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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000914760-09-000238.txt : 20091202
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914760-09-000238
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091202

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000779336
		IRS NUMBER:				133304681
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-55117
		FILM NUMBER:		091216469

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-839-5205

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST AUSTRALIA FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Landesbank Berlin Holding AG
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001038872
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALEXANDERPLATZ 2
		CITY:			BERLIN
		STATE:			2M
		ZIP:			10178
		BUSINESS PHONE:		30 245-62562

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALEXANDERPLATZ 2
		CITY:			BERLIN
		STATE:			2M
		ZIP:			10178

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BANKGESELLSCHAFT BERLIN AG
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970508
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SCHEDULE 13D</font></B></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(Amendment No.  26)</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.5pt;padding-bottom:1;'><font size=2>Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc.</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2> (Name of Issuer)</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.5pt;padding-bottom:1;'><font size=2>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Title of Class of Securities)</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.5pt;padding-bottom:1;'><font size=2>318652104</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(CUSIP Number)</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Moritz Sell</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Landesbank Berlin AG</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Alexanderplatz 2</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>D-10178 Berlin</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Germany</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>+44.20.7572.6200</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>________________________________________________________________________________________(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Receive Notices and Communications)</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.5pt;padding-bottom:1;'><font size=2>November 24, 2009</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of &sect;&sect;240.13d-l(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-l(g), check the following box.   </font><font face=Wingdings>o</font></p>

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      <u><font size=2>CUSIP No. </font></u><font size=2> 889050 10 0</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>1.</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>Names of Reporting Persons.</font></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>I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).</font></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 AG</font></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>IRS No.</font></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>2.</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>Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)</font></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><font face=Wingdings>o</font></font></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>(b)</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><font face=Wingdings>o</font></font></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>3.</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>SEC Use Only &nbsp;</font></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>4.</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>Source of Funds (See Instructions)  </font></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>5.</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>Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) </font><font face=Wingdings>o</font></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>6.</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>Citizenship or Place of Organization</font></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>Number of</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>7.</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>Sole Voting Power:  1,367,574</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Shares Bene-</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>8.</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>Shared Voting Power:  </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Owned by Each</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>9.</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>Sole Dispositive Power:  1,367,574  </font></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>10.</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>11.</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>Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <font size=2>This Amendment No. 26 amends and supplements item 5 of the Statement on Schedule 13D of Landesbank Berlin AG (&#147;LB&#148;), a wholly owned subsidiary of Landesbank Berlin Holding AG (the &#147;Parent&#148;), which is in turn controlled by Erwerbsgesellschaft der S-Finanzgruppe mbH &amp; Co. KG, a German limited partnership (the &#147;Partnership&#148;), with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund").   Statements that are not modified in this amendment are not amended and remain as previously reported. </font></p>

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      <p style=' margin-bottom:10pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(a)  According to the Fund&#146;s report on Form N-CSR filed on July 6, 2009, there were 19,206,969 shares of Common Stock outstanding at April 30, 2009. The percentage set forth in this Item 5(a) is derived using such number.   LB has sole power to vote and dispose of 1,367,574 shares of Common Stock, which constitute approximately 7.1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.58in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(c)  Since October 26, 2009, LB has effected the following sales of shares of Common Stock in at-the-market transactions on the American Stock Exchange:</font></p>

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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>3,400</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=2>10/28/09</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>12.0696</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>11/9/09</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>5,100</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>12.4324</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>11/11/09</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:15.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>500</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=2>12.512</font></p> </td> </tr>
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              <td width="137" nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:12.75pt'>
                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>17,400</font></p> </td>
              <td width="132" nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:12.75pt'>
                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>12.5591</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>11/13/09</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=2>35,000</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=2>21,593</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>13.0529</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>10,800</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=2>12,707</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=2>12.903</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>11/19/09</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=2>10,000</font></p> </td>
              <td width="132" nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:12.75pt'>
                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:6.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>12.6541</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>11/20/09</font></p> </td>
              <td width="137" nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:12.75pt'>
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              <td width="137" nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:12.75pt'>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>11/24/09</font></p> </td>
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              <td width="132" nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:12.75pt'>
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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 AG</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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