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*official name* –>
“commonwealth of australia”
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*GIRLS*
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(i/əˈstreɪliə/)
(/ɒ-/, /-jə/)
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(‘australia’ is a country comprising the ‘mainland’ of the ‘australian continent’, the island of ‘tasmania’, and ‘numerous smaller islands’)
(it is the world’s 6th-largest country by ‘total area’)
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(‘neighboring countries’ include…)
*NORTH* –>
‘papua new guinea’
indonesia’
‘east timor’
*NORTHEAST* –>
(‘the solomon islands’)
(‘vanuatu’)
*SOUTHEAST* –>
(‘new zealand’)
(for about 50,000 years before the first british settlement in the ‘late 18th century’, ‘australia’ was inhabited by ‘indigenous australians’, who spoke languages grouped into roughly ‘250 language groups’)
(after the ‘european discovery’ of the continent by ‘dutch explorers’ in ‘1606’, australia’s eastern half was claimed by ‘great britain’ in ‘1770’ and initially settled through ‘penal transportation’ to the colony of ‘new south wales’ from ’26 january 1788′)
(the population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional 5 self-governing ‘crown colonies’ were established)
(on ‘1 january 1901’, the 6 colonies federated, forming the ‘commonwealth of australia’)
(since ‘federation’, ‘australia’ has maintained a stable ‘liberal democratic political system’ that functions as a ‘federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy’ comprising 6 states and several territories)
(the population of ’24 million’ is ‘highly urbanized’ and ‘heavily concentrated’ in the ‘eastern states’ and ‘on the coast’)
(‘australia’ is a ‘developed country’ and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the world’s ’12th-largest economy’)
(in ‘2014’, ‘australia’ had the world’s 5th-highest ‘per capita income’)
(australia’s military expenditure is the world’s 13th-largest)
(with the ‘2nd-highest human development index’ globally, ‘australia’ ranks highly in many international comparisons of ‘national performance’, such as…)
*quality of life*
*health*
*education*
*economic freedom*
*protection of ‘civil liberties’ and ‘political rights’*
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(‘australia’ is a member of) –>
*the ‘united nations’*
*G20*
*commonwealth of nations*
*ANZUS*
*organization for economic co-operation and development*
(OECD)
*world trade organization*
*asia-pacific economic cooperation*
*the ‘pacific islands forum’*
(second largest city in australia after sydney)
(state capital)
“tasmania”
australian island/state
sunrise on the tessellated pavement at Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. Tessellation (the tiled appearance) of flat-lying sedimentary rock may occur on some ocean shores when the rock fractures through the action of stress on the Earth’s crust and is subsequently modified by sand and wave action
TUAN
(a KANGAROO)
bronwyn
(australian prime minster)
“australian new wave”
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⬅︎⬅︎⬅︎ back to *“AUSTRALIA″ (THE CONTINENT)*
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