Wild Koala in Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688,287 km², making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadivers…
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688,287 km², making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts in the interior and tropical rainforests along the coast.
  • Capital: Canberra
  • Largest city: Sydney (metropolitan) · Melbourne (urban)
  • Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
  • Legislature: Parliament
  • Currency: Australian dollar ($) (AUD)
  • Calling code: +61
  • National language: English

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