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south South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

ern', often in reference to the Southern Hemisphere. Austral may also refer to:

Businesses

* Austral Airlines, a list of airlines named Austral *

Austral (bus manufacturer) Austral was an Australian bus manufacturer in Geebung, Brisbane, Australia. Austral merged with it primary competitor, Denning, in the 1980s and was sold to the Clifford Corporation in 1996 before closing its manufacturing plant in 1998. His ...

, a defunct Australian bus body manufacturer

Education

* Austral University, a private university in Argentina *

Universidad Austral de Chile Austral University of Chile ( or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with satellite campuses in Puerto Montt and Coyhaique. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Traditional Univers ...

, a Chilean traditional university

Entertainment venues

* The Austral, a pub in Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia * Austral Picture Palace, Kilkenny, South Australia * Austral Picture Theatre, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia * Austral Theatre, Naracoorte, South Australia

Events

* Austral Wheel Race, the world's oldest track bicycle race, held in Victoria, Australia *

Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships The Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships (known colloquially as "Australs") is an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in the Australasian region. It is one of the world's largest debating tournaments, second only i ...

, a collegiate debating tournament also known as the "Australs"

People

Florence Austral Florence Austral (26 April 1892 – 15 May 1968) was an Australian operatic dramatic soprano renowned for her interpretation of the most demanding Wagnerian female roles, although she never gained the opportunity to appear at the Bayreuth Festiv ...

, Australian operatic soprano

Places

Austral, New South Wales Austral is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. History The area that now constitutes the ...

, a suburb of Sydney, Australia *

Austral Islands The Austral Islands ( officially ''Archipel des Australes;'' ) are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France, overseas country of the France, French Republic in the Oceania, South Pacific. Geographicall ...

, the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia *

Zona Austral The Zona Austral (''Southernmost Zone'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Zona Sur and the Chacao Channel to the ...

, the southernmost region of Chile

Transport

;Motor vehicles *

Austral (automobile) The Austral was a French automobile manufactured in Paris in 1907; the company offered " touring tricars" and motorized delivery tricycles A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor powered or ...

, a French car manufactured in 1907 *

Renault Austral The Renault Austral is a compact crossover SUV (C-segment) manufactured and marketed by Renault. It was unveiled in March 2022 as a successor to the Kadjar, and built on the third-generation CMF-CD platform. It was publicly exhibited for the f ...

, a compact crossover SUV motor vehicle ;Ships *'' Austral'' (1881), a passenger ship that sank in 1882 near Sydney, Australia *''El Austral'', an Argentine government sailing research ship, built as in 1930 *''

L'Austral ''L'Austral'' is a cruise ship operated by the French cruise line company Compagnie du Ponant. It is the sister vessel of '' Le Boréal'' and '' Le Soléal'', being the same weight, length and breadth, along with having 132 cabins and suites ...

'', a cruise ship built in 2010

Other uses

Austral language Austral (''Reo Tuha‘a pae'') is an endangered Polynesian language or a dialect continuum that was spoken by approximately 8,000 people in 1987 on the Austral Islands and the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The language is also referred to ...

, the language of the Austral Islands *

Argentine austral The austral was the currency of Argentina between 15 June 1985, and 31 December 1991. It was divided into 100 centavos. The symbol was an uppercase A with an extra horizontal line, (₳). This symbol appeared on all coins issued in this curre ...

, a former currency of Argentina *

Austral plan The Austral plan () was an Argentine economic plan devised by minister Juan Vital Sourrouille during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín. Previous context Raúl Alfonsín became president of Argentina in 1983 through democratic elections, receiv ...

, an economic plan in Argentina