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Australia

Publié le 27/02/2008

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Australia

 

 

Geography :

-Australia is an Oceania country. Is the bigger island in the world.                                                                      

-Australia is located between Indian and Pacific Ocean.                                                                                       

-her capital is Canberra, and the principal city are: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and                      Adelaide.  But the largest city        is Sydney                                                                                                                                                            

-The official language is the English.    The money is the Australian dollars (AUD)                                                                                                                  

-He had 20 600 856 inhabitants (twenty million six hundred thousand eight hundred fifty six)       

- The density of the population is 2.6/km2 

- Almost 97% of Australian territory is uninhabited, that’s why the density of the population is one of the most weak in the world.

Climate:

- Australia known a big variety of climates, the majority of the country had a hot and dry climate

   * The region situated at the north of the country had a tropical climate. At the south the climate becomes temperate.

 

History:

-The aboriginal are the first inhabitants of Australia: They are in this country since 60 000 years, they represented today only 1% of all the population.

-Australia is discovered by the Europeans at the XVIIe.

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