Australia

Australia is a sparsely populated country, with most of the population settled round the coast.

Australia and Papua New Guinea are separated by the Torres Strait. This body of water is very narrow and small.

Tasmania is Australia's island state, and its smallest state. Originally named Van Diemen's Land by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman who first landed there in 1642, it was renamed Tasmania in 1856, after its discoverer.

Two large mountains in the southern half of Australia are Mt Kosciuszko and Mt Bogong.

they settled in many places, eastwood, epping, Victoria improving each as they went. They were not respected at first but was regarded later, as one of the smartest races on earth.

The Tasman Sea, rather than a strait, separates Australia and New Zealand.

Wildlife which lives in the Great Dividing Range includes a variety of wallabies; euros; the Common wombat; possums such as the Ringtail possum, Brushtail possum, Leadbeaters possum, Mountain Pygmy possum, etc; gliders such as Sugar gliders, Feathertail gliders, Mahogany gliders, Squirrel gliders, yellow-bellied gliders and Greater gliders; parrots such as rainbow lorikeets and other lorikeets, sulphur crested cockatoos, black cockatoos, rosellas, galahs, corellas; Laughing kookaburras and blue-winged kookaburras; short-beaked echidnas; Eastern quolls; superb lyrebird; a variety of Bowerbirds; goannas; eastern water dragons; frill necked lizards; Eastern brown snakes; Copperheads; Red bellied black snakes. This is just a small selection of the many animals found in the Great Dividing Range, which extends from far North Queensland, down the eastern coast and into western Victoria.

Queensland was settled as a new penal (convict) colony. It was established when explorer John Oxley and Settlement Commandant Lieutenant Miller, together with a crew and 29 convicts, arrived at Redcliffe on 13 September 1824 to start a new penal colony.

The Great Barrier Reef has thousands of great diving spots. The 'best' in terms of diversity and visibility are those in the outer reef. Moore Reef of Cairns is beautiful and well recommended! As to is the diving of Lizard Island FNQ.

At the time of writing 1 AUD is about 6.8 Kronor.

Nearly 7 million people travel overseas according to the austrlian government. This people travel for different perpose like business & holiday. The most visited country by Australian is new zealand and indonesia.

hostile living conditions Mountains, desert, poor climate, high death rates, etc

the aborignal meaning is wagga wagga, place of many crows

Australia's currency went decimal on 14th February, 1966. The decimal system is easier to use than others because it based on 10. The old Imperial monetary system was based on the old English system where there were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound or, 240 pennies in a pound. Australia's system of weights and measures went metric for the same reason in about 1973 or 1974.

The settlement of Moreton Bay was separated from New South Wales and established as a new Colony named Queensland (for Queen Victoria) in 1859. On 10 September 1825, the settlement was given the name of Brisbane, and no longer called the Moreton Bay colony, but it was still part of the New South Wales territory.

This act was done in opposition to the wishes of the New South Wales Governor, but the British government decided in favour of a petition from the people of Brisbane and that it would be better done now, than later. In 1859, Queen Victoria signed Letters Patent, which declared that Queensland was now a separate colony from New South Wales. On 6 June 1859, the former Moreton Bay District was granted separation from New South Wales, and given the name of Queensland, with Brisbane as its capital city. The first Governor was Sir George Ferguson Bowen.

It depends upon what you understand by the term "desert". Dingoes do not live in sandy deserts. They live almost everywhere, including semi-arid areas of Australia, where spinifex grass or scrubland is plentiful, and where there is a permanent water supply, even if they have to dig to reach it. Where there is any type of vegetation, there is also animal life. Dingoes are opportunistic feeders, eating any prey that is available, and also carrion. They have a short coat with an undercoat that protects them from both the daytime desert heat and the night-time desert cold. They tend to live in areas where there are rocks and caves for shelter.

The BSB is the first six digits of a Westpac account number. Every branch is different, and each branch within Sydney will also be different.

It will start with either 7XXXXX or 0XXXXX.

The information should be sought from the account holder, and if this person is unsure they need to speak with the bank directly to ensure correct information is provided.

• Australian Capital Territory - National capital Canberra
• New South Wales - Capital is Sydney
• Northern Territory - Capital is Darwin
• Queensland - Capital is Brisbane
• South Australia - Capital is Adelaide
• Tasmania - Capital is Hobart
• Victoria - Capital is Melbourne
• Western Australia - Capital is Perth

Too many to count. There are so many people emigrating to Australia every year that it's hard to keep up. In the start, of course, there was British, Irish, Scottish, etc. with the first settlers and convicts but as time has gone on more and more cultures have become a part of Australia. There are many Italian families that emigrated during the 1930s, 40s, 50s; multiple Vietnamese refugees that came to Australia during and after the Vietnam War; while today there are Middle Eastern and African refugees joining our country, not to mention all those who choose to move to Australia - English, Americans, Canadians, French, Spanish, etc.

Australia is a multicultural country, with no overall ruling culture.

Australia would be found in the southern hemisphere seeing as how its below the equater

Sydney harbour is 12 miles (19 km) long with a total area of 21 square miles (55 square km) . It has minimum and maximum depths of 30 feet (9 metres) and 155 feet at low water, and its irregular foreshores extend more than 150 miles

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Canberra is a city of extremes. Winters are very cold, and oil heaters or fireplaces an absolute necessity. However, there are several weeks in the middle of summer when the climate is dry, with temperatures extremely hot. At other tims of the year, Canberra weather is quite unpredictable. Snow has been known to fall in October (the middle of Spring), and heat-generated lightning storms can occur in summer and autumn.

Australia is a vast country and has eight capital states in it's territory's which consists of Melbourne in Victoria, Sydney and Canberra in New South Wales, Brisbane in Queensland, Darwin in the Northern Territory, Western Australia has Perth, the South has Adelaide and last but not least down in Tasmania is Hobart.