Australia - Wikipedia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands
Australia | History, Cities, Population, Capital, Map, Facts | Britannica Australia is the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere Its capital city is Canberra, and its most important economic and cultural centers are Sydney and Melbourne
Australia Maps Facts - World Atlas Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is located in the southern hemisphere and is bounded by two major bodies of water: the Indian Ocean to the west and the South Pacific Ocean to the east
About Australia | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs . . . In the 1850s gold was discovered and the gold rush that followed brought people to Australia from all over the world In 1901, Australia became a nation, forming the Commonwealth of Australia One year later, Australia became one of the first countries in the world to give women the right to vote
Australia - A Country Profile - Destination Australia - Nations Online . . . Australia is situated entirely in the southern hemisphere, between the Indian and the Pacific ocean, south of Maritime Southeast Asia and north of the Antarctic With an area of 7,617,930 km², Australia is almost (95%) as large as the continental USA (excluding Alaska)
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