Habbo.com.au

Habbo.com.au
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Opened:	November 2004
Closed:	June 2010
Country:	Australia & New Zealand
Hotel Management
Hotel managers:	Bamaloo (2004 - 2010) Fozzie (2010)

Habbo.com.au was the Australian version of Habbo. The hotel served the Australian community and was first opened in November 2004, making it the 14th international community to open. The hotel was relatively small yet was popular within its target countries of Australia and New Zealand. The hotel was not used as a pilot or beta hotel for any releases. In April 2010, it was announced that the hotel would merge with the other English-speaking hotels and on June 2nd 2010, the hotel closed and users were invited to transfer their accounts over to the new Habbo.com (International).

The Hotel Manager for much of Habbo.com.au's activity was Bamaloo.

In total, 55 badges were created specifically for use on habbo.com.au.

Campaign Furniture

Only 1 item of campaign furniture has been solely used on the Habbo.com.au hotel, the "Latrobe University Flag". This flag was used in a promotional campaign by the Australian University LaTrobe University located in Melbourne, Victoria. This item arrived on Habbo.com (International) and can be purchased from the Marketplace or user-created shops but has been renamed to remove branding.

Staff Members

Habbo AU Staff Due to the relatively low population within the hotel, only 7 staff members and 6 moderators are recorded as having worked solely on the Chinese hotel. Office Staff There were only 12 staff members recorded as working solely on the Australian hotel. Below is a complete list of them: Username Role Start Date End Date Aramo Advertising Sales Manager Nov 2005 Oct 2010 LeeLou Community Manager Assistant Dec 2006 Aug 2007 Fraggle Country Manager Dec 2004 Dec 2005 Fushiku Community Manager May 2007 May 2009 Johno Community Manager Nov 2004 Dec 2004 Tootsweets Community Manager May 2009 May 2010 Bamaloo Marketing Manager Aug 2006 May 2010 Yobbo Country Manager Nov 2004 Nov 2005 Fozzie Site Producer Jul 2009 Jun 2010 Moderation Habbo Australia was originally moderated by a team of volunteer moderators, Hobbas, supported by a group of professional moderators. When the Hobba program was ended globally in December 2005, the paid moderators became the sole source of moderation within the hotel. In 2009, moderation was out-sourced to Singapore, and remained here until the merge in June 2010. There where a total of 31 Moderators at Habbo Australia. Username Role Start Date End Date MOD-Achilles Moderator Nov 2004 Dec 2007 MOD-Adora Moderator Aug 2005 Aug 2007 MOD-Beaker Moderator May 2006 Nov 2007 MOD-Beamus Moderator Jan 2005 Jun 2010 MOD-Blueeyes Moderator Nov 2004 Jun 2010 MOD-Bosh Moderator Aug 2007 Oct 2008 MOD-Bumper Moderator Aug 2007 Jun 2010 MOD-Coredor Moderator Aug 2005 Aug 2007 MOD-DandelionT Moderator Dec 2007 Jun 2010 MOD-Dogtired Moderator Nov 2004 Jun 2010 MOD-Dub! Moderator Nov 2004 Dec 2004 MOD-Elmo Moderator Aug 2007 May 2010 MOD-Eskali Moderator Dec 2007 Jun 2010 MOD-Lizi Moderator Apr 2005 Mar 2006 MOD-Ludo Moderator Sep 2005 May 2008 MOD-Maxx Moderator Apr 2005 Sep 2005 MOD-Moofy Moderator Aug 2007 Sep 2007 MOD-Moosh Moderator Dec 2006 Sep 2007 MOD-Ninja Moderator Aug 2007 Apr 2009 MOD-Pinktricity Moderator Mar 2006 Oct 2006 MOD-PixiePirate Moderator Dec 2006 May 2010 MOD-Ruby Moderator Dec 2006 May 2009 MOD-Shriek Moderator Nov 2004 Jan 2009 MOD-Sneakz Moderator Nov 2007 Mar 2010 MOD-Styles Moderator Dec 2007 Jun 2010 MOD-Syprette Moderator May 2006 Jan 2008 MOD-Tief Moderator Jan 2006 Sep 2006 MOD-Trixi Moderator Aug 2007 May 2010 MOD-Westogent Moderator Nov 2004 Jan 2007 MOD-Wren Moderator Jan 2006 Apr 2007 MOD-Yuli Moderator Aug 2005 Nov 2006 Habbo eXperts Habbo Australia began its Habbo eXpert programme in Autumn 2005. In March 2007, it was the pilot hotel for the new Habbo X specialisations, whereby Habbo Xs were divided into three specialisations: host X, safety X and tech X. Habbo Australia was the only English-speaking hotel never to have Gamer Xs. The team also had a Head Habbo X, cutiepiez22. Trivia Habbo.co.nz was another URL used for Habbo.com.au (directed at Habbos from New Zealand). Habbo Australia is the only English-speaking hotel to have released the Throne in the catalogue. It was on sale for a short period to celebrate the Queen's Birthday, priced at 25 credits.