"Pick a name already, AUSTRALIA!"
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- Australia nickname "Straya" is first recorded (like 'Murica)1988
- Australia is called "The Lucky Country" in print1964
- Australia nickname "Oz" is first recorded in print1944
- Australia is poetically nicknamed "The Wide Brown Land"1908
- "The Commonwealth of Australia" is formed (i.e. the country "Australia")1901
- Australia is nicknamed "The Land Down Under" in print1886
- The continent "New Holland" is renamed "Australia"1824
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