is target australia the same as target usa
Target Australia In 1968, Myer Emporium Ltd purchased the chain of 16 stores and renamed the company Lindsay's Target Pty Ltd,[4] with an aim to expand the business.[6] With the stores rebranded as Target, it quickly established itself throughout Australia, and within 3 years had stores in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and NSW.[5] Despite the similar logo, name and type of outlets, Target carried no corporate connection to US department store Target.[7] In March 1973, "Lindsay's" was dropped from the company name when the business was renamed Target Australia Pty Ltd.[4]
Australia (2008 film) Australia is a 2008 Australian-British-American romantic historical adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann[3] and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the third-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee and Mad Max: Fury Road. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan. The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Production took place in Sydney, Darwin, Kununurra, and Bowen. The film was released to cinemas on 26 November 2008 in both the United States[4] and Australia, with subsequent worldwide release dates throughout late December 2008 and January and February 2009. Australia received mixed reviews from critics and it earned $211.3 million on a $130 million budget.