Australia

Because it is big

Australia is often referred to as an 'island continent'. It is much much larger than the next largest island (Greenland) and other large bodies of land referred to as 'islands' (New Guinea, Madagascar, etc). Also, Australia has various climate zones such as desert, rain forest, and Mediterranean climate, whereas islands typically have a homogeneous climate throughout.

Camels were introduced to Australia. Although they are not native to he country, they have thrived, and are ow a significant problem.

The first camels came to Australia from the Canary Islands in 1840. Nine camels were brought for the purpose of aiding the exploration of John Horrocks. None of these initial camels survived, although the first one lived for six years - long enough to shoot Horrocks. This occurred when the rather bad-tempered beast named Harry lurched to one side while Horrocks was unloading his gun, causing the gun barrel to discharge, right through Horrock's hand and into his jaw. Horrocks died several weeks later from subsequent infection. Harry the camel was then shot.

The next major group of camels was brought out by George Landells, who was the original leader of what later became the Burke and Wills's expedition in 1860, together with Afghan cameleers. While some of these died in the unbelievably harsh conditions of the expedition, several are known to have escaped, released by the cameleers to fend for themselves.

An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 more were imported into Australia between 1860 and 1907, and a breeding stud was set up in Beltana, in outback South Australia. These camels were used as draft and riding animals, pioneers of the interior region of Australia, once again with the help of Afghan cameleers, as they were best suited for trade between the south and the northern ports. Breeding continued into the 1920s, when the automobile became used more. Herds of camels were released, and many more escaped during these decades, so there is a significant number of feral camels now in Australia.

Whilst actual figures are not known, it is estimated that there are between 500,000 and 1,000,000 feral camels in Australia's outback.

The Northern Territory does not have an official motto.

The northern region is unofficially known as the Top End, while the southern desert regions are known as the Red Centre.

Some websites will report that the motto is "The Never-never", but this is not the case; nor is this nickname restricted to the Northern Territory.

Some natural resources in Australia that are currently being exploited include:

Iron ore

Bauxite

Gold

Black coal

Pigs were introduced into Australia with the First Fleet, which arrived on 26 January 1788. Among the livestock and provisions, 32 pigs are listed as being on the First Fleet. Pigs were introduced purely for food, as the British colonists had no food supplies already established: thus, they relied on livestock until they could get some crops growing.

Wild pigs were not introduced as wild pigs: the wild pigs populations now in Australia came from domestic pigs that escaped and bred in the wild, becoming hardy and impossible to control.

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* koalas * kangaroos * wallabies * bilbies (in one small area of the far west) * bandicoots * possums * gliders * antechinus * quolls * phascogales

There are 8 numbers in an Australian phone number, including the area code the is 10.

Well the wildlife in Australia is very extensive. One of Australia's national symbol is the Australian koala bear. Another animal is the kangaroo. Most of all the other animals of the Australian wildlife in someway will take importance

Queensland is larger than South Australia in both area and population.

Originally, Australia was inhabited by Aborigines who had a grasp on their locality but did not concern themselves with the nature of the whole continent. They are not known to have had a name for the continent.

Once European exploration in the area commenced, Australia was initially known as Terra Australis Incognita, meaning "Unknown Southern land".

From the 1600s, the Dutch traders named the western half of the continent New Holland. But for many years, the continent was still referred to as Terra Australis Incognita on Dutch and Portuguese maps.

When Captain James Cook charted the eastern coast in 1770, he claimed it for England under the name of New South Wales. In between this time, some map-makers of the 1700s called it the Great South Land.

Matthew Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824.

As a sovereign state, Australia has always been known as Australia, while its full name is the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Cairns is in the Tropical Rainforest area.

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People from Queensland are simply known as Queenslanders, or Banana-benders (Queensland is the main banana growing area of Australia).

The terrain in outback Australia varies. In some areas it is made up of rocky hills and cliffs; in others, it is made up of flat, treeless plains. There are heavily treed mountainsides, and rolling grasslands.

The countries are Fiji,Samoa,Hawaii,Kiribati,French Polynesia,Marshall Islands,Palau,Micronesia,Australia,New Zealand,Papua New Guinea,Solomon Islands,Tuvalu,Vanuatu,Coral Sea islands, and Indonesia.

There are 9 cities named Shelby in the United States and 11 cities with Shelby in the name. They are:

1. Shelby, Alabama

2. Shelby, Indiana

3. Shelby, Iowa

4. Shelby, Michigan

5. Shelby, Mississippi

6. Shelby, Montana

7. Shelby, Nebraska

8. Shelby, North Carolina

9. Shelby, Ohio

10. Camp Shelby, Mississippi

11. Shelby Gap, Kentucky

Victoria and Queensland were both named to honour Queen Victoria, who was Queen when they were separated from New South Wales to form separate colonies.

South Australia is on the south coast of the continent.

Western Australia makes up most of the west of the continent.

Tasmania was named to honour Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer who "discovered" it. (It was previously "Van Diemen's Land", named by Tasman for a Dutch politician.)

The name "New South Wales" was originally applied to the whole eastern coast of the continent by James Cook, a British explorer who felt the the topography (especially south of the Hunter river) was reminiscent of the coast of south Wales. It was retained by the territory of the original British colony as various territories were cut off for new colonies.

No. The Great Barrier Reef is not a single atoll, but atolls do form part of it. The Great Barrier Reef is a series of atolls, islands and reefs extending for a length of approximately 2300km.