Australia

Australia has numerous natural forests (more commonly known as 'bushland'). There are many pine plantations which tend to be more commonly known as "forests", and of course many rainforests, such as the famous Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland.

You can find more details about Australian forests at the link below.

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Tasmania is the Smallest state and is below the South East coast of Australia.

There is no such river as the Murray Darling River. The two rivers are quite separate and distinct, with the Darling a tributary of the Murray.

The Darling River was named by Charles Sturt early in 1829. During an expedition in which he traced the Macquarie River, Sturt arrived suddenly at what he described as "a noble river". This was the Darling, which he named after Governor Darling.

The Murray River was originally called the Hume when it was discovered by Hume and Hovell in 1824. (Whether it was named by Hovell for his partner Hume, or by Hume for his father, remained a point of contention between the two for some time.) It became the Murray late in 1829 when Sturt discovered that the Murrumbidgee flowed into it, and charted the river. Sturt named it the Murray after Sir George Murray, Secretary of State for the Colonies at that time.

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Common Australian slang for "sick" or "ill" is crook. Australians might say "I'm feeling a bit crook today", but this is more something men would say, rather than women.

The flight distance from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand is 1,342 miles / 2,160 km.

The native animal with the highest population in Australia is the kangaroo. The Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia suggests that, in 2002, there were an estimated 58.6 million Kangaroos in Australia. This number fluctuates with the seasons, but gives a fair estimate of how many kangaroos there are in any given year.

The situation with non-native animals is very different. It is impossible to know, for instance, how many millions of rats and mice there are in Australia. The rabbit is another example. Rabbit numbers in Australia are believed to have topped the 200 million mark, but there is no accurate way to measure numbers.

All rainforests have soil. Most (not all) of the vegetation in rainforests requires soil to grow. The Daintree Rainforest is no different to other rainforests in this regard.

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No. Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia.

The Blue Mountains are known for their ruggedness, their sheer cliffs and their steep ravines.

Donald George Bradman was born on 27 August 1908 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia. He was, and is, one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes of all time, as he was a very skilled batsman.

Bradman grew up in the New South Wales town of Bowral, where he perfected his batting skills by practising hitting into a corrugated iron water tank on a brick stand behind the Bradman home: when hit into the curved brick stand, the ball would rebound at high speed and varying angles. Bradman's batting average of 99.94 from his 52 Tests was nearly double the average of any other player before or since.

Bradman was only 18 when he was drafted in grade cricket in Sydney. Within a year he was on the New South Wales state team, and within three he had made his Test debut. In the English summer of 1930 he scored 974 runs over the course of the five Ashes tests, the highest individual total in any test series. Even at almost forty years of age - most players today are retired by their mid-thirties - Bradman returned to play cricket after World War II. On 12 June 1948, he scored 138 in the First Test Cricket at Trent Bridge. In his farewell 1948 tour of England the team he led, dubbed "The Invincibles", went undefeated throughout the tour, a feat unmatched to date.

Bradman was awarded a knighthood in 1949 and a Companion of the Order of Australia, the country's highest civil honour, in 1979. In 1996, he was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the ten inaugural members. After his retirement, he remained heavily involved in cricket administration, serving as a selector for the national team for nearly 30 years.

Every continent on earth is north of Antarctica. Australia is one continent that is north of Antarctica.

Australian Capital Territory has a land area of 2,400 sq km

New South Wales has a land area of 801,600 sq km

Northern Territory has a land area of 1,346,200 sq km

Queensland has a land area of 1,727,200 sq km

South Australia has a land area of 984,000 sq km

Tasmania has a land area of 67,800 sq km

Victoria has a land area of 227,600 sq km

Western Australia has a land area of 2,525,500 sq km, almost one third of Australia

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There is no such thing as an eastern part of the southern hemisphere. East is a direction as is west Every thing is both east and west of a given point.

The most recent figures for Victoria indicate that, as of June 2013, the estimated population of Victoria, Australia was 5 737 600.

When it is Autumn in Ohio, it is Spring in Australia.

The Swan river was named the Dutch sailor Willem de Vlamingh when he sailed along the coast of WA in 1697, He named it Swan River after the flocks of black swans in the area.

People in the modern Australian outback eat the same things as people in the cities. The storage and cooking facilities are comparable with those in the cities, although costs tend to be slightly higher due to the cost of extra transportation. In the 19th century and early 20th century, when the outback was a place for itinerant swagmen and bushmen, these people often lived on damper, a simple bread made from flour, salt and water and cooked over an open campfire. Workers in the outback lived on a fairly staple diet of beef or mutton with potatoes or stews.

Australia does not have a land border with any country. However, it does have official borders / maritime boundary treaties with other countries, as specific water borders are officially laid out. Australia has a sea border with New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, East Timor and Indonesia.

There is even an officially delineated border agreement between Australia and the French government, given that New Caledonia is French territory.

The people that live in Australia have different cultures that they hold on to. The aboriginal values make up the larger part of societies in Australia.

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