The Indian Pacific is a weekly experiential tourism passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney,on the shore of the Pacific Ocean,and Perth,on the shore of the Indian Ocean –thus,like its counterpart in the north–south corridor,The Ghan,one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world. It first ran in 1970 after the completion of gauge conversion projects in South Australia and Western Australia,enabling for the first time a cross-continental rail journey that did not have a break of gauge.
Canberra railway station is located on the NSW TrainLink Regional Southern Line in the Australian Capital Territory,Australia. It is located in the Canberra suburb of Kingston.
The Public Transport Commission (PTC) was an agency of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of rail,bus and ferry services in New South Wales,Australia from October 1972 until June 1980.
Sir James Plimsoll,was an Australian diplomat and public servant. He served variously as Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1959–1963),High Commissioner to India (1963–1965),Secretary of the Department of External Affairs (1965–1970),Ambassador to the United States (1970–1973),Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1974–1977),Ambassador to Belgium and the European Economic Community (1977–1980),High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1980–1981),Ambassador to Japan (1981–1982),and Governor of Tasmania (1982–1987).
Foreign relations exist between the Australia and Finland. Diplomatic relations were established on 31 May 1949. Australia is represented in Finland through its embassy in Stockholm,Sweden,and through an honorary consulate in Helsinki. Finland has had an embassy in Canberra since 1978,alongside honorary consulate generals in Melbourne and Perth,honorary consulates in Adelaide,Brisbane,Darwin,Hobart,and Sydney,and an honorary vice-consulate in Cairns.
Sir Edward John Bunting was an Australian public servant and diplomat,whose senior career appointments included Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Australia and Uruguay have had consular relations since 1923 and diplomatic relations since 1948. Australia is represented in Uruguay through its embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an honorary consulate in Montevideo. Uruguay has an embassy in Canberra a consulate general in Sydney and honorary consulates in all State capitals.
Sir Alan Thomas Carmody was an Australian public servant and government official,who was knighted for his contributions.
Current and historical bilateral relations exist between Australia and North Korea.
Richard John Smith was an Australian diplomat.
Alan John Woods was a senior Australian public servant.
Douglas Henry McKay was a senior Australian public servant.
Blair Robert Comley is an economist. He is a former Secretary of the New South Wales Government Department of Premier and Cabinet,replaced by a new Secretary upon the election of the then Premier of NSW,The Hon Gladys Berejiklian.
Alan Silvius Reiher was a senior Australian public servant,best known for his time as Director-General of Works in the Australian Government bureaucracy and for heading government transport agencies in New South Wales and Victoria.
Donald Fred McMichael was an Australian marine biologist and senior public servant.
Stephen Arthur FitzGerald is a former Australian diplomat. He was Australian Ambassador to China,its first to the People's Republic of China,between 1973 and 1976.
Dennis Walter Argall is a retired Australian diplomat and senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). He was Australia’s Ambassador to China from 1984 until 1985.
The Rhodesia Information Centre (RIC),also known as the Rhodesian Information Centre,the Rhodesia Information Service,the Flame Lily Centre and the Zimbabwe Information Centre,represented the Rhodesian government in Australia from 1966 to 1980. As Australia did not recognise Rhodesia's independence it operated on an unofficial basis.
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