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The idyllic Australian islands you’ve probably never heard of
The islands’ history reads like the plot of a Netflix miniseries.They were discovered by British sea captain William Keeling in 1609, but there was no permanent settlement here until one was ...
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Avian influenza H5N1 in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands
Kerguelen is only 440km from Australia's remote Heard and McDonald Islands. Bird flu watchers are concerned the possibility of long-distance transmission could lead to the virus reaching ...