AUSTRALIA
(See also Norfolk Island; Tasmania; Thursday Island; Torres Strait Islands)
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Aborigines: g94 2/22 16-19
beliefs: w01 7/15 3; g98 8/22 12
Bible translation: g 3/06 29
boomerangs: g87 1/22 21-24
didgeridoo (musical instrument): g97 4/22 24-25; g94 2/22 17
languages: g94 2/22 18-19; g87 2/8 29-30
religion: g89 9/22 14-15
Tasmania: g97 5/8 24-26
TV station: g87 2/8 29-30
Witness publications prized: w89 7/1 15
abortion:
middle-class women: g05 4/22 29
agriculture:
soil salinization: g05 1/8 7, 9; g04 8/22 25-27
State Barrier Fence (Rabbit Proof Fence): g03 2/8 14-15
sugarcane: g00 8/8 21-24
water used: g04 8/8 29
airlines:
smoking prohibited on all domestic flights: g88 4/8 29
alcohol abuse: g93 10/8 28; g86 10/8 30
animals:
brumbies (wild horses): g01 4/8 16-19
camel: g01 4/8 16-17; g98 4/8 28; g86 9/22 29
cane-toad menace: g05 2/8 27; g90 4/8 29
contraceptive bullet: g86 6/22 31
cordials in drinking water of piglets: g86 3/22 30
crocodile: g96 1/22 24-27; g87 2/8 30
dingo: g91 10/8 24-25
donkey: g01 4/8 18-19
feral cats: g04 2/8 20-21
Irrawaddy dolphin: g98 4/8 16-17
kangaroo: g00 4/8 16-19; g92 7/22 15-17; g87 6/8 29
koala: g92 7/22 17; g91 12/8 14-16; g90 6/22 29; g86 8/22 26-27
marsupials: g92 7/22 15-17
pets abandoned: g02 9/8 29
pets valued over family: g 5/08 30
platypus: g96 12/8 16-18
poisonous snakes: g96 8/22 24-25
potoroo: g02 10/8 29
rabbit deluge: g05 2/8 25-27; g91 1/22 28; g89 5/8 29
roundups by aircraft: g98 2/22 29
sheep: g91 4/22 28; g91 9/22 23; g88 6/22 29
turtle: g 9/06 30; g93 3/22 25-27
aquifer in Western Australia: g89 11/8 28-29
automobiles:
race of solar-powered: g91 6/22 29
traffic fatalities: g86 2/22 30
Bass Strait: g 11/08 15-17
bicentenary:
tall sailing ships: g88 9/8 16-18
biodegradable shopping bags: g03 9/8 29
birds:
brolga: g96 11/8 14-16
cassowary: g96 11/8 14, 16
effect of warmer weather: g04 8/8 28
emu: g05 2/22 14-15; g96 11/8 14-15, 17; g93 6/22 28
jabiru: g96 11/8 14-17
little penguin (Phillip Island): g02 10/22 15-17
mallee bird (malleefowl): ijwwd article 32
palm cockatoo: g03 9/22 7-8
parakeet: g02 10/22 28
parrots: g95 3/8 15-16
short-tailed shearwater: g86 9/22 30
wedge-tailed eagle: g96 11/8 14, 16-17
Broome (Port of Pearls): g02 4/8 14-15
capital city Canberra: g89 7/22 16-17
Parliament House: g89 7/22 16-17
carillon (musical instrument): g96 6/22 24-25
children:
child-custody case: g88 10/22 7
importance of family to: g86 6/22 29
overweight: g96 12/22 28
poverty among: g89 9/8 28-29
study on creativity of 12-year-olds: g88 10/22 8
survey on fears: g87 9/22 29
survey on racial prejudice: g88 11/8 20
climate:
increased warmth: g04 8/8 28
crime:
churches victimized: g95 7/22 28
cost: g96 10/8 5; g94 10/22 29; g93 3/8 28
curfews on youths reduce: g90 1/8 28
drug-related: w89 11/15 7
insurance fraud: w90 2/15 4
massacre at Port Arthur (Tasmania, 1996): g96 12/22 16-18
phone-booth vandalism: g88 5/22 30
religious fraud: g97 9/22 9
Sydney: w87 6/15 21
thief wants pay for returning purse: g86 7/8 31
description: g97 10/8 16-19; w93 10/15 23
divorce: g86 7/8 10
after Christmas and New Year: g 4/09 30
drought: g 1/09 3; g92 4/8 30
drugs:
children’s habitual use of painkillers: g90 10/8 28
crimes related to: w89 11/15 7
most widely abused: g86 10/8 30
energy:
electricity from ocean waves: g87 10/8 30
Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme: g97 10/22 16-19
Expo 88: g88 1/8 25
families:
income sacrificed for balanced life: g03 9/22 29
single-parent: g02 10/8 5
survey on wife-beating: g88 7/8 29-30
farming:
with horses: g97 7/22 30; g96 10/22 25-27
fires: g02 9/22 24-27
Canberra (2003): g04 3/8 25
floods:
Queensland (1990): g91 1/8 31
gambling: g 2/14 3; g00 4/22 28; g96 11/8 28
geography:
Ayers Rock: g89 3/8 14-17
deserts: g86 3/22 10
Fraser Island (sand island): g 3/06 14-17
Great Artesian Basin: g02 2/8 25-27
Great Barrier Reef: g 9/13 3; g91 6/8 24-26; g91 7/8 28
Nullarbor Plain: w88 11/1 11-12
Shark Bay: g 7/07 15-17
“Top End”: w93 10/15 25
gold: g 2/11 19-21; g05 9/22 24-26
health and disease: g97 7/8 28
AIDS prevention: g92 10/8 28
AIDS sufferers sue over blood transfusions: g90 4/8 28
lightning strikes: g97 9/8 29
problem of overweight: g86 6/22 31
skin cancer: g05 6/8 6; g94 6/22 28
Heard Island:
effects of warmer sea: g02 1/22 29
history:
convicts from Britain: g02 4/22 12-15; g02 12/22 30; g01 2/8 20-23
Cook, James: g95 3/22 12-15
holidays:
Anzac Day: ijwfq article 59
Australia Day: ijwfq article 59
homes without kitchens: g98 10/22 29
industry:
aerosol device safe for atmosphere: g90 2/8 29
coal mining: g05 6/22 11-14
electronic books: g88 2/22 30
sheep-shearing robot: g89 1/22 30
watchdog robot: g87 6/22 29
insects:
African dung beetles imported: g96 3/8 27
butterflies: g92 3/8 16-17
honey ants: g 5/11 10-11
leaf-curling spider: g02 7/22 24
poisonous spiders: g04 8/8 28; g96 8/22 24-25
stingless bees: g00 11/8 12-14
jellyfish: g03 4/8 26-27
languages: w05 12/1 24
law:
euthanasia legalized (Northern Territory): g97 2/22 29
maps: w06 2/1 15; w05 4/1 30; g98 8/22 15; w93 10/15 23; g93 6/8 18
Bass Strait: g 11/08 16-17
Flying Doctor Service bases: g90 8/8 18
Great Artesian Basin: g02 2/8 25
Murray-Darling Basin: g04 8/22 25
Phillip Island: g02 10/22 15
Shark Bay: g 7/07 15
Torres Strait Islands: w10 5/1 23-25
marriage: g86 7/8 10
living together before: g 2/13 3; g 3/07 22
medicine:
artery-clearing tool: g92 4/22 28
blood transfusion dangers: g02 2/22 28-29
defibrillator at cemetery: g 10/08 30
device to assess risk of heart disease: g95 8/22 29
Flying Doctor: g90 8/8 16-19
hematology director comments on blood transfusions: g91 11/22 28
hepatitis C from blood transfusions: g90 1/8 29
HTLV-1 virus in blood: g94 1/22 28
institutions sued over AIDS from blood transfusions: g90 4/8 28
kangaroo-tail tendons replace torn ligaments in human knees: g87 6/8 29
prevalence of tranquilizer use: g92 11/22 28
seaweed dressing for wounds: g86 9/22 29-30
sight restored by shock of earthquake: g90 6/22 29
money:
plastic currency: g88 6/22 29
national parks:
Royal National Park: g89 6/22 3
Serpentine: g94 9/22 18-19
Stirling Range: g94 9/22 19
Torndirrup: g94 9/22 19
news media: g95 4/22 28
nuclear testing: g98 3/8 7-8
opals: g93 10/22 24-25
pearls: g02 4/8 14-15
plants:
wildflowers: g94 9/22 16-19
pollution: g05 4/8 28
population:
age: g94 2/8 29
Chinese: g 2/11 19-21
decline: g89 2/22 30
demography: g97 10/8 16
immigrants: yb88 6-7
prisons:
claimed ineffective: g89 6/8 29
costs: g88 2/22 30
overcrowding: g90 12/8 29
railroad from Adelaide to Darwin: g 2/08 23-25
religion:
all-Australian Bible: g88 5/8 29; g88 8/22 30
alterations in modern translations decried: g96 5/22 28
Anglican Church divided over ordination of women: g93 8/22 19
Bible on silicon chip: g88 4/22 30
campaign to distribute free Bibles: g88 1/22 30
Catholic Church gets insurance for sexual abuse by priests: g94 1/8 28
Catholic Church offers Bible courses: g90 9/8 29
Catholic World Youth Day (2008): g 6/09 24-27
churches for sale: g96 3/22 29
decline: g 1/15 16; g 11/15 3; g91 8/22 29
Easter survey: g99 1/22 29
fraud: g97 9/22 9
house-to-house preaching recommended: g88 3/22 29; g86 6/22 29
interdenominational church group supports homosexuality: w90 10/15 21
National Council of Churches in Australia: g95 2/22 29
number of practicing Catholics: g87 7/8 12
Satanism: g89 10/22 3
sexual offenses by clergy: g92 8/8 28
survey on attenders: g92 3/8 29
survey on celibacy of priests: g90 7/22 28
visit of Pope John Paul II (1986): g87 7/8 12-15
World Conference on Religion and Peace (1989): g89 12/8 25, 27
schools:
Genesis creation account banned: g86 6/22 29
violence: g94 8/8 28
science:
clock with extreme accuracy: g96 10/8 29; g88 2/8 29-30
DNA implants for pig embryos: g86 9/22 29
extracting salt from seawater: g00 8/22 29
radio telescope array: g03 6/8 15-17
sensors imitate insect eyes: g02 9/22 28
use of radioactivity to locate termite colonies: g88 9/22 30
smoking:
advertising in women’s magazines: g89 7/8 28
ban in restaurants proposed: g91 10/8 29
banned in all public hospitals: g89 3/22 29
banned on all domestic flights: g88 4/8 29
cost per year: g89 3/22 29
damages awarded for forced passive smoking: g92 10/22 29
deaths of nonsmokers from: g91 6/22 28-29
drab colors on cigarette packs: g 7/13 3
effect of parents’ smoking on children: g89 6/22 29
warnings on cigarette packs: g94 7/8 28-29
warning that persistent smokers may be denied hospital access: g87 8/8 30
sports:
Olympic Games (Sydney, summer 2000): g00 9/8 3, 6
suicide: g94 2/22 28; g94 9/8 29
Sydney: g99 7/8 14-19; g94 1/8 10, 12
Australia’s bicentenary: g88 9/8 16-18
crime: w87 6/15 21
television:
Aboriginal station: g87 2/8 29-30
preference for violence: w87 10/15 21
preferred over exercise: g86 6/22 31
tipping: g86 6/22 25-26
trees:
boab (baobab): g 5/08 16-18
eucalyptus: g03 3/8 29; g02 10/8 29; g01 2/22 16-19
golden wattle (acacia): g02 8/22 15-17
“Waltzing Matilda”: g97 3/8 30; g96 6/8 24-26
wastefulness: g 5/07 11
youths:
attitude toward future: g95 12/22 29
credit cards: g88 11/8 29
disinterest in cooking: g97 10/8 29
homeless youths: g91 10/8 28-29
survey on concerns: g90 5/22 28
survey on values: g96 8/22 29
violence toward parents: g92 10/8 29
youth “divorces” parents: g89 7/22 28-29; g87 3/22 29
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Aborigines: w06 2/1 12-16; g98 8/22 12-15; w94 5/1 30; g94 2/22 19; w93 10/15 26; w89 7/1 15; yb87 59
apostasy:
after Russell’s death: jv 624
assemblies: jv 457
Assembly Halls: jv 329; yb87 5
ban (1941-1943): kr 158; w07 11/1 11; re 92; w02 8/1 25-26; w01 4/1 25-27; w95 7/1 28; w94 12/1 23; jv 457, 586, 640-641, 657-658; g93 11/22 22; w89 1/1 27; w87 2/1 24-25
Bethel family:
reassignments: yb17 13-14
blood issue:
transfusion avoided: g93 11/22 24-25
Branch Committee: w19.04 27, 30; w12 7/15 21; yb11 182; yb90 182; w88 8/1 26
branch office: w94 12/1 23-24; jv 400
Australasia branch (2012- ): hdu article 32; w19.04 30; w16.01 4
commercial activities during ban: jv 640-641
Ingleburn (1983): jv 335; w87 8/1 28
Ingleburn (1989): jv 400; yb91 25, 27; w90 7/1 14-15; yb87 60
lands overseen by (1930’s): jv 445-446
Melbourne (1904): kr 204; g00 12/22 17; jv 210
oversees New Zealand (2012- ): yb13 13
oversees Samoan islands (2008- ): yb13 13; yb09 120
Regional Engineering Office: jv 332, 400
Strathfield (1972): jv 590, 592
branch overseers: yb16 89; yb07 82; jv 445-446
brother having speech disorder: yb11 69-70
child-custody case: g88 10/22 7
children: w95 1/1 26
letters and gifts to children in Taganrog, Russia: w12 10/15 32
clergy opposition: jv 447-448
letter from archbishop of Sydney: jv 657-658; w89 1/1 27
clergy praise:
Anglican priest: g95 1/8 31
colporteurs: jv 559
congregations: g98 8/22 15
conventions: w06 10/1 12; yb00 9; g98 8/22 14; jv 456-457, 470, 641; yb91 193
coach safari to: g93 6/8 16-18
disrupted (1945): g93 11/22 23
deaf:
raising deaf child: g04 4/8 14-15
early witnessing: w15 6/1 12-13; jv 418-419, 549
Gilead attendees: w12 5/15 14-15; w12 7/15 19; w95 7/1 28; w93 5/1 31; jv 541
growth: yb98 23; g98 8/22 15; yb96 47; yb91 25; w90 7/1 14
Hospital Information Services seminar (1990): g90 11/22 22
Kingdom Halls: hdu article 30; w15 6/1 12; g95 1/8 31; w93 10/15 24; jv 325; w92 8/15 8-9; yb90 10; yb89 9-10
bombing: g92 1/8 9-13; w86 1/1 10; w86 9/1 26; g86 8/8 29
legal matters:
Watchtower Society of Australia: w90 7/1 15
Lightbearer (ketch): foa article 1; g99 10/22 20; jv 440-441
Ministerial Training School: yb93 26
minority-language field: w05 12/1 24; yb88 6-7
missionaries: jv 539
overview with district overseer: w93 10/15 23-26
persecution: w02 8/1 25
persons:
Addison, Thomas: w90 5/1 10-13
Barry, Melba: w01 4/1 24-27
Barry, W. Lloyd: w01 4/1 25-27
Baxter, Aubrey: w07 11/1 8-12
Baxter, Wallace: yb11 182
Bazely, Edward and Lene: w18.06 26-29
Bentzen, Les: g86 6/8 14-17
Bernhardt, Charles: w17.02 32
Brickell, Ben(nett): lfs article 14; w17.02 31-32; g98 8/22 13-15; jv 288-289
Burke, Sue: g95 8/22 19-21
Clark, Florence: w06 2/1 12-16
Clift, Hubert E.: g93 11/22 20-23
Connelly, Dorothy: g98 8/22 12-15
Davison, Lena: w07 6/1 16-17, 20
Deschamp, Clem and Jean: g89 8/22 11-15
Fechner, Gerd: g92 2/22 20-24
Finn, Bernadette: g01 6/22 20-23
Gaspar, Paulette: w09 5/1 29-31
Gjerde, Elva: w12 5/15 13-16
Gluyas, Harold: w04 10/1 24-28
Hahn, Kurt: g97 10/22 20-24
Hall, Will and Danielle: g 7/07 26-28
Harris, Charles (Opa): w17.02 32; w94 6/1 19-21, 23
Horton, Bert: w06 10/1 12; jv 549, 566
Irwin, Dale: w06 10/1 11-15
Jackson, Geoffrey and Jenny: w15 8/15 3-4
James, Farleigh: g88 6/22 19-22
Jaracz, Ted: w06 3/1 13
John, Wilfred: w93 5/1 28-31
Johnston, William: yb07 82; jv 521
Katsikaronis, George: g94 6/22 20-24
Keltie, Stuart: w17.02 32
Koullapis, Costa: g99 12/8 18-21
Lang, Hans: g94 4/22 12-15
Lewis, Ada: w95 7/1 26-29
Lewis, Mark: g 2/08 12-15
Lloyd, Max and Elsie: w12 7/15 17-21
Logan, Harvey and Kathleen: w21.01 26-27, 30
MacGillivray, Alexander: yb16 89; jv 445-446
MacLean, Donald H.: g01 8/22 13; w88 8/1 23-26
Moffatt, David: g88 8/22 21-25
Mouritz, Vivian: yb90 182
Newlands, Bill: w17.02 31-32; jv 445
Nicholson, Jane: jv 624
Nicholson, R. E. B.: jv 624
Nisbet, Robert: w03 4/1 30
Oakley, Joseph A.: w87 2/1 22-26
O’Brien, Terrence and Margaret: w09 11/1 26-28
Partrick, David Zug: g96 1/8 19-23
Payne, Winston and Pamela: w19.04 26-27, 30
Porter, Jack: w19.04 27
Psarras, Demetrius and Janette: w17.04 17
Rekelj, Janez: w05 10/1 16-20
Reynolds, Terry: lfs article 14
Reynolds, Warren and Leann: lfs article 20
Rice, Frank: yb16 89, 104; jv 286-287
Rollston, George: w17.02 31
Sanderson, Hadyn: w06 3/1 12-16
Sewell, John E. (Ted): jv 445; w88 11/1 10-14
Sigg, Lynette: g87 8/22 11-15
Smith, Muriel: w02 8/1 23-27
Soostmeyer, Siegmar: g87 4/22 11-14
Tan, Sam and La: g 5/09 21-23
Torrington, William: w17.02 32
Tsatos, Basil: w93 8/1 21-25
Vale, Malcolm G.: w93 7/1 26-30
van der Monde, Sara: w11 11/15 15-16
van Heutsz, Tankred E.: g92 4/8 20-23
Vicini, Alex and Vanessa: w21.04 26-28
Waldron, Dick: w02 12/1 24-27
Weekes, Vivian A.: g93 10/22 12-16
Widdowson, Florence: w94 1/1 28-31
Wieland, Melva A.: w94 12/1 20-24
Williams, Arthur, Sr.: w15 6/1 12-13; jv 419
Williams, Kevin: w15 6/1 11-13
Williams, Violet: w15 6/1 12
Willis, Arthur: w17.02 31-32; w94 5/1 29-30; jv 445
Willis, Mary: w94 5/1 27-30
Wurm, Ludwig: g95 1/8 11-15
Zanker, Craig: w94 6/1 19-21, 23
pioneers: w17.02 31-32; w14 3/15 2; w12 5/15 14; w07 11/1 9-10; w93 10/15 25-26; jv 445
disabled: w09 5/1 29-31
emigrate to serve where need is greater: jv 441
places:
Alice Springs: w93 10/15 26; g93 6/8 16-17
Bundaberg: lfs article 14
Cooktown: w92 8/15 8-9
Darwin: w93 10/15 25-26
Derby: w06 2/1 14-16
Donnybrook: w15 6/1 12-13
Emerald: g98 8/22 13-14
Gulf Country: lfs article 14
Kalgoorlie: w15 6/1 12
Mt. Isa: g98 8/22 14-15
Outback: lfs article 14; w17.02 31-32
Perth: w93 10/15 24
Tom Price: w93 10/15 24
printing: jv 400, 583, 592; yb91 25
bookbinding: jv 586
under ban: w02 12/1 26; w93 7/1 26-30; jv 586
publications:
books Studies in the Scriptures: w02 8/1 23-24
book The Harp of God: w02 8/1 24
countries shipped to: jv 400
languages: jv 400; yb91 25; w90 7/1 14
radio station: jv 81
relief work following Queensland floods: kr 218; g91 1/8 31
service experiences: yb09 60-62; w95 1/1 31; yb94 59; yb93 60-61; w92 1/1 7; w92 2/15 18; w91 4/1 29; w90 6/1 29; w89 7/1 15; yb89 60-61; w88 5/1 7
Aborigines: w10 8/1 20-21; w08 6/1 17; w05 4/1 30-31
atheist: km 12/13 4
Bible student invites woman at gym to Memorial: yb08 14
Bible Teach book: yb07 10-11
brochure When Someone You Love Dies: yb96 47-48
businessman: w12 5/1 18-19
Catholic World Youth Day (2008): g 6/09 27
cattle drovers: w10 8/1 20-21; w08 6/1 17
Chinese scientist immigrants: g 2/11 21
disillusioned with life: w12 11/1 13-14
disillusioned with religion: w09 7/1 23-24
drug abusers and dealers: yp1 254-256; w10 2/1 19-20; w03 1/15 8-9
DVDs calm a man’s heart: yb10 62
girl thinks, “Ready, Set, Go!”: km 5/03 1; w98 6/15 21
God’s name impresses: w14 8/15 15
hitchhiker seeks truth: w86 4/1 22
immoral drug abusers: w11 2/1 10-11; w11 8/1 20-21; w09 7/1 23-24; g 11/07 24-25
karate enthusiast: w12 7/1 13-14
kit for funeral directors: yb98 11
lonely cancer victim: yb07 64
love for gambling overcome: w16.06 10
Muslim tobacco farmer: w12 2/1 10-12
neutrality attracts coworker: w86 4/1 22
outback: w05 4/1 30-31
personal prejudices overcome: w13 6/1 6
pornography overcome: wp16.4 12-13
president of Catholic School Association: yb96 47-48
professor of financial accounting: g 12/14 12-13
railway station display stand: yb03 43-44; w98 7/1 25
reconciled with father: ijwcl article 4
return visit on tract placement: yb01 61
schoolteacher attends Memorial after nine years: yb17 76-78
shy sister on bus: yb97 43-44
six-year-old’s report on convention: yb05 64
sound car and boat: w07 11/1 10
sound van: jv 566
stockman who smoked, drank, and swore: w13 8/1 8-9
street witnessing: w95 1/1 19
telephone witnessing: yb02 63
temper overcome: w17.08 20
tracts perfect for lady in front yard: yb11 70-71
use of videos: yb00 63; yb97 54
Witness girl addresses depression seminar: w05 11/1 15
witnessing in school: yb92 62
Witness schoolgirl shows video What’s a Real Friend?: yb16 73-74
Witness student’s essay and conduct: yb04 47-48
wrong car: yb14 75
serving where need is greater: w16.01 4
emigrate from Australia: w18.07 6
minority-language congregation: w17.08 24
outback: w08 6/1 16-17
Pacific islands: w16.01 3-4; jv 441, 470-471
traveling overseers: w21.01 27; w12 7/15 18-19; w07 11/1 10-12; w06 10/1 12-13; w93 10/15 23-26; w88 8/1 25-26; w88 11/1 13-14
video The Good News According to Jesus:
production: hdu article 32
visits by—
Knorr, N. H.: jv 98, 470-471, 539, 641
Rutherford, J. F.: w01 4/1 25; w95 7/1 28; jv 447-448; yb91 193; g89 8/22 13; w87 2/1 23-24
youths:
return to truth: w12 4/1 12-13; w11 11/1 3, 9