Dugong

The dugong is the only strictly marine herbivorous mammal. They are restricted
to the coastal habitats. Other common local names include "sea cow", "sea pig"
and "sea camel". They grow upto 3 meters in length and weigh up to 400 kgs.
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial. now
found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania. The size of a
small dog, it became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height,
after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the
largest native bird. The emu's range covers most of mainland Australia. Emus are
soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds with long necks and legs, and can reach up
to 1.9 metres (6.2 ft) in height. Emus can travel great distances, and when
necessary can sprint at 50 km/h (31 mph)

A wallaby is a small- or mid-sized macropod found in Australia and New Guinea. They
belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and sometimes the same genus, but
kangaroos are specifically categorised into the six largest species of the family. The term
wallaby is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a
kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been designated otherwise.[1][1]
There are 11 species of brush wallabies (g. Macropus, s.g. Protemnodon). Their head and
body length is 45 to 105 cm and the tail is 33 to 75 cm long.
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus, or, inaccurately, koala bear[a]) is an arboreal
herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of
the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. The
koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions,
inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is
easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy
ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of 6085 cm
(2433 in) and weighs 415 kg (933 lb). Pelage colour ranges from silver grey to
chocolate brown. Koalas typically inhabit open eucalypt woodlands, and the
leaves of these trees make up most of their diet.

The kangaroo /kru/ is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae

(macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe
the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus: the
red kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey
kangaroo.[1] Kangaroos are endemic to Australia. The kangaroo is an unofficial
symbol of Australia and appears as an emblem on the Australian coat of arms[4]
and on some of its currency[5] and is used by some of Australia's well known
organisations, including Qantas[6] and the Royal Australian Air Force

A general idea of the relative size of these informal terms could be:

wallabies: head and body length of 45105 cm and tail length of 3375 cm; The
dwarf wallaby (the smallest member) length is 46 cm and weigh of 1.6 kg;

tree-kangaroos: from Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo body and head length of 4865 cm,
tail of 6074 cm, weigh of 7.2 kg (16 lb) for males and 5.9 kg (13 lb) for females; to
the grizzled tree-kangaroo length of 7590 cm (30 to 35 in) and weight of 815 kg
(1833 lb);

wallaroos: the black wallaroo, the smallest by far, with a tail length of 6070 cm and
weight of 1922 kg for males and 13 kg for females;

kangaroos: a large male can be 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 90 kg (200 lb)

Trees
Popular Australian native trees include Banksias, Eucalyptus, Grevilleas
Eucalypt forests in Victoria. Australia's tree flora is dominated by a single genus,
Eucalyptus. Eucalypts make up almost 80 per cent of our forests.
The Greater Blue Mountains has the most diverse range of eucalypt species on
earth. In fact, the Blue Mountains gets its name from the blue shimmer which
rises into the air from the oil from the trees.
The Golden Wattle is Australia's floral emblem.
Australias unique flora also includes the Proteaceae family of Banksia
(bottlebrush), Grevillea and Telopea (waratah). Around 80 per cent of the plants
and almost all of the Proteaceae species found in south-west Western Australia
are not found anywhere else in the world. The heathlands along the Great Ocean
Road in Victoria are one of the most orchid-rich sites in Australia

Waratah (Telopea) is an Australian-endemic genus of five species of large

shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South
Wales, Victoria and Tasmania). The most well-known species in this genus is
Telopea speciosissima, which has bright red flowers and is the NSW state
emblem. The waratah is a member of the plant family Proteaceae, a family of
flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The key diagnostic
feature of Proteaceae is the inflorescence, which is often very large, brightly
coloured and showy, consisting of many small flowers densely packed into a
compact head or spike. Species of waratah boast such inflorescences ranging
from 615 cm in diameter with a basal ring of coloured bracts. The leaves are
spirally arranged, 1020 cm long and 23 cm broad with entire or serrated
margins. The name waratah comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original
inhabitants of the Sydney area.

Grevillea /rvli/[1] is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in
the family Proteaceae, native to rainforest and more open habitats in Australia, New Guinea,
New Caledonia, Indonesia and Sulawesi.[2] It was named in honour of Charles Francis
Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 50 cm (20 in) tall to trees 35 m

(115 ft) tall. Common names include grevillea, spider flower, silky oak and toothbrush
plant. Closely related to the genus Hakea, the genus gives its name to the subfamily
Grevilleoideae.
The brightly coloured, petal-less flowers consist of a calyx tube that splits into 4 lobes with
long styles.[2]
They are good bird-attracting plants, honeyeaters in particular are common visitors. They are
also used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the dryandra
moth and the Pieris rapae (small white).