Australia - Wikipedia
WEBAustralia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country.Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least …
Australien – Wikipedia
WEBAustralien (amtlicher deutscher Name; englisch Commonwealth of Australia, deutsch veraltet Australischer Bund) ist ein Staat auf der Südhalbkugel der Erde, der das Festland des australischen Kontinents, die ihr südlich vorgelagerte Insel Tasmanien, die subantarktische Macquarieinsel mit ihren Nebeninseln und als Außengebiete die …
Travel to Australia - Australian Tourism Information - Tourism Australia
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Australia | History, Cities, Population, Capital, Map, & Facts
WEB4 days ago · Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne. Australia. The Australian mainland extends from west to east for nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) and from Cape York Peninsula in the northeast to Wilsons Promontory in the southeast for …
Australia country profile - BBC News
WEBApr 14, 2023 · Australia country profile. 14 April 2023. Australia ranks as one of the best countries to live in the world by international comparisons of wealth, education, health and quality of life. The sixth ...
Australia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBAustralia is known for its mining (coal, iron, gold, diamonds and crystals). It produces wool, and is the world's largest producer of bauxite. [11] Its emblem is a flower called the golden wattle . Australia is also known for its animals. The national symbols of Australia are the kangaroo and the golden wattle.
Australia country guide - Lonely Planet | Australia & Pacific
WEBAustralia & Pacific. Australia is the unexpected: a place where the world’s oldest cultures share vast ochre plains, stylish laneways and unimaginably blue waters with successive waves of new arrivals from across the globe.
Australia Maps & Facts - World Atlas
WEBJan 16, 2024 · Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is located in the southern hemisphere and is bounded by two major bodies of water: the Indian Ocean to the west and the South Pacific Ocean to the east. As the world's sixth largest country, Australia covers a total area of about 7,741,220 km 2 (around 2.99 million mi 2).It is continental, in …
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WEB4 days ago · Natural resources. alumina, coal, iron ore, copper, lithium, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, opals, natural gas, petroleum note 1: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 26.5% of global coal exports in 2021; coal is the country’s most abundant …
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WEBLegislative branch. description: bicameral Federal Parliament consists of: Senate (76 seats; 12 members from each of the 6 states and 2 each from the 2 mainland territories; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of state membership renewed every 3 years and …
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