Why Do Austria & Australia Have Such Similar Names?
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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Getting Austria & Australia Mixed Up: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/na... Ostarrîchi Document: http://austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Ost...
A Very Short History of Austria: http://www.tourmycountry.com/austria/...
Notus: http://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosNoto...
Terra Australis: http://libweb5.princeton.edu/VISUAL_M...
The Spanish quest for Terra Australis: http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/dis...
A Voyage to Terra Australis: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12929/...
PHOTO SOURCES
Uluru: Huntster
Grenfell Centre: DaDogeDude
Bullfrog: Carl D. Howe
Fraud: Max Halberstadt
Mozart: Maybe Pietro Antonio Lorenzo???
"Lord of the Land"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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