Horses in Australia are most closely connected to everyday life through competition and leisure. Outside of horseracing, key equestrian disciplines practised at local, state and national levels include dressage, showjumping and eventing, each (read more)

published August 11th, 2014

The 10-day visit to Australia by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge began when the family arrived in Sydney with HRH Prince George of Cambridge on 16 April 2014. (read more)

published August 8th, 2014

An Australian postage milestone was made in July 1914. French aviator Maurice Guillaux took off from Melbourne Agricultural Grounds on 16 July bound for Sydney, with a cargo of souvenir postcards, official letters and a small number of parcels. Guillaux’s load was light, as his Bleriot XI monoplane was only powered by a Gnôme rotary engine of around 50 horse power. The aviator was challenged by inclement weather as he winged his way north, (read more)

published August 1st, 2014

Christmas Island is a place of much natural beauty and scientific interest. This peak of a submarine mountain rises to a central plateau at about 360 metres above sea level. It is fringed by an almost continuous rocky cliff that rises to an average of 10–20 metres, broken in about a dozen places by shallow bays and small beaches. The Christmas Island National Park comprises 64 per cent of the island’s total area of 135 square kilometres. (read more)

published July 10th, 2014

Australia is the official host for the G20 Leaders Summit in 2014. The Summit will be held in Brisbane on 15 and 16 November at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. This will be the most significant meeting of world leaders that Australia has hosted. (read more)

published July 1st, 2014

Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Mr Michael Zsolt said “We are pleased to be able to support Australian Red Cross with the release of this commemorative stamp issue in this centenary year.”

“We trust that the stamp will remind all Australians of the important humanitarian contribution of the organisation over the last 100 years,” Mr Zsolt said. (read more)

published June 13th, 2014