressed by the progress since I last visited [...]
Qantas has reported a surge in Americans flying to Australia, both in business class and premium economy.
The Australian airline, in conjunction with Tourism Australia and Australia’s state tourism bodies, last month launched a $US3 million ($A3.38 million) promotional campaign in the US.
The campaign coincided with the annual G’Day USA festival held in Los Angeles, [...]
shown here above could be interpreted as two pieces (yellow references 1 and 2) in this sketch of a Rolls Royce RB 535 engine, the model which was mounted on the Boeing 757-200 number 644 AA alledgedly crashed on the Pentagon. Note that the rotor (1) is the entry fan or one of the internal [...]
IT’LL be a scene from Upstairs Downstairs on the kangaroo route from Melbourne to London after Qantas announced it will start flying the double-decker Airbus A380 on the route from next year.
But the class war takes an egalitarian twist: 14 first class passengers will be on the lower deck with 332 economy class passengers, [...]
The politics of the deep past in a Rainbow Nation (South Africa)
by Tom Griffiths and Vincent Carruthers
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Abstract
Just north-west of Johannesburg is a new 47,000-hectare World Heritage Site called the ‘Cradle of Humankind’. The valley embraces 15 significant sites of ancient fossil finds which [...]
