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2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

April 26, 2005

• The Civil Unions and Relationships Acts come into force in New Zealand, which allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions similar to marriage. (New Zealand Herald) (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122375)

April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On 9 December 2004 New Zealand Parliament passed the Civil Union Bill, establishing the new institution of civil union, available to same-sex and de facto couples. ...

April 25, 2005

• More than 20,000 Australians, New Zealanders, Turks and other nationalities gather at Anzac Cove to mark the 90th anniversary of the failed Gallipoli landings. Thousands more attend ANZAC Day dawn remembrance ceremonies and marches in cities around Australia and New Zealand, 250,000 in Sydney alone. (Reuters) (http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/abc/20050425/18/domestic/1352789.inp) (Wikinews) (http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/ANZAC%27s_remembered_ninety_years_after_assault_on_Gallipoli) Auckland (New Zealand Herald) (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=773&ObjectID=10122337) Other NZ cities (New Zealand Herald) (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122335)
• Announcement made that Australian born Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark is pregnant. (ABC News) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1353083.htm).

April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of Anzac Cove from Ari Burnu, July 2004. ... Battle of Gallipoli Conflict First World War Date 19 February 1915 - 9 January 1916 Place Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey Result Ottoman victory The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli in 1915 during the First World War. ... ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Australian War Memorial, 25 April 2005, 90th anniversary Australia and New Zealand commemorate the ANZAC Day public holiday on the 25th of April every year to honour the bravery and sacrifice of the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), and of... This is a list of cities in Australia, arranged by state: Australian Capital Territory Canberra New South Wales See also: List of Sydney suburbs, Local Government Areas of New South Wales Northern Territory See also: Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory Darwin (Capital) Alice Springs Palmerston Queensland See also... Sydneys skyline with the Opera House on the left Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city, founded in 1788. ... Crown Princess Marys cypher Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark (née Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, born Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 February 1972) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. ...

April 24, 2005

• Victoria Police officer shot dead east of Melbourne. (ABC News) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1352371.htm).

April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. ... Melbourne - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

April 23, 2005

• Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, well known former Premier of Queensland, dies in hospital in Kingaroy (ABC News) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1352171.htm).

April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (13 January 1911 - 23 April 2005) was an Australian politician who was Premier of the state of Queensland from 1968 to 1987, the states longest serving Premier. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Kingaroy is an agricultural town and Local Government Area in Queensland, Australia, about 3 hours drive northwest of Brisbane on the Bunya Highway. ...

April 21, 2005

• Bus drivers in Auckland working for Stagecoach have voted to strike for six days from May 5 in support of their claim for an extra $2 an hour. New Zealand Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10121681)
• 700 coal miners strike for the day in the first national coal miners' strike in New Zealand for more than a decade. The miners want a 6% wage increase, but their employer, Solid Energy, is offering 2.8%. New Zealand Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10121643)

April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... Stagecoach Group plc is a leading international transport group operating bus, train, tram, express coach and ferry operations. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ...

April 19, 2005

• The largest moving object on Earth, the iceberg B15A in Antarctica has collided with the Drygalski ice tongue, a feature large enough to be included in Antarctic maps. During the collision, a five-kilometre-long section of the ice tongue was broken off. (ESA) (http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMEGLW797E_index_0.html)

April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An iceberg (berg is the German word for mountain) is a large piece of ice that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. ... B15A is an Antarctic ice floe, currently the largest moving object on Earth. ... The Drygalski ice tongue is located on the Scott Coast, in the northern McMurdo Sound of Antarcticas Ross Dependency, 240 kilometres (150 miles) north of Ross Island. ...

April 15, 2005

• Australian police in Melbourne have discovered a large amount of ecstasy hidden in a ship bound from Italy. (BBC News) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4447521.stm) (Bloomberg News) (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=ahOufnlDx0YU&refer=australia)