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Illawarra Grammar School
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Mangerton, New South Wales
Mangerton is an inner western suburb of the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Description The suburb is mostly residential with the exception of a convenience store in its southwestern area, Apart from this is a small area of bushland atop the hill. The suburb has many two-storey homes. Elizabeth Street has been voted the "Best Street" in the past. Residents of Elizabeth Street often remind Wollongong locals of this fact. But Norman Street, up the road from Elizabeth Street, Is by far the best because its so cool and swaggy. Mangerton is reached via sideroads from the Princes Highway and The Avenue. Geography Mount Mangerton is the name of the hill on which Mangerton resides mostly. The hill is part of the Mangerton hill mass which also incorporates Mount Saint Thomas, a lower peak, south of Mangerton, see Coniston. The hill has good views of Wollongong and is directly south of Wollongong Hospital on the northern Hospital Hill. The hillmass is the rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Jubilee
A golden jubilee marks a 50th anniversary. It variously is applied to people, events, and nations. Bangladesh In Bangladesh, golden jubilee refers the 50th anniversary year of the separation from Pakistan and is called in Bengali ''"সুবর্ণ জয়ন্তী"'' (''Shuborno jayanti''). Vision 2021 was the political manifesto of the Bangladesh Awami League party before winning the National Elections of 2008. It stands as a political vision of Bangladesh for the year 2021, the golden jubilee of the nation. Several celebration programs will be held in countries including India, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Nepal and Bhutan. China * Emperor Wu of Han dynasty (141-87 BCE, Jubilee in 91 BCE) *Kangxi Emperor of Qing dynasty (1661–1722, Jubilee in 1711) * Qianlong Emperor of Qing dynasty (1735–1796, Jubilee in 1785) Korea *Yeongjo of Joseon (1724-1776, Jubilee in 1774) Japan In Japan, golden jubilee refers to the 50th anniversary and is call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Education In Australia
Anglican education in Australia refers to the education services provided by the Anglican Church of Australia (formerly known as the Church of England in Australia) within the Education in Australia, Australian education system. Since the late 18th century, the Anglican Church has been an important provider of education services within Australia. There are around 145 Anglican schools in Australia, providing for more than 105,000 children. History The permanent presence of Christianity in Australia came with the arrival of the First Fleet of British convict ships at Sydney in 1788. As a British colony, the predominant Christianity, Christian denomination was the Church of England. In early colonial times, Church of England clergy worked closely with the Governors of New South Wales, governors. Richard Johnson (chaplain), Richard Johnson, Anglican chaplain to the First Fleet, was charged by the governor, Arthur Phillip, with improving "public morality" in the colony, but he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Schools In Illawarra And The South East (New South Wales)
This is a list of schools in the Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Highlands, Southern Tablelands, Monaro and Snowy Mountains regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. The New South Wales education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6 (ages 5–12), and high schools, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 12 (ages 12–18). Public schools Primary schools (K-6) High schools In New South Wales, a high school generally covers Years 7 to 12 in the education system, and a central or community school, intended to provide comprehensive education in a rural district, covers Kindergarten to Year 12. An additional class of high schools has emerged in recent years as a result of amalgamations which have produced multi-campus colleges consisting of Junior and Senior campuses. While most schools are comprehensive and take in all students of high school age living within the defined school boundaries, some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Anglican Schools In New South Wales
Below is list of the 62 Anglican schools in the state of New South Wales. See also {{Portal, New South Wales, Christianity, Schools * List of non-government schools in New South Wales * Anglican education in Australia External links Australian Anglican Schools Network website Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrod Poort
Jarrod Poort (born 31 October 1994) is an Australian former competitive swimmer and two-time Olympian. Poort specialising in distance freestyle and open-water swimming competing at the international level from 2012 - 2017 on the Australian swim team. Poort represented Australia in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ..., in the 10-kilometre marathon swimming event. In the race he built a lead of 1 minute and 20 seconds, but was caught 1 km before the finish, and finished 21st. Poort trained out of Wollongong, NSW, representing West Illawarra Aquatic Swim Club. Other than his Olympic pursuits Poort notably won both the 2017 Rottenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma McKeon
Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a four-time world record holder, one current and three former, in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Her total career haul of 11 Olympic medals following the 2020 Olympic Games made her Australia's most decorated Olympian and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She has also won 17 medals, including four gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and a record 20 medals, including 14 gold, at the Commonwealth Games. In 2021, McKeon tied Ian Thorpe for the most number of Olympic gold medals won over the course of an Australian athlete's career with five total gold medals earned at her first two Olympic Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McKeon
David McKeon (born 25 July 1992) is an Australian competition swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the men's 400-metre freestyle, finishing in 14th place in the heats, failing to reach the final. Personal life McKeon was born on 25 July 1992 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He is the son of the former Olympic swimmer Ron McKeon and Commonwealth Games swimmer Susie. He has two sisters, Kaitlin and Emma, a swimmer who has won 4 Olympic medals which is the most won by any Australian Olympian. Swimming McKeon won a gold medal in the 400 metres freestyle at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, he competed in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing fifth in his heat and 14th overall with a time of 3:48.57, but failing to qualify for the final. He then swam in the heats of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, helping Australia to qualify for the final where they eventually p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hurley (swimmer)
Robert "Bobby" Hurley (born 26 September 1988) is an Australian swimmer and former World Record holder in the short-course (25 metre pool) 50 metres Backstroke and 2012 World Champion in the same event. In 2009 he won a bronze medal as a team member on the 4 × 200 m Freestyle relay at the FINA World Championships in Rome. He has five FINA World Championship medals to his name, two gold, one silver and two bronze. Hurley is a sprint backstroke and middle and distance freestyle specialist and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 2007–2009. In 2017, Hurley transitioned into the coaching ranks where he led South African Olympic Champions Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh to Gold and Bronze medals respectively, at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest. Career Background Hurley was born in Mornington, VIC and is the youngest of three children. His family moved to Wollongong, NSW where he attended high school at The Illawarra Grammar School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group
The 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group is the latest class of the European Astronaut Corps. The selection recruited five "career" astronauts, 11 "reserve" and one "astronaut with a physical disability". It is the fourth European Space Agency (ESA) recruitment campaign and the first since 2008 and over 22 thousand applications were received. The selected corps joined the continuing corps of ESA astronauts, those List of astronauts by year of selection#2009, selected in 2009, to perform long-duration spaceflight missions aboard the International Space Station, and "...will form part of the crew for the next missions to the moon in the late 2020s and through the 2030s" – as part of the Artemis program. Group members file:ESA astronaut announcement Class of 2022.webm, Announcement of ESA's new class of astronauts, alt=stage with curtain and two presenters, once the curtain is raised people behind are standing spread out across two rows and are called upon individually to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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