Australia Top 10
Created by Emma Mathew
Australia. A country. A continent.
- OFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Australia
- FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal parliamentary democracy; Commonwealth realm
- CAPITAL: Canberra
- POPULATION: 22,507,617
- OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English
- MONEY: Australian dollar
- AREA: 2,969,906 square miles (7,692,024 square kilometers)
- MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Great Dividing Range, Macdonnell Ranges
- MAJOR RIVERS: Murray-Darling, Murrumbidgee, Lachlan
Kangaroo
Kangaroos are found in Australia and Tasmania, as well as on surrounding islands. Kangaroos live in varied habitats, from forests and woodland areas to grassy plains and savannas.
Koala
Australia's Environment
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. Its ocean territory is the world's third largest, spanning three oceans and covering around 12 million square kilometres.
Event Information
Australia Day
"Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January,it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at that site by Governor Arthur Phillip."
When?
Saturday, Jan 26, 1788, 12:00 AM
Where?
Australia
Culture
Australian began as a British settlement in the eighteenth century, and its national character has formed for the most part through the mechanical part of immigration and race relations. Other factors that have shaped the national culture include the early small female population relative to that of men, which is said to have laid the foundations for a widespread belief of mateship. The engage Australian and New Zealand (Anzac) troops in World War I has been characterized as the symbolic birth of the nation.
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