Explore It. Australia

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Д. С. Ведунова. Explore It. Australia

Geographical position and peculiarities of the country

History of Australia

Government and politics

Economy of Australia

Demographics

Cuisine

Education

Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Perth

Canberra

Gold Coast

Kangaroo Island

Kakadu National Park

Tasmanian wilderness

Blue mountains

Great Barrier Rief

Great Ocean Road

Twelve Apostles

The Australian Alps

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Daintree rainforest

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Australia’s cutest animals

Sydney opera house

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Australia ([ə'streɪljə], from Latin austrālis – “southern”), the official form is the Australian Union, or Commonwealth of Australia is a state in the Southern Hemisphere, occupying the continent of the same name, the island of Tasmania and several other islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the sixth-largest country in the world. East Timor, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea are located to the north of the Commonwealth of Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.

The mainland of the Commonwealth of Australia is separated from the main island of Papua New Guinea by the Torres Strait with a minimum width of about 150 km, and the distance from the Australian island of Boigu to Papua New Guinea is about 5 kilometers. The population as of 31.12.2018 was estimated at 25,180,200. The majority of population lives in cities on the east coast.

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The tops of the mountains are domed. The eastern slopes of the mountains drop abruptly to the sea, the western ones are gentler. Australia is the only mainland without active volcanoes and modern glaciation.

The lowest point in Australia is Lake Eyre (—15 m), which covers an area of about 15,000 km².

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