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2 days ago · The Australian continent, being a part of the Indo-Australian Plate (more specifically, the Australian Plate), is the lowest, flattest, and oldest landmass on Earth and it has had a relatively stable geological history.
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Some oceanic dolphins, such as the orca, can be found in all...
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Mainland Australia is the main landmass of the Australian...
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9 hours ago · Australia, the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia’s capital is Canberra, located in the southeast between the larger and more important economic and cultural centres of Sydney and Melbourne.
4 days ago · Demographics of Australia. The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,098,800 as of 21 March 2024. [1] Australia is the 56th [2] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is ...
- 12.3 births/1,000 population
- 1.60% (2023 est.)
- 6.77 deaths/1,000 population
- 26,518,400 (as of June 2023)
Mar 20, 2024 · note 1: world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the largest country in Oceania, the largest country entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest country without land borders note 2: the Great Dividing Range that runs along eastern Australia is that continent’s longest mountain range and the third-longest land-based range ...
1 day ago · Australia portal. v. t. e. The culture of Australia is primarily a Western culture, originally derived from Britain but also influenced by the unique geography of Australia and the cultural input of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Australian people.
2 days ago · Survey of the history, society, and culture of the Australian Aboriginal peoples, who are one of the two distinct Indigenous cultural groups of Australia. It is generally held that they originally came from Asia via insular Southeast Asia and have been in Australia for at least 45,000–50,000 years.
17 hours ago · Australia is both a continent and a country. It is too large to be part of Asia, so it is recognized as its own continent. At the same time, Australia is a country because it is an area under the legal authority of a single government, occupied by the citizens of that country. The entire Australian continent falls under the control of a single ...