Australia

• Australia is the only country that takes up an entire continent.
• Australia is therefore the only country that shares no land borders with any other countries.
• The wildlife is unique in that it comprises a large number of marsupial speices.
• Most of the land is flat except for the eastern seaboard, where the Great Dividing Range separates coast from the inland.

Without knowing the exact state you are referring to its hard to give an answer, but legislative councils are upper houses, and as such the chamber is usually dominated by the color red so there's a pretty good chance the tables would be red aswell.

Barbeques suit the Australian outdoor way of life. Because of the great weather in Australia, Australians in general spend a lot of time outside. There is less pollution than in the more heavily populated continents, and the temperatures are conducive to outdoor living.

In addition, the men like to be in charge of barbeques, while the women are quite happy to let their husbands do the cooking ...

No. Australia is not a third world country, but a first world country. It has a very high standard of living, including having among the best educational systems and health services in the world.

A fringing reef forms a continuous underwater "wall" for some distance, where as a "barrier Reef" are shorter in distances, and have large gaps in them....and will be between shore and the Barrier Reef..............
Sea Rambo

Minerals and gemstones mined in Australia include:

Bauxite

Coal

Diamonds

Salt

Uranium

Opals

Sapphires

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Because they had only two choices - to live in a war and post war situation which was horrible or to live in peaceful country Australia, where they could live normaly.

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Figures vary, but according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science, the Great Barrier Reef is approximately 2,300km long. It is located in the Coral Sea and lies parallel to the coast of Queensland. It is actually a series of reefs and atolls, with its northern end just south of Papua New Guinea, and its southern end near Lady Elliott Island, northeast of the city of Bundaberg. This is the equivalent of about 1,430 miles.

Because, like any country, it cannot produce all the food it needs itself. Some foods don't grow or are not made in Australia, so those would be imported. They may not always have the quantities of food they need, so some has to be imported.

Australia Mainland Australia is due north of Tasmania. Tasmania is an island state of Australia.

Spencer Gulf and one other gulf I don't know.

Plz find the name of the other gulf and improve this answer.THX

The surface of England is 130,395 km2 The surface of Australia (country) is 7,741,220 km2 So Australia is 7,610,825 km2 bigger than England. Or in other words, Australia is about 59.4 times as big as England.

The most drought-prone areas are the areas inland from the coast. Drought hits all areas of Australia (including the coast) but drought is more prevalent in inland Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Northern Territory and throughout South Australia and Western Australia. Even Tasmania can be subject to drought.

Get three country town signposts and they'll tell you - e.g. "Glen Innes, traditional Ngoorabul land"

At the time of Australia's first settlement, Sydney did not exist. The First Fleet, consisting of eleven ships, left Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787,and arrived in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. This was where they were supposed to settle. Captain Arthur Phillip, Governor of the first colony, immediately determined that there was insufficient fresh water, an absence of usable timber, poor quality soil and no safe harbour at Botany Bay. Thus the fleet was moved to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788. The settlement Sydney grew up initially along the part of the harbour known as Sydney Cove, and quickly spread further afield.

The Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship has an over view on a working holiday on their official website. Travelers to Australia can find information such as pay rates and how to apply for a work VISA to work in Australia during a holiday (vacation).

Well, how long does it take to get from the US to Hong Kong? That amount of time is the same amount of time it takes for you to Airmail the package. There might be some traffic though (Hehe!!!)

Depending on the context, remote rural areas may be referred to either as "the Bush" or "the outback".

The Bush generally refers to remote areas which are not semi-arid like the Outback. If someone has "gone bush" he may have decided to leave civilised society for awhile, but he is not likely to be in the remote, desert, outback areas.

Because the decimal system is far easier and more sensible to work with. I came to Australia from Holland many moons ago. in Holland there was a decimal system so the first thing I had to do when I got here at 9 years old work out the money system. The system in Australia was Called pounds/shilling/pence. there were 12 Penney's in a shilling and there were 20 shillings in a pound. so you ended up with prices like 3/15/6 1/2 (3pounds/15 shilings/6pence and a half Penney. a system that starts on a base of 12 which then works up to a base of 20. it was ridiculous. addition and subtraction in these figures was cumbersome and fraught with the danger of making mistakes. Remember most people worked out money and change in their heads in those days. the decimal system is just so much simpler.

Sources differ as, according to the Australian Government's GeoScience website, Australia's land cover does change constantly due to weather and land use. Over a period of even one decade, figures will change.

An estimated 44% percent, or over one-third of Australia is made up of sandy or stony arid and semi-arid desert, while another 37% is sparse grassland or scrub. The figures for arid and semi-arid are very different from those given in the source quoted below.

Another source states the Arid and semi-arid zone constitute over 70% of Australia's land area (James, Landsberg & Morton, 1995)

Source: James, C. D., Landsberg, J. & Morton, S. R. (1995) Ecological functioning in arid Australia and research to assist conservation of biodiversity. Pacific Conservation Biology. Vol. 2:126-42