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Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Formerly Conseco Fieldhouse)
Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday
11/6/xxxx
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Chicago Bulls vs. Utah Jazz
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
11/8/xxxx
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Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
11/11/xxxx
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Toronto Raptors vs. Chicago Bulls
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Canada
Friday
11/15/xxxx
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Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
11/16/xxxx
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Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Bobcats
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
11/18/xxxx
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Denver Nuggets vs. Chicago Bulls
Pepsi Center - Denver
Denver, CO
Thursday
11/21/xxxx
8:30 PM
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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Chicago Bulls
Moda Center at the Rose Quarter (formerly Rose Garden)
Portland, OR
Friday
11/22/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Los Angeles Clippers vs. Chicago Bulls
Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA
Sunday
11/24/xxxx
12:30 PM
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Utah Jazz vs. Chicago Bulls
EnergySolutions Arena (formerly The Delta Center)
Salt Lake City, UT
Monday
11/25/xxxx
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Detroit Pistons vs. Chicago Bulls
Palace Of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, MI
Wednesday
11/27/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls
Quicken Loans Arena (formerly Gund Arena)
Cleveland, OH
Saturday
11/30/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. New Orleans Pelicans
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
12/2/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat
United Center
Chicago, IL
Thursday
12/5/xxxx
8:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
12/7/xxxx
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Chicago Bulls vs. Milwaukee Bucks
United Center
Chicago, IL
Tuesday
12/10/xxxx
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New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Wednesday
12/11/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls
BMO Harris Bradley Center
Milwaukee, WI
Friday
12/13/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Toronto Raptors
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
12/14/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando Magic
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
12/16/xxxx
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Houston Rockets vs. Chicago Bulls
Toyota Center - TX
Houston, TX
Wednesday
12/18/xxxx
8:30 PM
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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Chicago Bulls
Chesapeake Energy Arena (formerly Oklahoma City Arena)
Oklahoma City, OK
Thursday
12/19/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
12/21/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Brooklyn Nets vs. Chicago Bulls
Barclays Center
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday
12/25/xxxx
12:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Dallas Mavericks
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
12/28/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Chicago Bulls
Fedex Forum
Memphis, TN
Monday
12/30/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Toronto Raptors
United Center
Chicago, IL
Tuesday
12/31/xxxx
6:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics
United Center
Chicago, IL
Thursday
1/2/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
1/4/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Phoenix Suns
United Center
Chicago, IL
Tuesday
1/7/xxxx
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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls
BMO Harris Bradley Center
Milwaukee, WI
Friday
1/10/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Bobcats
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
1/11/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Washington Wizards
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
1/13/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls
Amway Center
Orlando, FL
Wednesday
1/15/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls
Verizon Center - DC
Washington, DC
Friday
1/17/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Philadelphia 76ers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
1/18/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
1/20/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls
Quicken Loans Arena (formerly Gund Arena)
Cleveland, OH
Wednesday
1/22/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Clippers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
1/24/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Charlotte Bobcats vs. Chicago Bulls
Time Warner Cable Arena (formerly Charlotte Bobcats Arena)
Charlotte, NC
Saturday
1/25/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
1/27/xxxx
7:00 PM
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San Antonio Spurs vs. Chicago Bulls
AT&T Center
San Antonio, TX
Wednesday
1/29/xxxx
8:30 PM
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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Chicago Bulls
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, LA
Saturday
2/1/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Sacramento Kings vs. Chicago Bulls
Sleep Train Arena (formerly Power Balance Pavilion)
Sacramento, CA
Monday
2/3/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Phoenix Suns vs. Chicago Bulls
US Airways Center
Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday
2/4/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Golden State Warriors vs. Chicago Bulls
Oracle Arena
Oakland, CA
Thursday
2/6/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Chicago Bulls
Staples Center
Los Angeles, CA
Sunday
2/9/xxxx
12:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks
United Center
Chicago, IL
Tuesday
2/11/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets
United Center
Chicago, IL
Thursday
2/13/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Toronto Raptors vs. Chicago Bulls
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Canada
Wednesday
2/19/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Denver Nuggets
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
2/21/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls
American Airlines Arena
Miami, FL
Sunday
2/23/xxxx
3:30 PM
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Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA
Tuesday
2/25/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Golden State Warriors
United Center
Chicago, IL
Wednesday
2/26/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Dallas Mavericks vs. Chicago Bulls
American Airlines Center
Dallas, TX
Friday
2/28/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks
United Center
Chicago, IL
Sunday
3/2/xxxx
12:00 PM
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Brooklyn Nets vs. Chicago Bulls
Barclays Center
Brooklyn, NY
Monday
3/3/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Detroit Pistons vs. Chicago Bulls
Palace Of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, MI
Wednesday
3/5/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Memphis Grizzlies
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
3/7/xxxx
6:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat
United Center
Chicago, IL
Sunday
3/9/xxxx
12:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. San Antonio Spurs
United Center
Chicago, IL
Tuesday
3/11/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Houston Rockets
United Center
Chicago, IL
Thursday
3/13/xxxx
6:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Sacramento Kings
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
3/15/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
3/17/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Philadelphia 76ers vs. Chicago Bulls
Wells Fargo Center - PA
Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday
3/19/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Formerly Conseco Fieldhouse)
Indianapolis, IN
Friday
3/21/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Philadelphia 76ers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Saturday
3/22/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
3/24/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Portland Trail Blazers
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
3/28/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls
TD Garden (Fleet Center)
Boston, MA
Sunday
3/30/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
3/31/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls
Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA
Wednesday
4/2/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Milwaukee Bucks
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
4/4/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls
Verizon Center - DC
Washington, DC
Saturday
4/5/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Chicago Bulls
Target Center
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday
4/9/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons
United Center
Chicago, IL
Friday
4/11/xxxx
7:00 PM
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New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
Sunday
4/13/xxxx
1:00 PM
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Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando Magic
United Center
Chicago, IL
Monday
4/14/xxxx
7:00 PM
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Charlotte Bobcats vs. Chicago Bulls
Time Warner Cable Arena (formerly Charlotte Bobcats Arena)
Charlotte, NC
Wednesday
4/16/xxxx
8:00 PM
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The Hawke Government floated the Australian dollar in xxxx and partially deregulated the financial system.[219] The Howard Government followed with a partial deregulation of the labour market and the further privatisation of state-owned businesses, most notably in the telecommunications industry.[220] The indirect tax system was substantially changed in July xxxx with the introduction of a 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST).[221] In Australia's tax system, personal and company income tax are the main sources Over the past decade, inflation has typically been 2?3% and the base interest rate 5?6%. The service sector of the economy, including tourism, education, and financial services, accounts for about 70% of GDP.[224] Rich in natural resources, Australia is a major exporter of agricultural products, particularly wheat and wool, minerals such as iron-ore and gold, and energy in the forms of liquified natural gas and coal. Although agriculture and natural resources account for only 3% and 5% of GDP respectively, they contribute substantially to export performance. Australia's largest export markets are Japan, China, the US, South Korea, and New Zealand.[225] Australia is the world's fourth largest exporter of wine, and the wine industry contributes $5.5 billion per year to the For almost two centuries the majority of settlers, and later immigrants, came from the British Isles. As a result the people of Australia are primarily of British and/or Irish ethnic origin. The xxxx Census asked respondents to provide a maximum of two ancestries with which they most closely identify. The most commonly nominated ancestry was English (36.1%), followed by Australian (35.4%),[228] Irish (10.4%), Scottish (8.9%), Italian (4.6%), German (4.5%), Chinese (4.3%), Indian (2.0%), Greek (1.9%), and Dutch (1.7%).[229] Asian Australians make up 12% Australia's population has quadrupled since the end of World War I.[231] Nevertheless, its population density, 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre, remains among the lowest in the world.[152] Much of the population increase came from immigration. Following World War II and through to xxxx, almost 5.9 million of the total population settled in the country as new immigrants, meaning that nearly two out of every seven Australians were born in another country.[232] Most immigrants are skilled,[233] but the immigration quota includes categories for family members and refugees.[233] By xxxx, Australia's population is currently projected to reach Over 80 percent of Australia's population is of European ancestry, and most of the rest are of Asian heritage, with a smaller minority of indigenous (Aboriginal) background. Following the abolition of the White Australia policy in xxxx, numerous government initiatives have been established to encourage and promote racial harmony based on a policy of multiculturalism.[237] In xxxx?06, more than 131,000 people emigrated to Australia, mainly from Asia and Oceania.[238] The migration target for xxxx?13 is 190,000,[239] compared to The Indigenous population?mainland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders?was counted at 548,370 (2.5% of the total population) in xxxx,[241] a significant increase from 115,953 in the xxxx census.[242] The increase is partly due to many people with Indigenous heritage previously having been overlooked by the census due to undercount and cases where their Indigenous status had notIndigenous Australians experience higher than average rates of imprisonment and unemployment, lower levels of education, and life expectancies for males and females that are 11?17 years lower than those of non-indigenous Australians.[225][243][244] Some remote Indigenous communities have been described as having "failed state"-like conditions.In common with many other developed countries, Australia is experiencing a demographic shift towards an older population, with more retirees and fewer people of working age. In xxxx, the average age of the civilian population was 38.8 years.[250] A large number of Australians (759,849 for the period xxxx?03;[251] 1 million or 5% of the total population in xxxx[252])Although Australia has no official language, English has always been entrenched as the de facto national language.[2] Australian English is a major variety of the language with a distinctive accent and lexicon,[254] and differs slightly from other varieties of English in grammar and spelling.[255] General Australian serves as the standard dialect. According to the xxxx census, English is the only language spoken in the home for close to 81% of the population. The next most common languages spoken at home are Mandarin (1.7%), Italian (1.5%), Arabic (1.4%), Cantonese (1.3%), Greek (1.3%), and Vietnamese (1.2%);[236] a considerable proportion of first- and second-generation migrants are bilingual. A xxxx?xxxx study by the Australia Early Development Index found the most common language spoken by children after English was Arabic, followed by Vietnamese, Greek, Chinese, Between 200 and 300 Indigenous Australian languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact, of which only about 70 have survived. Many of these are exclusively spoken by older people; only 18 Indigenous languages are still spoken by all age groups.[258] At the time of the xxxx census, 52,000 Indigenous Australians, representing 12% of the Indigenous population, reported that they spoke an Indigenous language at home.[259] Australia has a sign language known as Auslan, which is the main language of about Australia has no state religion; Section 116 of the Australian Constitution prohibits the federal government from making any law to establish any religion, impose any religious observance, or prohibit the free exercise of any religion.[261] In the xxxx census, 61.1% of Australians were counted as Christian, including 25.3% as Roman Catholic and 17.1% as Anglican; 22.3% of the population reported having "no religion" (which includes humanism, atheism, agnosticism and rationalism); 7.2% identify with non-Christian religions, the largest of these being Buddhism (2.5%), followed by Islam (2.2%), Hinduism (1.3%) and Judaism (0.5%). The remaining 9.4% of the population did not pPrior to European settlement in Australia, the animist beliefs of Australia's indigenous people had been practised for millennia. In the case of mainland Aboriginal Australians, their spirituality is known as the Dreamtime and it places a heavy emphasis on belonging to the land. The collection of stories that it contains shaped Aboriginal law and customs. Aboriginal art, story and dance continue to draw on these spiritual traditions. In the case of the Torres Strait Islanders who inhabit the islands between Australia and New Guinea, spirituality and customs reflected their Melanesian origins and dependence on the sea. The xxxx Australian census counted more than xxxx respondents as followers of a traditional AboriginalSince the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships in xxxx, Christianity has grown to be the major religion. Consequently, the Christian festivals of Christmas and Easter are public holidays, the skylines of Australian cities and towns are marked by church and cathedral spires, and the Christian churches have played an integral role in the development of education, health and welfare services in Australia. The Catholic education system operates as the largest non-government educator, accounting for about 21% of all secondary enrolments as of xxxx, with Catholic Health Australia similarly being the largest non-government provider. Christian welfare organisations also play a prominent role in national life, with organisations such as the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul Society and Anglicare having widespread support. Such contributions are recognised on Australia's currency, with the presence of Christian ministers such as Aboriginal writer David Unaipon ($50); founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, John Flynn ($20); and Catherine Helen Spence ($5) who was Australia's first female candidate for political office. Other significant Australian religious figures have included Mary MacKillop, who in xxxx became the first Australian to be recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and Church of Christ pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls who, like Martin Luther King, Jr. in the United States, led a movement against racial inequality in Australia and was also the first indigenous Australian to be appointed as For much of Australian history the Church of England (now known as the Anglican Church of Australia) was the largest religious affiliation, however multicultural immigration has contributed to a decline in its relative position, with the Roman Catholic Church benefiting from the opening of post-war Australia to multicultural immigration and becoming the largest group. Similarly, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism have all been expanding in the post war decades.[263] To a lesser extent, smaller affiliations including the Bahá'í Faith, Sikhism, Wicca and Paganism have also seen a significant increase in numbers. In the xxxx census there were, 17,381 Sikhs, 11,037 Bahá'ís, 10,632 Pagans and 8,755 WiccansAn international survey, made by the private and not-for profit German think-tank, the Bertelsmann Foundation, found that "Australia is one of the least religious nations in the western world, coming in 17th out of 21 [countries] surveyed" and that "Nearly three out of four Australians say they are either not at all religious or that religion does not play a central role in their lives."[265] While weekly attendance at church services in xxxx was about 1.5 million[266] (about 7.8% of the population),[267] a survey of 1,718 Australians by the Christian Research Association at the end of xxxx suggested that the number of people attending religious services per month in Australia has dropped from 23% in xxxx to 16% in xxxx, and while 60% of 15 to 29-year-old respondents in xxxx identified with Christian denominations,School attendance, or registration for home schooling,[269][270] is compulsory throughout Australia. Education is the responsibility of the individual states and territories[271] so the rules vary between states, but in general children are required to attend school from the age of about 5 up until about 16.[272][273] In some states (e.g., WA,[274] NT[275] & NSW[276][277]), children aged 16?17 are required to either attend school or participate in vocational Australia has an adult literacy rate that was estimated to be 99% in xxxx.[278] However, a xxxx?12 report for the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that Tasmania has a literacy and numeracy rate of only 50%.[279] In the Programme for International Student Assessment, Australia regularly scores among the top five of thirty major developed countries (member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Catholic education accounts for the Australia has 37 government-funded universities and two private universities, as well as a number of other specialist institutions that provide approved courses at the higher education level.[280] The University of Sydney is Australia's oldest university, having been founded in xxxx, followed by the University of Melbourne three years later. Other notable universities include those of the Group of Eight leading tertiary institutions, including the University of Adelaide (which boasts an association with five Nobel Laureates), the Australian National University located in the national capital of Canberra, Monash University and the The OECD places Australia among the most expensive nations to attend university.[281] There is a state-based system of vocational training, known as TAFE, and many trades conduct apprenticeships for training new tradespeople.[282] Approximately 58% of Australians aged from 25 to 64 have vocational or tertiary qualifications,[225] and the tertiary graduation rate of 49% is the highest among OECD countries. The ratio of international to local students in tertiary education in Australia is the highest in Australia has the fourth highest life expectancy in the world after Iceland, Japan and Hong Kong.[284] Life expectancy in Australia in xxxx was 79.5 years for males and 84.0 years for females.[285] Australia has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world,[286] while cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease, responsible for 7.8% of the total mortality and disease. Ranked second in preventable causes is hypertension at 7.6%, with obesity third at 7.5%.[287][288] Australia ranks 35th in the world[289] and near the top of developed nations for itsTotal expenditure on health (including private sector spending) is around 9.8% of GDP.[291] Australia introduced universal health care in xxxx.[292] Known as Medicare, it is now nominally funded by an income tax surcharge known as the Medicare levy, currently set at 1.5%.[293] The states manage hospitals and attached outpatient services, while the Commonwealth funds the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (subsidising theSince xxxx, the basis of Australian culture has been strongly influenced by Anglo-Celtic Western culture.[295][296] Distinctive cultural features have also arisen from Australia's natural environment and Indigenous cultures.[297][298] Since the mid-20th century, American popular culture has strongly influenced Australia, particularly through television and cinema.[299] Other cultural influences come from neighbouring Asian countries, and through large-scale immigration Australian visual arts are thought to have begun with the cave paintings, rock engravings and body painting of its Indigenous peoples. The traditions of Indigenous Australians are largely transmitted orally, through ceremony and the telling of Dreamtime stories.[301] From the time of European settlement, a theme in Australian art has been the natural landscape,[297] seen for example in the works of Albert Namatjira,[302] Arthur Streeton and others associated with the Heidelberg The country's landscape remains a source of inspiration for Australian modernist artists; it has been depicted in acclaimed works by the likes of Sidney Nolan,[304] Fred Williams,[305] Sydney Long,[306] and Clifton Pugh.[307] Australian artists influenced by modern American and European art include cubist Grace Crowley,[308] surrealist James Gleeson,[309] and pop artist Martin Sharp.[310] Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is the only art movement of international significance to emerge from Australia[311][312] and "the last great art movement of the 20th century";[313] its exponents have included Emily Kngwarreye.[314][315] Art critic Robert Hughes has written several influential books about Australian history and art, and was described as the "world's most famous art critic" by The New York Times.[316] The National Gallery of Australia and state galleries maintain Australian and overseas collections.[317] Australia has one of the world's highest attendances of art galleries and museums per head of population?farMany of Australia's performing arts companies receive funding through the federal government's Australia Council.[319] There is a symphony orchestra in each state,[320] and a national opera company, Opera Australia,[321] well-known for its famous soprano Joan Sutherland.[322] At the beginning of the 20th century, Nellie Melba was one of the world's leading opera singers.[323] Ballet and dance are represented by The Australian Ballet and various state companies. Each state has a publicly funded theatre Australian literature has also been influenced by the landscape; the works of writers such as Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson, and Dorothea Mackellar captured the experience of the Australian bush.[327] The character of the nation's colonial past, as represented in early literature, is popular with modern Australians.[297] In xxxx, Patrick White was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature,[328] the first Australian to have achieved this.[329] Australian winners of the Man Booker Prize have included Peter Carey and Thomas Keneally;[330] David Williamson, David Malouf, and J. M. Coetzee, who recently became an Australian citizen, are also renowned writers,[331] and Les Murray is regarded as "one of the leadingThe Australian cinema industry began with the xxxx release of The Story of the Kelly Gang, which is regarded as being the world's first feature-length film;[333] but both Australian feature film production and the distribution of British-made features declined dramatically after World War I as American studios and distributors monopolised the industry,[334] and by the xxxxs around 95% of the feature films screened in Australia were produced in Hollywood. By the late xxxxs feature film production in Australia had effectively ceased and there were no all-Australian feature films made in the decadeThanks to initiatives by the Gorton and Whitlam federal governments, the New Wave of Australian cinema of the xxxxs brought provocative and successful films, some exploring the nation's colonial past, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Breaker Morant,[336] while the so-called "Ocker" genre produced several highly successful urban-based comedy features including The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and Alvin Purple.[337][338][339] Later hits included Mad Max and Gallipoli.[340][341] More recent successes included Shine and Rabbit-Proof Fence.[342][343] Notable Australian actors include Judith Anderson,[344] Errol Flynn,[345] Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts,[346] Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, and Cate Blanchett?current joint director ofAustralia has two public broadcasters (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the multicultural Special Broadcasting Service), three commercial television networks, several pay-TV services,[349] and numerous public, non-profit television and radio stations. Each major city has at least one daily newspaper,[349] and there are two national daily newspapers, The Australian and The Australian Financial Review.[349] In xxxx, Reporters Without Borders placed Australia 18th on a list of 178 countries ranked by press freedom, behind New Zealand (8th) but ahead of the United Kingdom (19th) and United States (20th).[350] This relatively low ranking is primarily because of the limited diversity of commercial media ownership in Australia;[351] most print media are under the control of News The food of Indigenous Australians was largely influenced by the area in which they lived. Most tribal groups subsisted on a simple hunter-gatherer diet, hunting native game and fish and collecting native plants and fruit. The general term for native Australian flora and fauna used as a source of food is bush tucker.[353][354] The first settlers introduced British food to the continent[355] which much of what is now considered typical Australian food is based on the Sunday roast has become an enduring tradition for many Australians.[356] Since the beginning of the 20th century, food in Australia has increasingly been influenced by immigrants to the nation, particularly from Southern European and Asian cultures.[355][356] Australian wine is produced in 60 distinct production areas totalling approximately 160,000 hectares, mainly in the southern, cooler parts of the country. The wine regions in each of these states produce different wine varieties and styles that take advantage of local climates and soil types. The predominant varieties are Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Sémillon, Pinot noir, Riesling, and Sauvignon blanc.[357][358][359][226][360][361] In xxxx, an Australian red wine, Penfolds Grange, won the Wine Spectator award for Wine of the Year, the first time a wine from outside France or Approximately 24% of Australians over the age of 15 regularly participate in organised sporting activities.[225] Australia has strong international teams in cricket, field hockey, netball, rugby league, and rugby union, having been Olympic or world champions at least twice in each sport in the last 25 years for both men and women where applicable.[364][365][366][367][368][369][370][371] Australia is also powerful in track cycling, rowing, and swimming, having consistently been in the top-five medal-winners at Olympic or World Championship level since xxxx.[372][373][374] Swimming is the strongest of these sports; Australia is the second-most prolific medal winner in the sport in Some of Australia's most internationally well-known and successful sportspeople are swimmers Dawn Fraser, Murray Rose, Shane Gould, and Ian Thorpe; sprinters Shirley Strickland, Betty Cuthbert, and Cathy Freeman;[378] tennis players Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Ken Rosewall, Evonne Goolagong, and Margaret Court; cricketers Donald Bradman and Shane Warne; three-time Formula One world champion Jack Brabham; five-time motorcycle grand prix world champion Mick Doohan; golfers Greg Norman and Karrie Webb;[379] cyclist Hubert Opperman, prodigious billiards player Walter Lindrum[380] and basketball players Andrew Bogut[381] and Lauren Jackson. Nationally, other popular sports include Australian rules football, horse racing, squash, surfing, soccer, and motor racing. The annual Melbourne Cup horse race and the Sydney to HobartAustralia has participated in every summer Olympics of the modern era,[382] and every Commonwealth Games.[383] Australia hosted the xxxx Summer Olympics in Melbourne and the xxxx Summer Olympics in Sydney,[384] and ranked among the top six medal-takers for the games of xxxx, xxxx and xxxx.[385] In the xxxx Summer Olympics in London, Australia was placed 10th in the medal table.[386] Australia has also hosted the xxxx, xxxx, xxxx, xxxx Commonwealth Games and will host the xxxx Commonwealth Games.[387] Other major international events held in Australia include the Australian Open tennis grand slam tournament, international cricket matches, and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Australia hosted the xxxx Rugby World Cup and the annual Australia?New Zealand Bledisloe Cup is keenly watched. The highest-rating television programs include sports telecasts such as the summer Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Rugby League State of Origin, and the grand finals of the National Rugby League and Australian Football League.[388] Skiing in Australia began in the xxxxs and snow sports take place in the ^ The Oxford English Dictionary records a first occurrence in xxxx, in the form Oss. Oz is often taken as an oblique reference to the fictional Land of Oz in the film The Wizard of Oz (xxxx), based on L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (xxxx).[23] Australians' "image of Australia as a 'Land of Oz' is not new, and dedication to it runs deep".[24] The spelling Oz is likely to have been influenced by the xxxx film, though the pronunciation was probably always with a /z/, as it is also for Aussie, sometimes spelt Ozzie.[25] The Baz Luhrmann film Australia (xxxx) makes repeated reference to The Wizard of Oz, which appeared just before the wartime action of Australia. Some critics have even speculated that Baum was inspired by Australia, in naming the Land of Oz: "In Ozma of Oz (xxxx), Dorothy gets back to Oz as the result of a storm at sea while she and Uncle Henry are travelling by ship to Australia. So, like Australia, Oz is somewhere to the west of California. Like Australia, Oz is an island continent. Like Australia, Oz has inhabited regions bordering on a great desert. One might almost imagine that Baum intended Oz to be Australia, or perhaps a magical land in the center of the ^ Australia describes the body of water south of its mainland as the Southern Ocean, rather than the Indian Ocean as defined by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). In xxxx, a vote of IHO member nations defined the term "Southern Ocean" as applying only to the waters between Antarctica Maldives,[9] officially the Republic of the Maldives[nb 1] and also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls, oriented north-south, that lie between Minicoy Island (the southernmost part of Lakshadweep, India) and the Chagos Archipelago. The chains stand in the Laccadive Sea, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka and 400 kilometres (250 mi) For the majority of its history, the Maldives has been an independent polity, despite three instances during which it was ruled by outside forces. In the mid-15th century, for fifteen years, the Maldives was dominated by the Portuguese Empire. In the mid-17th century, the Dutch Empire (Malabar) dominated Maldives for four months. Finally, in the late 19th century, on the brink of war, the Maldives became a British protectorate from xxxx until xxxx. The Dutch referred to the islands as the "Maldivische Eilanden" (pronounced [m?l'divis? '?i?l?nd?(n)]),[citation needed] while the British anglicised the local name for the islands first to the "Maldive Islands" and later to the "Maldives". The islands gained independence from the British Empire in xxxx and became a republic in xxxx ruled by a president and an The Maldives archipelago is located on top of the Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive Ridge, a vast submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean. Maldives also form a terrestrial ecoregion together with the Chagos and the Lakshadweep.[10] The Maldives atolls encompass a territory spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), making the country one of the world's most geographically dispersed. Its population of 328,536 (xxxx) inhabits 192 of its 1,192 islands.[11] In xxxx, Maldives' capital and largest city Malé, located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll, had a population of 103,693.[12][13] Malé is one of the Maldives' administrative divisions and, traditionally, it was the "King's Island" where the ancient Maldive royal dynastiesThe Maldives is the smallest Asian country in both population and land area. With an average ground level of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, it is the planet's lowest country.[14] It is also the country with the lowest natural highest point in the world, at 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in).[14] Forecasts of Maldives' inundation is a great concern forThe name Maldives may derive from Sanskrit mala (garland) and dvipa (island),[16] or ??? ?????? Maala Divaina ("Necklace Islands") in Sinhala.[17] The Maldivian people were called Dhivehin. The word Dheeb/Deeb (archaic Dhivehi, related to Sanskrit dvipa (?????)) means "island", and Dhives (Dhivehin) means "islanders" (i.e., Maldivians). During the colonial era, the Dutch referred to the country as Maldivische Eilanden in their documentation, while Maldive Islands is the anglicised version of the local name used by the British, which later came to be written as Hogendorn theorises that the name Maldives derives from the Sanskrit maladvipa (?????????), meaning "garland of islands".[16] In Malayalam, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as Maladweepu (?????????). In Tamil, "Garland of Islands" can be translated as MalaiTheevu (??????????).[18] None of these names is mentioned in any literature, but classical Sanskrit texts dating back to the Vedic period mention the "Hundred Thousand Islands" (Lakshadweepa), a generic name which would include not only the Maldives, but also the Laccadives, Aminidivi Islands, Minicoy and the Some medieval travellers such as Ibn Batuta called the islands Mahal Dibiyat (??? ?????) from the Arabic word Mahal ("place"), which must be how the Berber traveller interpreted the local name, having been through Muslim North India, where Perso-Arabic words were introduced into the local vocabulary .[20] This is the name currently inscribed on the scroll in the Maldive state emblem. The classical Persian/Arabic name for Maldives Comparative studies of Maldivian oral, linguistic and cultural traditions and customs indicate that the first settlers were Dravidian people[23] from Kerala in the Sangam period (300 BC?AD 300), most probably fishermen from the southwest coasts of what is now the south of the Indian Subcontinent and the western shores of Sri Lanka. One such community is the Giraavaru people descended from ancient Tamils. They are mentioned in ancient legends and local folklore about the establishment of the capital A strong underlying layer of Dravidian population and culture survives in Maldivian society, with a clear Dravidian-Malayalam substratum in the language, which also appears in place names, kinship terms, poetry, dance, and religious beliefs. Malabari seafaring culture led to Malayali settling of the Laccadives, and the Maldives were evidently viewed as an extension of that archipelago. Some argue (from the presence of Jat, Gujjar Titles and Gotra names) that Sindhis also accounted for an early layer of migration. Seafaring from Debal began during the Indus valley civilisation. The Jatakas and Puranas show abundant evidence of this maritime trade; the use of similar traditional boat building techniques in Northwestern South Asia and the Maldives, and the presence of silver punch mark coins from both regions, gives additional weight to this. There are minor signs of Southeast Asian settlers, probably some adrift from the main group of Austronesian reed boatThe earliest written history of the Maldives is marked by the arrival of Sinhalese people, who were descended from the exiled Magadha Prince Vijaya from the ancient city known as Sinhapura. He and his party of several hundred landed in Sri Lanka, and some in the Maldives circa 543 to 483 BC. According to the Mahavansa, one of the ships that sailed with Prince Vijaya, who went to Sri Lanka around 500 BC, went adrift and arrived at an island called Mahiladvipika, which is the Maldives. It is also said that at that time, the people from Mahiladvipika used to travel to Sri Lanka. Their settlement in Sri Lanka and the Maldives marks a significant change in demographics and the development of the Indo-Aryan language Dhivehi, which is most similar in grammar, phonology, and structure to Sinhala, and especially to the more ancient Elu Prakrit, Buddhism came to the Maldives at the time of Emperor Ashoka's expansion, and became the dominant religion of the people of the Maldives until the 12th century AD. The ancient Maldivian Kings promoted Buddhism, and the first Maldive writings and artistic achievements, in the form of highly developed sculpture and architecture, are from that period. Before embracing Buddhism as their way of life, Maldivians had practised an ancient form of Hinduism, ritualistic traditions known as Srauta, in the form of venerating the Surya (the ancient ruling cast were of Aadheetta The first archaeological study of the remains of early cultures in the Maldives began with the work of H.C.P. Bell, a British commissioner of the Ceylon Civil Service. Bell was shipwrecked on the islands in xxxx, and returned several times to investigate ancient Buddhist ruins. He studied the ancient mounds, called havitta or ustubu (these names are derived from chaitiya and stupa) (Dhivehi: ????????) by the Maldivians, which are found on many of the atolls. Although Bell asserted that the ancient Maldivians had followed Theravada Buddhism, many local Buddhist archaeological remains now in the Malé Museum in fact also display elements ofAccording to a legend from Maldivian folklore, in the early 12th century AD, a medieval prince named Koimala, a nobleman of the Lion Race from Sri Lanka, sailed to Rasgetheemu island (literally "Town of the Royal House", or figuratively "King's Town") in the North Maalhosmadulu Atoll, and from there to Malé, and established a kingdom. By then, the Aadeetta (Sun) Dynasty (the Suryavanshi ruling cast) had for some time ceased to rule in Malé, possibly because of invasions by the Cholas of Southern India in the 10th century. Koimala Kalou (Lord Koimala), who reigned as King Maanaabarana, was a king of the Homa (Lunar) Dynasty (the Chandravanshi ruling cast), which some historians call the House of Theemuge. The Homa (Lunar) dynasty sovereigns intermarried with the Aaditta (Sun) Dynasty. This is why the formal titles of Maldive kings until xxxx contained references to "kula sudha ira", which means "descended from the Moon and the Sun". No official record exists of the Aadeetta dynasty's reign. Since Koimala's reign, the Maldive throne was also known as the Singaasana (Lion Throne).[25] Before then, and in some situations since, it was also known as the Saridhaaleys (Ivory Throne).[26] Some historians credit Koimala with freeing the Maldives from Tamil Chola rule. 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