Austral Explained

Austral means 'southern', often in reference to the Southern Hemisphere.

Austral may also refer to:

Businesses

• Austral Airlines, a list of airlines named Austral
• Austral (bus manufacturer), a defunct Australian bus body manufacturer

Education

• Austral University, a private university in Argentina
• Universidad Austral de Chile, 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, a collegiate debating tournament also known as the "Australs"

People

• Florence Austral, Australian operatic soprano

Places

• Austral, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
• Austral Islands, the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia
• Zona Austral, the southernmost region of Chile

Transport

Motor vehicles

• Austral (automobile), a French car manufactured in 1907
• Renault Austral, 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, a cruise ship built in 2010

Other uses

• Austral language, the language of the Austral Islands
• Argentine austral, a former currency of Argentina
• Austral plan, an economic plan in Argentina

See also

• Austal, an Australian shipbuilder
• Australia, a large country and continent in the Southern Hemisphere