Australia
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Australia
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Australia. The flag of Australia. The Coat of Arms of Australia is the official symbol of Australia. It is the only state in the world that occupies the territory of a whole continent. Its area is about 8000000 km. The capital of Australia is Canberra , which became the capital only in 1927. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Australia
The flag of Australia
The Coat of Arms of Australia is the official symbol of Australia
It is the only state in the world that occupies the territory of a whole continent
Its area is about 8000000 km.
The capital of Australia is Canberra, which became the capital only in 1927
The population of Australia is about 16000000 people.
The official language of Australia is English
Australia is the most droughty continent on the earth.
About one half of its territory is occupied by deserts and semideserts.
It is the land of great plains.
The main part of Australia lies in tropics
Climate and Nature of Australia
• Australia is situated to the southeast of Asia.
The largest rivers are the Darling and the Murray
Australian animals are also very unusual.
Nine tens of animal species of Australia do not exist in other parts of the world.
Major cities: Sydney
Melbourn
