Australian Alps

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plural noun

a mountain range in SE Australia. Highest peak, Mt. Kosciusko, 7,328 feet (2,234 meters).

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How to use Australian Alps in a sentence

Between June and October 1943, 4,283 British, 1,303 Dutch, 1,630 Australian, and 88 American soldiers died.
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An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.
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His sex-offender pedigree was real, though; Australian police have those certificates.
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At that time, though, my job as a rep for an Australian company made it impossible to leave Australia.
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The most astonishing came from Ron and Mavis Pirola, a middle-aged Australian couple who have been together for 57 years.
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Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
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Meanwhile, the Australian submarine has got up through the Narrows and has torpedoed a gunboat at Chunuk.
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His paper commenced in March, 1803, in the 15th year of the colony, and was the first Australian periodical.
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Bonaparte passed mount St. Bernard, among the Alps, after astonishing efforts.
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A very heavy Australian order for these last named was executed here in 1853, and there is always a small demand for them.
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British Dictionary definitions for Australian Alps

Australian Alps

pl n

a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria and SE New South Wales. Highest peak: Mount Kosciuszko, 2195 m (7316 ft)

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