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Did you know? consists of a series of "hooks", which are interesting facts taken from Wikipedia's newest or recently expanded Australian related articles. The choice of articles is subject to a series of criteria, see DYK rules for more information.

... that Episode 2351 of the Australian soap opera Home and Away was filmed in England, marking the first time the serial was filmed overseas?
... that George Jenkins was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"?
... that a 44-point comeback in a 2024 semi-final was the Australian Football League's largest semifinal comeback ever?
... that an Australian radio station defended playing Zheani's "Bring Wet Cunt" uncensored in 2024?
... that "Australasia" by William Charles Wentworth, the first book of verse by a native-born Australian, "celebrates the development of a new Britannia in another world"?
... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019?
... that a baby penguin from Australia is "an absolute unit"?
... that the Australian Light Weight Air Warning Radar was once loaded using canoes and later manhandled up a 200-foot cliff?
... that Margaret Reid is the first woman to have served as President of the Australian Senate?
... that Sarah Cox brought the first breach of promise suit in Australia, during which she was represented by her future husband William Wentworth?
... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia?
... that Voltaire Molesworth spent part of his early childhood in a utopian socialist colony in Paraguay?
... that the Greco-Australian dialect, a variety of Modern Greek, blends words with English roots into the Greek language?
... that Aon v Australian National University overturned a precedent that encouraged litigation-prolonging amendments to pleadings?
... that the Bluey special "The Sign" reminded a Sydney Morning Herald reporter of Australia's housing crisis?
... that Aboriginal soldier Tim Hughes was decorated for remarkable bravery, exceptional coolness and initiative during the Battle of Buna–Gona?
... that a species of Australian ant has special workers that make honey, and is considered a delicacy by Aboriginal Australians?
... that Matilda Jane Evans' novels presented women's proper management of their homes as essential to maintaining civilisation in the Australian colonies?
... that the mascot of an Australian HIV prevention campaign was a condom-wielding superhero?
... that in 2025 Oscar Piastri became the first Australian since 2010 to lead the Formula One World Drivers' Championship?
... that the health of prisoners in Australia is impacted by their lack of access to Medicare, the country's otherwise-universal health care system?
... that Australian judoka Josh Katz competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics six months after completely rupturing an ACL?
... that Australian military chaplain Andrew Gillison took up arms to snipe at Turkish soldiers in Gallipoli?
... that Australia-born rugby union player Jason Jones-Hughes was the subject of a protracted legal battle over his international eligibility after Wales called him up for the 1999 Rugby World Cup?
... that an Australian crocodile named Burt starred in Crocodile Dundee?
... that a dispute over paid sick leave at a chocolate factory ended up before the High Court of Australia in Mondelez v AMWU?
... that Australian Madeleine Steere played water polo professionally in Turkey after studying biomolecular science in the United States?
... that Fatima Payman is the first elected woman to wear a hijab in Australia’s parliament?
... that Hanoikids gave free tours of Hanoi to a prime minister of Australia, an American general, and an American senator?
... that the developers of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number suggested that Australian customers pirate their game?
... that Holly Ringland wrote her second book while stuck in Australia for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that John David Rogers represented Australia at the Japanese surrender in Singapore in September 1945 (video featured)?
... that pumices erupted by the Protector Shoal volcano in 1962 floated to Australia and South America?
... that although Australia and New Zealand competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, they were ineligible to win medals?
... that Marie Breen retired from the Australian Senate to care for her husband, who had been badly injured in a car accident?
... that despite winning Australia's top literary prize, The Hand That Signed the Paper has since been labelled a hoax?
... that the Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis has been used to explain burial practices in Greece, Australia, Madagascar and Peru?
... that Anna Burke was the second woman to give birth while a member of the Australian House of Representatives?
... that "the Boshfather" was deported from Australia in October 2025?
... that Adamsochrysa fossils from British Columbia and Washington are most similar to an Australian green lacewing?
... that an Australian wildlife conservationist has trapped and killed more than 1,450 feral cats?
... that Charles Strong founded the Australian Church after facing heresy charges, and attracted many elite congregants including a future prime minister?
... that the United States agreed Australian staff would support the Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station in Alice Springs, but the United States Air Force runs it instead?
... that the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme has been criticised for placing workers at risk of modern slavery?
... that one anthropologist has described scenes in the 1893 Wild Australia Show as examples of "settler denialism" and "colonial fantasy"?