Australia

Australia, officially de Commonwealth of Australia, be country wey dey comprise de mainland of de Australian continent, de island of Tasmania den chaw smaller islands. Australia get a total area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), wey dey make am de sixth-largest country insyd de world den de largest insyd Oceania. Ebe de world ein oldest, flattest, den driest inhabited continent, plus sam of de least fertile soils. Ebe a megadiverse country, wey ein size dey give am a wide variety of landscapes den climates wey dey include deserts insyd de interior den tropical rainforests along de coast. Australia be a middle power, wey e get de world ein thirteenth-highest military expenditure. Ebe a member of international groups wey dey include de United Nations; de G20; de OECD; de World Trade Organization; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; de Pacific Islands Forum; de Pacific Community; de Commonwealth of Nations; den de defence den security organisations ANZUS, AUKUS, den de Five Eyes. E sanso be a major non-NATO ally of de United States. Demographics Cities Australia get five cities (wey dey include dema suburbs) wey get populations larger dan one million people. De majority of Australia ein population dey live near coastlines. References Bibliography Davison, Graeme; Hirst, John; Macintyre, Stuart (1998). The Oxford Companion to Australian History. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1955-3597-6. Flood, Josephine (2019). The Original Australians: The Story of the Aboriginal People (2nd ed.). Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 9781760527075. Jupp, James (2001). The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people, and their origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5218-0789-0. Jupp, James; Director Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies James Jupp (2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5218-0789-0. Smith, Bernard; Smith, Terry (1991). Australian painting 1788–1990. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1955-4901-0. Teo, Hsu-Ming; White, Richard (2003). Cultural history in Australia. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-8684-0589-6. Read further Blainey, Geoffrey (2015). The Story of Australia's People, Volume 1: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia, Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Vic. ISBN 978-0-6700-7871-4 Denoon, Donald, et al. (2000). A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-17962-7. Goad, Philip and Julie Willis (eds.) (2011). The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5218-8857-8. Hughes, Robert (1986). The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-50668-5. Milne, John (1886). Colonial facts and fictions: Humorous sketches. United Kingdom: Chatto and Windus. Kemp, David (2018). The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788–1860. Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 978-0-5228-7334-4. OCLC 1088319758. Powell, J.M. (1988). An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive Fringe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-25619-3 Robinson, G.M., Loughran, R.J., and Tranter, P.J. (2000). Australia and New Zealand: Economy, Society and Environment. London: Arnold; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-340-72033-2 paperback, ISBN 978-0-340-72032-5 hardback. External links Australia profile on The World Factbook Australia profile from BBC News Australia profile from the OECD Wikimedia Atlas of Australia Geographic data related to Australia at OpenStreetMap Government Parliament of Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade National Archives of Australia Australian Bureau of Statistics Travel Official website of Tourism Australia