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Monday, April 6, 2009

Popular Australian Animals

Dingo

Wombat

Snake-Necked Turtle

Wedge Tailed Eagle

Tarantula

Sugar Glider

TasmanianDevil

Thorny Devil

Pelican

Numbat

Duckbilled Platypus

Possum

Scorpion

Lyrebird

Lace Monitor

Koala

Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo

Kookaburras

Flying Fox

Fairy Penguins

Frilled Lizard

Fur Seals

Albino & Grey Kangaroos

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Black Swans

Salt Water Crocodile

Echidna

Emu

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Top 10 Australia's Deadliest Snakes

The most deadliest snakes in the world can be found in Australia but below are the Top 10 Australia's Deadliest Snakes.

1 Brown Snake

2 Death Adder

3 Black Tiger Snake

4 Tiger Snake

5 Sea Kraits

6-7 Mainland & Eastern Tiger Snake

8 Taipan

9 King Brown Snake

10 Inland Taipan

FLAGS OF AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES

POPULAR AUSSIES

Simon Baker

Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia's prestigious Logie award for Most Popular New Talent. Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film LA Confidential (1997).

Nicole Kidman

Elegant redhead Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Anthony (a biochemist and clinical psychologist) and Janelle (a nursing instructor) Kidman. The family moved almost immediately to Washington, D.C., where Nicole's father pursued his research on breast cancer, then, three years later, made the pilgrimage to her parents' native Sydney.

Russel Crowe

Russel Crowe was Born in New Zealand, Russell has made his home in Australia since he was a small child. He is the Cousin of former New Zealand international cricketers Jeff and Martin Crowe.

Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born on January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, New York, USA. Though born in the US, Mel and his family moved to New South Wales, Australia. After high school, Mel studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, performing at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts alongside future film thespians Judy Davis and Geoffry Rush.

Peta Wilson

Peta Wilson was Born on November 18, 1970, Peta grew up an army brat all over the pacific rim, spending several years in Papua New Guinea where her Australian father was stationed. She has a production company, Sweet Lip Productions, and she's developing several projects, including Guns In The Night.

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman was Born in Sydney of English parentage, and the youngest of 5 children, Jackman has a Communications degree with a journalism major from the University of Technology Sydney. In the X-Men movies, he plays Wolverine; in Van Helsing (2004), he goes after a monster called The Wolfman.

David Wenham

David Wenham, sometimes known as Daisy, (born September 21, 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theater productions. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Wenham's television credits include several telemovies. Wenham has periodically appeared in Hollywood films. The film role for which he is most known for worldwide is the fictional character Faramir in the New Line Cinema Movie The Lord of the Ring.

Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett was born on August 2, 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She's a model turned actress. At the age of seventeen, Barrett started modeling through Europe. In 1995 she landed her first television break as a cast member on MTV's Real World season in London. This made her perhaps one of the very few people to crossover from reality television to mainstream success in the film industry. After the show, she attended the British Academy of Dramatic Art in Oxford, England. Her first film role came in 1997 in Campfire Tales. Since then, she has been in numerous movies and television shows.

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Wallace Weaving was born on April 4, 1960) is a Nigerian-born English- Australian film and stage actor. Hugo Weaving was born in Nigeria to English parents Wallace and Anne. He spent his childhood in South Africa and then moved to the United Kingdom in his teens. While in England he attended the prestigious, academically selective boarding school Quenn Elizabeth's Hospital, commonly known as QEH school in Bristol. He arrived in Australia in 1976 and attended Sydney's Knox Grammar School. Weaving then graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, or NIDA, in 1981. It was his role as the enigmatic Agent Smith in the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix which made Weaving a globally recognized face.

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue was born on May 28, 1968 is an Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Minogue rose to prominence in the late 1980s, as a result of her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before she commenced her career as a pop recording artist.

POPULAR FILIPINOS

TIA CARRERE

Occupation: American Model, Actress & Singer

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish heritage, Carrere longed to be a singer as a child.

ROD SCHNEIDER

Occupation: Hollywood Movie Comedian

His mother is Filipina. He grew up in San Francisco suburb of Pacifica. Area known as Pedro Point, overlooking Linda Mar Beach.

MANNY PACQUIAO

Occupation: Boxer

He was born on December 17, 1978) at General Santos City, South Cotabato, aka "Pacman," "The Destroyer" and sometimes referred to in the Philippines as ang Pambansang Kamao ("the National Fist") is the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) International Super Featherweight Champion (since 2005), former The Ring People's Featherweight Champion (2003-2005), former IBF Super Bantamweight Champion (2001-2004), and former WBC Flyweight Champion (1998-1999). He has a record of 42 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws, with 33 wins coming by way of knockout.

PAENG NEPOMUCENO

Occupation: Bowler

He is the only bowler who had received the prestigious International Olympic Committee President's Trophy and was the first enshrined in the International Bowling Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993. In November 1999, the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named Paeng as the "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium."

ERNIE REYES JR.

Occupation: Kick Boxer & Hollywood Actor

He was born on January 15, 1972 in San Jose, California, is a Taekwondo practitioner and actor. The grandson of Filipino immigrants, Reyes Jr. began to practice the art at the age of four, under the tutelage of his father, Ernie Reyes Sr. He has two brothers and two sisters. He is a Scientologist.

LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS

Occupation: Hollywood Actor

He was born on February 17, 1962, at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines), named for Marine legend Lou Diamond, is an American actor. He is of Spanish, Scottish/Irish, Chinese, Hawaiian, Cherokee and Filipino ancestry.

EFREN REYES

Occupation: Billiard Player

He was born on August 26, 1954. He is widely considered to be one of history's greatest practitioners of pocket billiards (sometimes called "pool"), especially the games of nine ball and one-pocket. He is famously known as "The Magician" for his trick shots.

ALLEN PINEDA aka APL DE AP

Occupation: Singer & Composer

Born on 28th of November 1974 is better known as apl.de.ap. He was born in the impoverished district of Sapang Bato in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Born to a Filipina mother and an African-American father. Apl is a member of the popular hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.

Mig Ayesa

Occupation: Singer, Musician & Actor

MiG Ayesa was born in Manila, Philippines, but when he was 2 years old his family moved to Sydney, Australia. MiG grew up there, and was on his way to a Communications degree from Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the lead singer of the INXS band.

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