Australia
Officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, comprising the mainland of Australia, Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania measuring a staggering 2, 969,907 sq mi. making it the sixth largest country in the world.
It's huge size, gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the center, tropical rainforest in the north-east, tropical savannas in the north, and mountain ranges in the south-east. Australia is considered the oldest, driest, and flattest continent, with the least fertile soil.
The original inhabitants are the Aboriginals who began arriving from south-east Asia, 50,000 to 65,000 years ago during the last glacial period. By the time of the European arrival sometime around 1606, the Aboriginals, had formed themselves into 250 distinct language groups.
Currently, Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy, comprising six states and ten territories. With a population of almost 27 million, this country is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Although Canberra is it's capital, the most populous cities are , Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Australia ranks highly for quality
of health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties, and political rights. It's also promotes religious diversity with 43.9% identifying as Christian, 38.9% no religion, 3.2% Islam, 2.7 % Hinduism, 2.4 % Buddhism, and 8.9% other.
Australians love a good sport, with soccer, cricket, baseball, and rugby being among the most popular. This nation has won Cricket World Cup for a record six times.
Australia's high income mixed-market economy is rich in natural resources. It has the second amount of wealth per adult after Luxembourg. It GDP stands at 1571 billion USD.
Officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, comprising the mainland of Australia, Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania measuring a staggering 2, 969,907 sq mi. making it the sixth largest country in the world.
It's huge size, gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the center, tropical rainforest in the north-east, tropical savannas in the north, and mountain ranges in the south-east. Australia is considered the oldest, driest, and flattest continent, with the least fertile soil.
The original inhabitants are the Aboriginals who began arriving from south-east Asia, 50,000 to 65,000 years ago during the last glacial period. By the time of the European arrival sometime around 1606, the Aboriginals, had formed themselves into 250 distinct language groups.
Currently, Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy, comprising six states and ten territories. With a population of almost 27 million, this country is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Although Canberra is it's capital, the most populous cities are , Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Australia ranks highly for quality
of health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties, and political rights. It's also promotes religious diversity with 43.9% identifying as Christian, 38.9% no religion, 3.2% Islam, 2.7 % Hinduism, 2.4 % Buddhism, and 8.9% other.
Australians love a good sport, with soccer, cricket, baseball, and rugby being among the most popular. This nation has won Cricket World Cup for a record six times.
Australia's high income mixed-market economy is rich in natural resources. It has the second amount of wealth per adult after Luxembourg. It GDP stands at 1571 billion USD.
