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GEOGRAPHY 
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. Australia is an island,surrounded by water. It is located on the smallest continent in the world.
Population: 17.5 millionGeographic size: 2.97 million square milesCapital: CanberraMajor cities and population: Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
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Australia has a very dramatic landscape. Australia is famous for its"outback," the remote lands of the interior.
The desert outback covers most of the interior. It is too hot, dry and barren to supportmany people.Eastern Australia has large areas of grasslands, used primarily for sheep and cattleranches.Australia also has some mountainous areas and plateaus scattered throughout thecountry. The Blue Mountains, on the south-eastern end of Australia, get their name fromthe blue haze caused by oil droplets given off from the eucalyptus trees.As an island, Australia also has many beautiful coastal beachesOver 70% of Australians now live in cities or towns. Most of this population lives in theeastern and southern coasts, and around Perth in the west.
Australia is home to many animals not found anywhere else in the world.
These include the kangaroos, and koalas.
Off the northeast coast of Australia is the Great Barrier Reef. The GreatBarrier Reef is over 1,200 miles of coral. It has developed over the lastmillion years, and is now the largest living structure in the world.
It is home to many sharks and thousands of different types of tropical fish.
 
Music
Australian music is similar to the United States and United Kingdom music.
 Jazz
During the gold rush era of the 1850s Americans began to tour Australia. The most famous pioneer of traditional jazz in Australia is Graeme Bell(born 7 September 1914)
Country Music
Australia has a long tradition of country music, which has developed a stylequite distinct from its United States counterpart. The most popular band of country music in Australia were
Redgum.Rock and Roll
 
Airbourne:
 Airbourne usually refers to airborne military forces.Airbourne is a hard rock band from the Australian city of Warrnambool,Victoria.Airbourne has only two albums: Ready to Rock (2004) Runnin 'Wild (2007)
AC / DC:
 AC / DC is an Australian hard rock group formed in Sydney (Australia) in1973 by Scottish brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. His best-selling albumBack in Black went on sale in July 1980 with 42 million records sold.
FAMOUS PEOPLEMark Anthony Philippoussis
born in 7 December 1976 is an Australiantennisplayer. He turned professional in 1994. At the 1998U.S. Open, Philippoussis reached his firstGrand Slamfinal, losing to fellow AustralianPatrick Rafter.
"Baz" Luhrmann
born in 17 September 1962 is anOscar- andGolden Globe-nominated Australianfilm director,screenwriter, andproducerbest known for The Red Curtain Trilogy. Other of his films is Moulin Rouge.
 
Kylie Minogue
born in 28 May 1968, is an Australian popsinger-songwriter  and occasionalactress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s throughher role in the Australian televisionsoap opera 
Neighbours
, beforecommencing her career as arecording artistin 1987.
MONUMENTS
++The Royal Exhibition Building, located in the city of Melbourne. It islocated in the Carlton Gardens, at the northeast edge of the CentralBusiness District.
This is the first building in Australia that has been declared byUnesco as a World Heritage Site in 2004.++
The
Sydney Opera House
is located inSydney. It was conceived andlargely built byDanisharchitect Jørn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour. The Opera House was made aUNESCO World Heritage Siteon 28 June 2007
SPORTS
Sport in Australia
is popular and widespread. Levels of both participationand watching are much higher than in many other countries.**Cricket has a long history in Australia and is the most popular
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, and isplayed on local, national and international levels. It is Australia's nationalsummer sport. TheAustralia national cricket teamwas the winner of thefirst Test match, and is today regarded as the leading international team inworld cricket**One of the fourtennis Grand Slamsis played in Australia, theAustralian Openheld in Melbourne. The tournament has been held for 100 years since1905**The first recorded game of Rugby footballin Australia was on 25 July 1839.
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