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‘Australia Holidays’

Melbourne Cup - a celebration of racing horses, held annually in the suburbs Melbourne, Victoria, on the first Tuesday in November.

The first Melbourne Cup was held in November 1861 year, participated in the races 17 horses. prize fund of the Melbourne Cup was first 170 pounds and a gold watch. Today is Melbourne Cup - the most prestigious and most «expensive» Cup not only in Australia but in the world with prize money 5 Million. Australian dollars. Скачки проводятся под эгидой Victoria Racing Club (Club racing in Victoria) in Flemington, suburbs of Melbourne.

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Remembrance Day in Australia – it is a holiday that Australians are met 11 November each year 11 am,remembering all the people killed in wars and armed conflicts, Memorial Day is about people who sacrificed their lives in all wars of the earth.

Originally, Memorial Day was founded in 1919 by King George V of Britain and was called Armistice Day. The official number was 11 November, on this day the pact was signed on the world, marks the end of a bloody World War I. Each year,, in all the countries of the Commonwealth, 11 Months, 11 days in 11 hours on two "moments of silence" in memory of the dead, freezes the life of the state. As a symbol of both world wars, Two minutes mark a homage to the people, who fought for the right to live away from their homeland.

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Christmas in Australia – is the main holiday gift, Christmas give everything to everybody, and celebrate it 25 December, the day before a holiday Boxing Day.Australians are very fond of Christmas, like most New Year,in Australia and even the Christmas tree is not Christmas, and Christmas (Christmas tree).

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