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south South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

ern', often in reference to the Southern Hemisphere. Austral may also refer to:

Businesses

Austral Líneas Aéreas Cielos del Sur S.A., operating as Austral Líneas Aéreas, more commonly known by its shortened name Austral, was a domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas. It was the second-largest domestic scheduled airline ...

, an Argentine airline *

Air Austral Air Austral is a French airline, based at the Roland Garros Airport, in the Indian Ocean. It operates scheduled services from Réunion to metropolitan France, South Africa, Thailand, India and a number of destinations in the Indian Ocean. The c ...

, an airline based in Réunion *

Austral (bus manufacturer) Austral was an Australian bus manufacturer in Geebung, Brisbane. History Austral was originally formed as Athol Hedges. It was later renamed Domino Hedges, then Domino before becoming Austral in 1982 when purchased by the Australian Manufactu ...

, a defunct Australian bus body manufacturer

Education

* Austral University, a private university in Argentina *

Universidad Austral de Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, Chile, Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight or ...

, a Chilean traditional university

Entertainment venues

Austral Picture Palace Kilkenny is an inner north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt. It is named after Kilkenny ( Cill Chainnigh), Ireland. History Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land n ...

, Kilkenny, South Australia *

Austral Picture Theatre The Austral Picture Theatre was a theatre and cinema built in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1921 as a theatre and later became a roller skate rink. It is currently used as a carpet store, with plans to partially demolish the bui ...

, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia * Austral Theatre, Naracoorte, South Australia * The Austral, a pub in

Rundle Street Rundle Street, often referred to as "Rundle Street East" as distinct from Rundle Mall, is a street in the East End of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Pulteney Street to East Terrace, where it becomes ...

, Adelaide, South Australia

Events

Austral Wheel Race The Austral Wheel Race is the oldest track bicycle race in the world still existing, stretching back to 1887. It is owned and run by AusCycling Victoria. The Austral race is Australia’s greatest track cycling event. It is held in Melbourne, ...

, the world's oldest track bicycle race, held in Victoria, Australia *

Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as "Australs") is an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in the Australasian region. It is one of the world's largest debating tournaments, second only i ...

, a collegiate debating tournament also known as the "Australs"

Places

Austral, New South Wales Austral is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. History The area that now constitutes the ...

, a suburb of Sydney, Australia *

Austral Islands The Austral Islands (french: Îles Australes, officially ''Archipel des Australes;'' ty, Tuha'a Pae) are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic in the South Pacific. Geographically, ...

, the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia *

Zona Austral The Zona Austral (''Southernmost Zone'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Zona Sur and the Chacao Channel to the ...

, the southernmost region of Chile

Transport

;Motor vehicles *

Austral (automobile) The Austral was a French automobile manufactured in Paris in 1907; the company offered "touring tricars" and motorized delivery tricycles A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor powered or ...

, a French car manufactured in 1907 *

Renault Austral The Renault Austral is a compact crossover SUV (C-segment) manufactured and marketed by Renault. It was unveiled in March 2022 as a successor to the Kadjar, and built on the third-generation CMF-CD platform. It was publicly exhibited for the fir ...

, a compact crossover SUV motor vehicle ;Ships *''

Austral (1881) ''Austral'' was a passenger ship built by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 21 December 1881 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow. She was used in the passenger route trade to Australia. She sank at her mooring in Neutral Bay ...

'', a passenger ship that sank in 1882 near Sydney, Australia *''

L'Austral ''L'Austral'' is a cruise ship operated by the French cruise line company Compagnie du Ponant. It is the sister vessel of ''Le Boréal'' and ''Le Soléal ''Le Soléal'' is a cruise ship operated by Compagnie du Ponant. History The ship ...

'', a cruise ship built in 2010

Other uses

Austral language Austral (''Reo Tuha'a pae'') is an endangered Polynesian language or a dialect continuum that is spoken by approximately 8,000 people (1987). It is spoken only on the Austral Islands and the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The language is als ...

, the language of the Austral Islands *

Argentine austral The austral was the currency of Argentina between June 15, 1985, and December 31, 1991. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line, code point . This symbol appeared on all coins issued i ...

, a former currency of Argentina *

Austral plan The Austral plan was an Argentine economic plan devised by minister Juan Vital Sourrouille during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín. Previous context Raúl Alfonsín became president of Argentina in 1983 through democratic elections, receiving hig ...

, an economic plan in Argentina