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Did you know? consists of a series of "hooks", which are interesting facts taken from Wikipedia's newest or recently expanded Australian related articles. The choice of articles is subject to a series of criteria, see DYK rules for more information.

... that to learn the rules of American football, Australian Adam Korsak, who was named the best college punter in 2022, played Madden NFL 06 and watched Any Given Sunday?
... that Australian Madeleine Steere played water polo professionally in Turkey after studying biomolecular science in the United States?
... that politician John D'Orazio helped to secure a three-year trial of daylight saving time in Western Australia?
... that a dispute over paid sick leave at a chocolate factory ended up before the High Court of Australia in Mondelez v AMWU?
... that the blind cave eel is the longest cavefish in Australia?
... that the search for a lost radioactive capsule along a 1,400-kilometre (870 mi) stretch of road in Western Australia was likened to looking for a needle in a haystack?
... that Edward Thonen, one of the miners killed in the Eureka Rebellion, had gained notoriety in England as a jewellery thief prior to his emigration to Australia?
... that audience members interrogated suspects in an Australian Cluedo game show based on the board game?
... that the Australian government tried to censor a film of Quail Island's starving koalas?
... that George Jenkins was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"?
... that Australian writer Gertrude Hart was a co-founder of the Old Derelicts' Club, which later became the Society of Australian Authors?
... that Scottish painter Gordon Coutts left Australia without paying maintenance to his estranged wife, but was arrested in New Zealand?
... that in 1919 nurse Hilda Hope McMaugh became the first Australian woman to qualify as a pilot?
... that Australian communist Harry Stein was personally invited by Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ to tour South Vietnam?
... that John Dique constructed the machine used by the first Australian patient to receive dialysis?
... that constable Joseph Luker, the first police officer killed on duty in Australia, was a former convict?
... that author Ann Howard interviewed more than 100 Australians about their experiences as child evacuees sent inland during World War II when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent?
... that Mabel Freer was deported from Australia because she could not speak Italian?
... that the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is the only contemporary art museum in the country with a permanent collection?
... that BoysTown was reported as having the largest case of child abuse in Australia's history?
... that Gil Kim played professional baseball in the Netherlands, China, Australia, Spain, and Venezuela, scouted in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and coaches in Canada?
... that the Bluey special "The Sign" reminded a Sydney Morning Herald reporter of Australia's housing crisis?
... that in the 1980s, Amanda Villepastour, now an ethnomusicologist at Cardiff University, was the keyboardist in Australian new wave band Eurogliders?
... that the first imported copies of Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent were confiscated by Australian customs authorities?
... that Eva Duldig, who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the Wimbledon Championships?
... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia?
... that the only ever hijacking of a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft began at Baucau Airport, East Timor, in 1975?
... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019?
... that Australian gamer Zer0 led his team to an Apex Legends Global Series championship with a substitution teammate to whom he had never spoken before?
... that an exhibition match of Australian rules football was contested in London on 28 October 1916 between two teams of elite footballers also serving in the First AIF?
... that Genevieve Beacom became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League when she made her debut for the Melbourne Aces in 2022?
... that on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia, the George Roper ran aground and was wrecked?
... that a newspaper in Kentucky reported that the solar eclipse of November 22, 1900, would pass over Austria instead of Australia?
... that Australian politicians may face the pub test?
... that Episode 2351 of the Australian soap opera Home and Away was filmed in England, marking the first time the serial was filmed overseas?
... that indigenous Australian artist Daniel Boyd has depicted colonial figures including Captain James Cook and Governor Arthur Phillip as pirates?
... that starting at age 16, future Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci was named top sewing machine salesperson three years in a row?
... that when Australian Brihony Dawson debuted as the first non-binary host of reality TV franchise The Challenge, they decided not to imitate the "ominous" style of the U.S. host?
... that the recently restored Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Roebourne is the oldest church in North West Australia?
... that in the 1920s, Australian journalist E. George Marks predicted military conflict in the Pacific between Japan and the United States?
... that the Victoria State Government has ordered 100 G-class trams, which is the largest domestic order in Australian history?
... that Australian neurosurgeon Jeffrey Rosenfeld led the team developing a wireless device that promises to give limited vision to the totally blind?
... that the dominant species in the Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia are often not grasses at all?
... that Australiformis semoni is a parasite that infests marsupials in Australia and New Guinea and whose infestation could cause debilitating ulcerative granulomatous gastritis?
... that politics in The Simpsons have caused controversy in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Japan?

More current events - (scrolling list)

24 June 2024 –: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department, in which he will be found guilty on one federal charge in exchange for his release back to Australia. (ABC News)
10 June 2024 – Israel–Hamas war: The United States Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, is vandalized by a pro-Palestinian activist. (NBC News)
22 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest: Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating their citizens from New Caledonia amid civil unrest. (AP)
9 May 2024 – Australia–Tuvalu relations: Australia and Tuvalu sign a new security agreement, whereby Australia agrees to protect Tuvalu during natural disasters, pandemics, or military aggression. (AP)
5 May 2024 – Terrorism in Australia: A man is injured in a stabbing at a car park in Perth, Australia. The 16-year-old perpetrator is killed by police officers and is described as a "religious radicalized individual". A possible Islamist motive is behind the attack. (DW)
3 May 2024 –: Mexican authorities locate the bodies of three tourists, one American and two Australians, in Baja California, where they were reported missing in April. Three people have been arrested and are being questioned in relation to the case. (Reuters) (BBC News)
28 April 2024 –: Nicole Kidman becomes the first Australian to earn the AFI Life Achievement Award for her contribution to American cinema. (Rolling Stone)
19 April 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave Israel, citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks. (Times of Israel)
16 April 2024 – 2024 Wakeley church stabbing: Australian police say that the stabbing attack at an Assyrian church in Sydney was an Islamic terrorist act. (Reuters)
15 April 2024 – 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations: Former Australian political staffer Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her. (The Guardian)
15 April 2024 – 2024 Wakeley church stabbing: Four people are injured, including bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, in a mass stabbing at a church in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect. (Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 – 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings: Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. (The Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
13 April 2024 – 2024 Cook by-election: Simon Kennedy of the Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of Cook, succeeding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (ABC News Australia)
9 April 2024 – 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak: A Federation University Australia expedition confirms that bird flu is currently spreading across Antarctica, with outbreaks confirmed in wild bird populations in Beak Island, Hope Bay, Devil Island, and Paulet Island. (El Pais)
4 April 2024 – 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak: Scientists from the Federation University Australia report that thousands of Adélie penguins have been found dead in Antarctica amid an increase in bird flu cases among wild bird populations. (Reuters)
3 April 2024 –: Businesswoman Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next Governor General of Australia and will succeed David Hurley on 1 July. (Canberra Times)
1 April 2024 – Israel–Hamas war: Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish, Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah. (Al Jazeera)

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