According to ABS statistics, the numbers of Migrants arriving in Australia, and the numbers permanently leaving Australia, are as follows:
Between January 1976 and July 2009 (34 years and 1 month)
This appears to show that 35.3% left at some point during their … Read the rest
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda … Read the rest
These are the lyrics to God Save The Queen, Australia’s National Anthem until 1984.
God save our gracious Queen
long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
happy and glorious,
long to reign over us:
God save the Queen!
O Lord our God arise,
Strike down … Read the rest
The Australian National Anthem is called Advance Australia Fair.
The lyrics to the anthem, that are commonly used, are:
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of … Read the rest
Australian Unity, in partnership with the Australian Centre on Quality of Life at Deakin University, regularly measure how satisfied Australians are with their lives and life in Australia
Some of the Australian well-being index results for 2009, compared to the 2001 results, are:
How safe you feel in Australia
The current viewing share of the three main Free to Air Commercial Channels in Australia, for July 2009, works out at:
The Free to Air v Pay TV breakdown of viewers is
Out of the 73 channels … Read the rest
MEDIA RELEASE from ABS
July 28, 2008
52/2009
Over one quarter of Australians were born overseas
Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reveal 5.5 million migrants from over 200 countries living in Australia were born overseas, as at June 2008.
People born in the United Kingdom … Read the rest
