Australia

All You Want to Know

Australia has 6 status: New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), Victoria (VIC), and Western Australia (WA)

Australia is 12 time bigger than France in size. But in population France wins from Australia. 21,007,310 people live in Australia and 64,057,792 in France .

Capitol Hill

Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is very young city. Population is about 310,000 people.
Canberra Fountain

Capital of New South Wales. Leading industrial city. Population: 3,200,000 people.
The Harbour Bridge
Sydney AMP Tower St. Maria Cathedral

Sydney

Opera House

Capital of Victoria. The worlds most livable city. Population: 3.200.000

Old House

West Gate Bridge

Train Station

The unemployment rate is very low in Australia: 5.1% in July 2010 Agriculture: 4%, Industrie: 24.6%, Services: 71.4% (2011 est.)

Echidna

Kangooro Australians really love nature. They try to protect their nature and their animals. Cocodrile

Cricket

Hockey

Rugby

Women Basketball

Its the country that has won the most cricket Worlds Cup. And have been the champions in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007.

Buddhism 4% Undeclared 10%

Islam 2%

Hinduism 1%

Other religions 1%

No religion 22%

Christianity 61%

99 % of the people can read and write 75 % of the population has Secoundry diploma 34 % have Post-secondary diploma

Education system is same as in Spain There are small differences in the states

OFFITIAL NAME : Commonwealth of Australia CAPITAL: Canberra TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km POPULATION: 20 million people HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General FORM OF GVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane LONGEST RIVER: the Darling (2,740 km) HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m) NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Australian Day , 16 January (1788) MONEY: basic unit Australian dollar NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu NATIONAL ANTHEM: Waltzing Matilda