Southern Cross (disambiguation)

Southern Cross (disambiguation)

Southern Cross is the English name of "Crux Australis", a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

The term Southern Cross can also refer to:

Transport

* Southern Cross, the Fokker F.VIIB/3m flown by pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
* "SS Southern Cross", a sealing vessel of Newfoundland and Labrador
* "SS Southern Cross", the passenger ocean liner
* Southern Cross Station, the railway station servicing the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia on the Prospector and Indian Pacific lines.
* Southern Cross Station, the Melbourne railway station (formerly Spencer Street Station)
* Southern Cross, an Australian automobile manufactured from 1931 to 1935
* "Southern Cross", a 12-Metre Class yacht which challenged for the 1974 America's Cup

Exploration

*The Southern Cross Expedition 1898-1900, an expedition to Antarctica led by Carsten Borchgrevink in the ship "Southern Cross"

Music

* "Southern Cross", 1975 song by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils from their album "The Car Over the Lake Album"
* "Southern Cross" (Crosby, Stills and Nash song), 1982 song by Crosby, Stills, and Nash
* "Southern Cross" (folk song), a Newfoundland folk ballad
* Southern Cross is a song by the electronic music outfit 808 State.
* "The Sign Of The Southern Cross", a song by Black Sabbath from their 1981 album Mob Rules
* Southern Cross is a Japanese Rock song by the Japanese band
* "Southern Cross" (metal band), is a Canadian prog/power metal band
* "Beneath the Southern Cross", a song by Patti Smith from her 1996 album "Gone Again"

Business

* Southern Cross Broadcasting, a broadcasting company in Australia
* Southern Cross Healthcare (New Zealand)
* Southern Cross Healthcare (United Kingdom)
* Southern Cross Telco, a telecommunications company in Australia

* Southern Cross Astronomical Society [http://www.scas.org/] in Florida
* Southern Cross Bioethics Institute [http://www.bio-ethics.com/] in South Australia

Education

* Southern Cross Campus, a composite school in Auckland, New Zealand
* Southern Cross College [http://www.scc.edu.au] , a Christian College in Chester Hill, NSW, Australia
* Southern Cross University [http://www.scu.edu.au/] , a University in Lismore, NSW, Australia

Heraldry

* the Order of the Southern Cross is a Brazilian Order of knighthood
* the blue saltire as used on several Flags of the Confederate States of America
* the Eureka Flag in Australia
* Southern Cross Flag

Television

* "The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross", a 1984 anime series from Japan brought to the USA as part of "Robotech"

Video games

* Southern Cross is Celine Jules' second-strongest magic spell in "Star Ocean 2".
* Gryphus 1, aka the "Southern Cross" is the player's character in "".

Military

* Escuadron Cruz del Sur

Other

* Southern Cross, Western Australia, town in Australia
* the Southern Cross Cable, a submarine communications cable connecting New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and the United States


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