AUSTRALIA

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Introduction

Its official called as commonwealth of Australia. Australia is considered as a country, Island as well as a continent. It is situated in the 5/30/12

Introduction

National language is English. Largest city is Sydney. The governing system used in Australia is Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy. National animal is Kangaroo. National bird Emu. 2012 Estimated population of Australia is 22,904,517.

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People, culture and lifestyle

Culture Warm climate, informal people Clothing

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States and territories

Australia have six states: New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia It also have two major mainland territories which are: Northern Territory Australian Capital territory (ACT)

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Geographic

Geographic Australia's landmass is of 7,617,930 square kilometres which is surrounded by Indian and pacific Oceans. It is the smallest continent and the six largest country by area and it is also considered as the worlds largest island. It has a coast line of 34,218 Km and 3,700 km high.

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Landscapes Different types of landscapes

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Arnhem Land and The Kimberley

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Climate

The climate of Australia Varies widely. It is mostly desert and 40 percentage is covered by sand dunes. North east and North west have fertile soils. North has tropical climate and is varied with rain forest and grass lands. Rain also varies frequent droughts and also has very wet season.

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Animals of Australia

Kangaroo Koala Saltwater crocodile Green sea turtle Platypus Kookaburra Dingo

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Economy

Australia has a total GDP of $914,482 billion . Australia has a Market economy with a high GDP per capita and a low rate of poverty. Australian dollar ($) is the currency used in Australia. The Australian security exchange is the ninth largest in the world. Australia was ranked the third (3rd) in the economic freedom 2010. Australia is the world's thirteenth largest economy and also the fifth 5/30/12

Economy

The service sector of the economy including tourism, education and financial service accounts for about 70 percentage of GDP. Rich in natural resources, Australia is a major exporter agricultural products particularly wheat and wool which accounts 3 percentage of the GDP. And also rich in Mineral such as iron ore , gold and energy in the form of liquefied natural gas and coal and it accounts 5 percentage of the GDP. Australia is the fourth largest exporter of vine contributing $5.5 billion per annum to the national economy. Australias largest export markets are in Japan, China, USA, South Korea, New Zealand.

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Economy

Melbourne reached first place on the Economist's 2011 World's Most Liveable Cities list followed by Sydney, Perth, and Adelaide in sixth, eighth, and ninth place respectively. Total government debt in Australia is about $190 billion with 20% of GDP in 2010. Australia has among the highest house prices and some of the highest household debt levels in the world.

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TOURISM IN AUSTRALIA.

Tourism is an important industry for the Australian economy. In the financial year 2010/11, thetourismindustry represented 2.5% of Australia'sGDPat a value of approximately A$35billion to the national economy. This is equivalent to tourism contributing $94.8 million a day to the Australian economy. Domestic tourism is a significant part of the tourism industry, and was responsible for 73% of the total direct tourism GDP. The 2010-11 financial year saw a record number of overseas arrivals in the financial year, with 5.9 million short-term visitor arrivals to Australia (or 588 extra visitors a day extra). Tourism employed 513,700 people in Australia in 2010-11, or which 43.7% of total tourism employed persons were part time. Tourism also contributed 8.0% of Australia's total export earnings in 201011

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Popular Australian destinations include the coastal cities ofSydneyand Melbourne, as well as other high profile destinations including regional Queensland, the Gold Coastand theGreat Barrier Reef, the world's largest reef.Uluruand theAustralian outbackare other popular locations, as is Tasmanian wilderness. The unique Australian wildlife is also another significant point of interest in the country's tourism. The2000 Sydney Olympicsresulted in significant inbound and domestic tourism toSydney. During the games, Sydney hosted 362,000 domestic and 110,000 international visitors. In addition, up to 4billion people watched the games worldwide.

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AMAZING FACTSSSSSS.
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Being the sixth largest country on earth, Australia is around the same size of the 48 mainland states of the USA, in-fact its double the size of Europe and has the lowest population density found anywhere on earth- with the exception of Antarctica- not counting the seals and penguins. Australian's always tease their cousins the New Zealanders for being a bit too friendly to their sheep, but did you know Australia is the Sheep capital of the world? There are over 140 million sheep, that's about 20 per person. Mostly fluffy merinos, which produce more than 70 percent of the world's wool. - that's nothing to baaaaa about!

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3) Nothing to moo about either,, Yes Australia is home not only to 140 million sheep it also has 24 million head of cattle.. think of all the burgers!. Australia is the worlds largest exporter of quality beef. 4) No room for Kangaroos,,, Well with that many sheep and cattle you wouldn't think there would be any room for the Australian Icon...the Kangaroo... Well it couldn't be further than the truth.. there are estimated to be 40 million of these fury marsupials jumping around our continent.. Many more than it was estimated being here when white settlement started way back in the 1780's 5) How far is that straight line? Well if you were in the Nullarbor. .'it's a bloody long way' in-fact the longest straight railway line in the world stretches the Nullarbor Plain from Watson in South Australia to Nurina in Western Australia and doesn't make a bend for 478 kilometers.

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6) Australia is surrounded by some of the best beaches in the world, but in 1838 it was declared illegal to swim at public beaches during the day. This law was enforced until 1902. 7) One of our more memorable Prime Ministers Bob Hawke who was in office during much of the 1980's was immortalised by theGuinness Book of Recordsfor sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds back in 1954. 8) Australia is one of the worlds most urbanised countries, with about 70 per cent of the population living in the 10 largest cities, all within a short distance to the coast line. 9) Australians will bet on anything...what that old saying...two flies on the wall?....With less than 1 percent of the world's population, Australia has more than 20 percent of its poker machines.
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10) Dropbears, Well you've read we have plenty of sheep, cattle, kangaroos,,, but Dropbears? Well they are an evil species of koala that fall from trees and attack humans. Haven't seen one yet,, but there are lots of Americans who haven't visited here yet who believe the stories

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COME SOON IM WAITING

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