Australia

The design for the Sydney Opera House was chosen after the New South Wales Government conducted a competition in the late 1950's. Danish Architect Jorn Utzon's vision wasthe winning design. Unfortuanetely in 1966 Jorn Utzon resigned from the project because of disagreements with the Government. The building was completed in 1973 and QueenElizabeth II officially opened it in that year. Jorn Utzon died in 2008 without ever returning to Sydney to see in person the amazing Opera House he designed.
One of theunusual and interesting facts about Australia is about the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt. Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while going for a swim at CheviotBeach on the 17th December 1967. His disappearance has remained a mystery all these years.
Gough Whitlam is the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed fromoffice. He was dismissed as Prime Minister by the then Governor General, Sir John Kerr in 1975.
The Honey Suckle Creek Tracking Station near Canberra broadcast the pictures ofman's first steps on the moon to the rest of the world in 1969.
United States architect Walter Burley Griffin won the competition in 1912 to design Australia's capitalcity of Canberra.
Interesting facts about Australia include the longest straight stretches of road, railway track and the longest fence in the world.
The longest sectionof straight railway track in the world at 478 kilometres crosses The Nullarbor Plain (South Australia to Western Australia).
The longest straight section of road at 146kilometres is also on the Nullarbor Plains.
The longest fence in the world is known as The Dingo Fence, Wild Dog Fence or Border Fence depending on which state you are in.