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WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – The Big Rocking Horse: World’s biggest rocking horse made of steel

Standing tall and proud and (subjectively) beautiful on the side of the road as you drive out of Gumeracha, Australia, is the world’s biggest...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – Melbourne Food and Wine Festival: World’s longest running lunch festival

The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, run by Food and Wine Victoria Ltd. is an event held in March annually since 1993 to promote...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – The port of Newcastle: World’s busiest coal export port

The Port of Newcastle is a major seaport in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales Australia. It is made up of facilities in...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – Chinchilla Melon: World’s largest melon festival

The Chinchilla Melon Festival is a wild week of melon-themed event that culminate in the hilarious Melon Games. Visitors provide the entertainment as they...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – Zespri International Limited: World’s largest marketer of kiwifruit

Zespri International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit. Zespri was formed as a co-operative of kiwifruit growers in New Zealand in 1997....

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – David Jones Pty: World’s oldest continuously-operating department store

David Jones Pty Limited, trading as David Jones (colloquially DJs), is an Australian upmarket department store, owned since 2014 by South African retail group...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – Highway 1: Longest national highway in the world

Highway 1 of Australia is with a length of 14,500 km (9,000 mi) the longest national highway in the world. It can be considered...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – Palau: First country in the world to ban ‘reef-toxic’ sun cream

Palau has become the first nation in the world to ban sun cream which damages coral reefs and other sea life.  The Pacific island country,...

WORLDKINGS – Worldkings News – Australia Records Institute (AURI) – Frank Macfarlane Burnet: Scientist wins Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for predicting acquired...

Frank Macfarlane Burnet, (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist best known for...

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