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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:248.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.5in;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:235.5pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:287.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:252.75pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B>FORM 144</B></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:287.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
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        style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:155.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES</font></B></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:103.5pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:287.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-58.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>ATTENTION:</font></B><font size=2>  </font><i><font size=2>Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.</font></i></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>OMB APPROVAL</p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>OMB Number:<font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3235-0101</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>Expires:<font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;December 31, 2009</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>Estimated average burden</p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>hours per response<font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.00</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>SEC USE ONLY</p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.</p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>CUSIP NUMBER</p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>1</font><i><font size=1>(a)</font></i><font size=1> NAME OF ISSUER (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc.</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(b)</font></i><font size=1> IRS IDENT. NO.</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:40.5pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(c)</font></i><font size=1> S.E.C. FILE NO.</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>811-04438</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>WORK LOCATION</p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>1</font><i><font size=1>(d)</font></i><font size=1> ADDRESS OF ISSUER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                   STREET</font>                                                <font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CITY</font>                                                <font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STATE</font>                                                                                       <font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ZIP CODE</font></p>
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        <p style='margin-top:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left: 0in'><font size=2>800 Scudders Mill Road Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 </font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:287.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(e)</font></i><font size=1> TELEPHONE NO.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=1>AREA CODE</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
        <p style='margin-top:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left: 0in;text-indent:15.0pt'><font size=2>866</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:24.75pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i>&nbsp;</i></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=1>NUMBER</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>839-5205</font><i></i></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:14.85pt;text-indent:-14.85pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>2</font><i><font size=1>(a)</font></i><font size=1> NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:14.85pt;text-indent:123.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Landesbank Berlin AG</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(b)</font></i><font size=1> IRS IDENT NO.</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:35.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><i><font size=1>(c)</font></i><font size=1> RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER</font></p>
        <p style='margin-top:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left: 0in'><font size=2>Affiliate through securities ownership </font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(d)</font></i><font size=1> ADDRESS STREET &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;         CITY                    STATE             ZIP CODE</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Alexanderplatz 2&nbsp;  </font>                                                <font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>Berlin,&nbsp;2M&nbsp;D10178</font><font size=1>                                                      </font>                                                 <font size=1>
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        <p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:3pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=2>INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.</font></i></p>
  
  
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>3 </font><i><font size=1>(a)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:18.75pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Title of the</font><br> <font size=1>Class of</font><br> <font size=1>Securities</font><br> <font size=1>To Be Sold</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(b)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:1.5in;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:19.5pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the</font><br> <font size=1>Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker</font><br> <font size=1>who is Acquiring the Securities</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=1>SEC USE ONLY</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(c)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Number of Shares</font><br> <font size=1>or Other Units</font><br> <font size=1>To Be Sold</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(See Instr. 3(c))</font></i><i></i></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(d)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:12.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Aggregate</font><br> <font size=1>Market</font><br> <font size=1>Value</font><br> <i><font size=1>(See Instr. 3(d))</font></i></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(e)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:2.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Number of Shares</font><br> <font size=1>or Other Units</font><br> <font size=1>Outstanding</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(See Instr. 3(e))</font></i></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(f)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.75pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Approximate</font><br> <font size=1>Date of Sale</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.75pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(See Instr. 3(f))</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.75pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>(MO.   DAY  YR.)</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(g)</font></i></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Name of Each Securities</font><br> <font size=1>Exchange</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>(See Instr. 3(g))</font></i></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Broker-Dealer</font><br> <font size=1>File Number</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Raymond James &amp; Associates</font></p>
        <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>880 Carillon Parkway</font></p>
        <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>St. Petersburg, Fl. 33702</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>192,297</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$1,486,455</font></p>
        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>based on closing price on 1/9/09</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>19,229,769</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>01/13/2009 and subsequent</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>AMEX</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                    <p style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Name of issuer</font><br> <font size=1>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuer&#146;s I.R.S. Identification Number</font><br> <font size=1>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuer&#146;s S.E.C. file number, if any</font><br> <font size=1>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuer&#146;s address, including zip code</font><br> <font size=1>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuer&#146;s telephone number including area code</font></p>
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        director, 10%</font><br> <font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)</font><br> <font size=1>(d)&nbsp;Such person&#146;s address, including zip code</font></p>
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        sold</font><br> <font size=1>(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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        <b><font size=2>TABLE I &#150; SECURITIES TO BE SOLD</font></b></p>
  
        <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:3pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=2>Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold</font></i></p>
  
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Date you</font><br> <font size=1>Acquired</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Name of Acquisition Transaction</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Name of Person from Whom Acquired</font><br> <font size=1>(If gift, also give date donor acquired)</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount of</font><br> <font size=1>Securities</font><br> <font size=1>Acquired</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Date of</font><br> <font size=1>Payment</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Nature of Payment</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Common stock of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc.</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>October 17, 2002</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Purchase Agreement</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Mira, L.P.</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>5,348,149</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>October 22, 2002</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>Cash</font></p>
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                    <p style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;text-align:justify;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>INSTRUCTIONS:</font></B><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=1>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments, describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.</font></p> </td>
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        <p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:3pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=2>Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.</font></i></p>
  
  
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                    <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=1>Title of Securities Sold</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=1>Date of Sale</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=1>Amount of</font><br> <font size=1>Securities Sold</font></p> </td>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:3.0pt'><font size=1>Gross Proceeds</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>See the definition of &#147;person&#148; in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.</font></p> </td>
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        <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed  If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date..</font></i><i></i></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                    <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>LANDESBANK BERLIN A.G.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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        <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.63in; text-indent:4.37in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>By: </font><u><font size=2>/s/ Moritz Sell</font></u><font size=2>_____________</font></p>
  
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB Number:
  3235-0101
  Expires:
  December 31, 2009
  Estimated average burden
  hours per response
  2.00
  SEC USE ONLY
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP NUMBER
  1
  (a)
  NAME OF ISSUER (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)
  Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc.
  (b)
  IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c)
  S.E.C. FILE NO.
  811-04438
  WORK LOCATION
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER                                         STREET
  CITY
  STATE
  ZIP CODE
  800 Scudders Mill Road Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536
  (e)
  TELEPHONE NO.
  AREA CODE
  866
  NUMBER
  839-5205
  2
  (a)
  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  Landesbank Berlin AG
  (b)
  IRS IDENT NO.
  (c)
  RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  Affiliate through securities ownership
  (d)
  ADDRESS STREET                      CITY                    STATE             ZIP CODE
  Alexanderplatz 2
  Berlin, 2M D10178
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3
  (a)
  Title of the
  Class of
  Securities
  To Be Sold
  (b)
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  who is Acquiring the Securities
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  Number of Shares
  or Other Units
  To Be Sold
  (See Instr. 3(c))
  (d)
  Aggregate
  Market
  Value
  (See Instr. 3(d))
  (e)
  Number of Shares
  or Other Units
  Outstanding
  (See Instr. 3(e))
  (f)
  Approximate
  Date of Sale
  (See Instr. 3(f))
  (MO.   DAY  YR.)
  (g)
  Name of Each Securities
  Exchange
  (See Instr. 3(g))
  Broker-Dealer
  File Number
  Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
  Raymond James & Associates
  880 Carillon Parkway
  St. Petersburg, Fl. 33702
  192,297
  $1,486,455
  based on closing price on 1/9/09
  19,229,769
  01/13/2009 and subsequent
  AMEX
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  SEC 1147 (01-04)
  1.   (a)  Name of issuer
  (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
  (e)  Issuer's telephone number including area code
  2.   (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
  (c)  Such person's relationship to the Issuer (e.g., officer,
        director, 10%
  stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  3.   (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)  Name and address of each broker though whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
  (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be
        sold
  (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
  required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
  SEC 1147 (01-04)
  TABLE I – SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of
  the Class
  Date you
  Acquired
  Name of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Amount of
  Securities
  Acquired
  Date of
  Payment
  Nature of Payment
  Common stock of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc.
  October 17, 2002
  Purchase Agreement
  Mira, L.P.
  5,348,149
  October 22, 2002
  Cash
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.   If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments, describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  TABLE II – SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Amount of
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  REMARKS:
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed  If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date..
  January 15, 2009
  LANDESBANK BERLIN A.G.
  By:
  /s/ Moritz Sell
  _____________
  Moritz Sell, Director
  SEC 1147 (01-04)
  /s/ Claudia Fritze
  ____________
  Claudia Fritze, Director
  DATE OF NOTICE
  (SIGNATURE)
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (01-04)