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  "name": "Australia",
  "title": "Top observed GitHub contributors in Australia",
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    ],
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  "caveats": [
    "Live data uses GitHub REST search plus public profile fields; it is an observed sample, not a complete census.",
    "Location matching uses free-text GitHub profile locations and must not be treated as verified nationality or residence.",
    "Contributor pages expose public repository counts plus one-year GitHub contribution totals for commits and pull requests from the official GitHub GraphQL API. These are not all-time totals.",
    "The OSSRank score is retained only as a combined proxy; raw commits, pull requests, and repository tables are preferred for review and SEO pages."
  ],
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    "location:Sydney repos:>5 type:user",
    "location:Melbourne repos:>5 type:user",
    "location:Brisbane repos:>5 type:user"
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