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Australia has a long history as a stable economic powerhouse. Because of this, it is home to many [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] military installations and technological sites.<ref name="ENC"/> The most prominent include [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]], where the members of the [[UNSC Security Council]] gather, and the [[Sydney Synthetic Intellect Institute]] in [[Sydney]], as well as the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility]] at [[Swanbourne]], Perth. During the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552]], Australia was attacked by the [[Covenant]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|Issue #2]]''</ref> The Covenant conducted bombardment throughout the country<ref name="ENC"/> which devastated much of [[Sydney]], but the UNSC Headquarters located deep beneath the city survived intact.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 33''</ref> | Australia has a long history as a stable economic powerhouse. Because of this, it is home to many [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] military installations and technological sites.<ref name="ENC"/> The most prominent include [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]], where the members of the [[UNSC Security Council]] gather, and the [[Sydney Synthetic Intellect Institute]] in [[Sydney]], as well as the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility]] at [[Swanbourne]], Perth. During the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552]], Australia was attacked by the [[Covenant]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 2|Issue #2]]''</ref> The Covenant conducted bombardment throughout the country<ref name="ENC"/> which devastated much of [[Sydney]], but the UNSC Headquarters located deep beneath the city survived intact.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 33''</ref> | ||
By [[2553]] Australia had adopted a new national flag. Though largely similar to the [[Wikipedia:Flag of Australia|original flag]], the [[Wikipedia:Union Flag|Union Flag]] canton has been replaced by the large [[Wikipedia:Commonwealth Star|Commonwealth Star]] (now gold) on a green field—the national colors of Australia.<ref name="flag"/> | |||
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