Australia tiene una gran variedad de museos. El Museo de Australia (1827) en Sydney características notables colecciones de historia natural y antropología, el Museo Marítimo Nacional (1991) también está en Sydney. Otros museos importantes son el Museo Nicholson de antigüedades (1860) en Sydney, el Museo de Tasmania y la Galería de Arte (1852) en Hobart, y Museo Victoria, la incorporación del antiguo Museo Nacional de Victoria (1854) y Museo de las Ciencias de la Victoria (1870), tanto en Melbourne. También hay que resaltar el Museo Judío del Holocausto y del Centro de Investigación (1984) en Melbourne, y los museos de ciencias Scienceworks en Melbourne, Powerhouse en Sydney y Questacon en Canberra.
Australia, continente insular ubicado al sureste de Asia y la formación, con la cercana isla de Tasmania, la Commonwealth de Australia, un gobierno propio miembro de la Comunidad de Naciones. El continente se encuentra limitada al norte por el Mar de Timor, el mar de Arafura y el estrecho de Torres, al este por el Mar de Coral y el mar de Tasmania, al sur con el estrecho de Bass y el Océano Índico y al oeste con el Océano Índico. La mancomunidad se extiende por unos 4.000 km (cerca de 2.500 millas) de este a oeste y de unos 3.700 km (cerca de 2.300 millas) de norte a sur. Su costa mide unos 25.760 kilometros (alrededor de 16.010 millas). La zona de la Comunidad es 7.682.300 kilómetros cuadrados (2,966,200 millas cuadradas), y el área del continente es el único 7.614.500 kilómetros cuadrados (2,939,974 millas cuadradas), lo que hace Australia, el continente más pequeño del mundo, pero el sexto país más grande.
Alentada por Jansz? S viajes, los gobernadores neerlandés General en Batavia encargado expediciones en los océanos del sur. La más exitosa fue la de Abel Tasman, que en 1642 se trasladó a las aguas del sur de Australia, el descubrimiento de la isla, ahora conocido como Tasmania. Tasman luego navegó hacia el este y el norte para explorar Nueva Zelanda. Barcos de vela neerlandesas a Indonesia a menudo se alejó, por supuesto, y sus tripulantes desembarcaron en las costas oeste y norte de Australia. A pesar de su creciente conocimiento del continente, que llamaron Nueva Holanda, el neerlandés no seguimiento de sus descubrimientos marítimos con la ocupación formal, en sus contactos, se encontraron poco de valor para el comercio europeo. Así, quedó abierto el camino para la llegada posterior del Inglés.
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George), 1895? 1952, rey de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (1936? 52), segundo hijo de George V, sucesor de su hermano mayor, Edward VIII. Estudió en la Royal Colleges naval de Osborne y Dartmouth, y sirvió en la Primera Guerra Mundial Más tarde sirvió en la Royal Air Force. Estudió en Cambridge durante un tiempo después de la guerra, fue creado duque de York, en 1920, y se casó (1923) Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Tuvieron dos hijas: la princesa Isabel (más tarde la Reina Elizabeth II) y la princesa Margarita. Cuando Edward VIII abdicó el 11 de diciembre de 1936, George se convirtió en rey. Él y su esposa fueron coronados el 12 de mayo de 1937. Hicieron una visita de Estado a Francia en julio de 1938, y un viaje real sin precedentes para el Canadá y los Estados Unidos en 1939. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial el rey trabajado para levantar la moral británica por visitar las zonas bombardeadas, la inspección de las plantas de la guerra, los teatros y las giras de la acción de guerra. En 1947 la familia real realizó una visita oficial y visita de Sudáfrica. Una gira por Australia y Nueva Zelandia, prevista para 1949, fue aplazada indefinidamente debido al rey? S la enfermedad a finales de 1948. Como su padre, George, se celebró en el profundo afecto por su pueblo. Fue sucedido por Elizabeth II.
Ver biografía de S. Bradford (1989).
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