The Australian continent is almost as long as it is wide. Officially, there is no centre of Australia, but over time and with ingenuity, several methods for calculating the centre of the mainland have been developed. State and Territory Areas Of the nine States and Territories, the two largest occupy over half of Australia.
Most borders are familiar.
The more unusual include the land border measuring just eighty five metres in length separating two States, and the border entirely surrounded by one State. Climatic Extremes Flooding rains and searing temperatures produce a highly variable climatic pattern that moulds Australia's landscape, its nature and cultural activity.