Australia 

Form of Government:
Independent state within The British Commonwealth
 
 Area (square kilometres):
7.74 million
 
 Population:
19.7 million
 
 Capital:
Canberra (309.900)
 
 Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD)
 
 Languages:
English (official)
 
 Ancestry:
European origin 92 % Asian origin 7 % Aborigines 1 % Religion: Catholic 27 %, Anglican 24 %, Other Protestant 19 %, Other Christian 4 %, Buddhist 1 %, Muslim 1 %, Other 24 %
 
 GDP per person:
22.200 $
 
 Average duration of life:
Men 76 years, women 87 years
 
 Human Development Index (HDI):
0,946 (No. 3) 

 
Australia was originally discovered by the Hollands. But  James Cook, a british explore. was the first to claim the island 150 years later.

Australia was used as a british colony. But was first an island for prisoners.
The aboriginals were treated as stone age people and had their children and such taken away for them to work or go to a christian school/ Being adopted for being "Neglected"

The worlds only place to search for Opals is in Australia.

Australia is very vast. But the center is more dried out than the rest of the island. Australia has summer when we have winter because of the latitude.

Australia has been the victim of foreign animals invading and ruining their ecosystem.

Area (square kilometres):
 7.74 million 

Australia was inhabited by indigenous people for about 50,000 yearsbefore the British came.

 

Area = 7,74 milion km2.

The greatest city is Sydney.

They speak English.

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