๐ Countries of the world ๐๏ธ Oceania
Australia
๐ In short
Australia is the only country in the world that covers a whole continent! It's the smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its capital is Canberra and its biggest city is Sydney. It has amazing animals found nowhere else.
๐คฉ Did you know?
- Australia covers about 7.7 million square kilometers.
- Tasmania is Australia's smallest state, separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait.
- Australia's capital is Canberra, its language is English, and its currency is the Australian dollar.
- Australia's Aboriginal peoples have lived there for tens of thousands of years.
๐๏ธ Fact file
- Capital
- Canberra.
- Official language
- English
- Official name
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Area
- 7,713,364 kmยฒ, including Tasmania (67,800 kmยฒ)
- Population
- 2002 estimate: 19,231,000 people. 1996 census: 17,892,423 people.
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๐ Unique animals
Australia is home to the kangaroo, koala, wombat, platypus, echidna and the big emu, a bird that can't fly.
๐ The Great Barrier Reef
Off its northeast coast is the Great Barrier Reef, the biggest coral reef in the world, which can be seen from space.
๐ก A red heart
Most of central Australia is a dry red desert called โthe outbackโ. In its middle is the huge rock Uluru, which changes color at sunrise and sunset.
๐ฏ The Opera House
Sydney has the famous Opera House, whose roof looks like white ships' sails on the water, and next to it the big Sydney Harbour Bridge.
๐ธ More pictures
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 Which country covers a whole continent?
2 What is the capital of Australia?
3 Australia covers about ?? million square kilometers.
4 Which picture shows โAustraliaโ?
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๐ท Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons
- The 3B's ยท CC BY 2.0
- Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand ยท CC0
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