Australia

Australia, officially de Commonwealth of Australia,Coaca430 S3, retrieved 8 February 2025 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. "Well, Australia has by far the world's 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.
Largest populated areas insyd Australia

2023 data from Australian Bureau of Statistics"Regional population, 2022-23 financial year". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 26 March 2024.RankNameStatePop.RankNameStatePop.1SydneyNSW5,450,49611GeelongVic302,0462MelbourneVic5,207,14512HobartTas253,6543BrisbaneQld2,706,96613TownsvilleQld186,7344PerthWA2,309,33814CairnsQld160,9335AdelaideSA1,446,38015DarwinNT150,7366Gold Coast–Tweed HeadsQld/NSW735,21316ToowoombaQld149,8177Newcastle–MaitlandNSW526,51517BallaratVic116,3908Canberra–QueanbeyanACT/NSW503,40218BendigoVic104,8839Sunshine CoastQld407,85919Albury-WodongaNSW/Vic100,09510WollongongNSW313,74520LauncestonTas93,364

 References 

 Bibliography 


  Flood, Josephine (2019). The Original Australians: The Story of the Aboriginal People (2nd ed.). Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 9781760527075.





 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. 
 Denoon, Donald, et al. (2000). A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Oxford: Blackwell. .
 Goad, Philip and Julie Willis (eds.) (2011). The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. .
 Hughes, Robert (1986). The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding. Knopf. .
 Milne, John (1886). Colonial facts and fictions: Humorous sketches. United Kingdom: Chatto and Windus.

 Powell, J.M. (1988). An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive Fringe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
 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.  paperback,  hardback.

External links

 Australia profile on The World Factbook
 Australia profile from BBC News
 Australia profile from the OECD
 Wikimedia Atlas of Australia


Government
 Parliament of Australia
 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 National Archives of Australia
 Australian Bureau of Statistics

Travel
 Official website of Tourism Australia

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