Ostralya

Ang **Komonwelt sa Ostralya** usa sa mga nasod sa Habagatang Hemisper. Kini gitibuok sa kontinente sa samang ngalan ug sa pipila ka pulo sa Habagatang Kadagatan, Kadagatang Indiyan ug Kadatang Pasipiko. Ang kapital niini mao ang Canberra. Silingan sa Ostralya ang mga nasod nga Papua New Guinea, Sidlakang Timor, Indonesia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, ug New Caledonia. Usa kini ka megadiverse nga nasud, ug ang gidak-on niini naghatag niini og lain-laing mga talan-awon ug klima lakip na ang mga desyerto sa interior ug tropikal nga rainforest sa daplin sa baybayon.

Ang Australia maoy pederal nga parliamentaryong demokrasya ug konstitusyonal nga monarkiya nga naglangkob sa unom ka estado ug napulo ka teritoryo. Ang populasyon niini nga hapit 28 milyon labi ka urbanisado ug labi nga nagkonsentrar sa silangang baybayon, labi na sa Sydney ug Melbourne. Ang ubang dagkong mga siyudad naglakip sa Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, ug Cairns.

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## Mga sumpay sa gawas

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* Australian Government Entry Portal
* Australian Government Online
* DFAT: Country Information 
* Satellite images of Australia (Google Maps)
* National Library of Australia
* National Museum of Australia
* Official Australia Tourism Website
* Bureau of Meteorology
* Australia Network tv channel (cable & satellite)