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About Australia
IAustralia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent,
the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the
world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest and driest inhabited continent, with the
least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates,
with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, tropical savannas in the north, and mountain ranges
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History
The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the
last glacial period. They settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups
by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions
in the world.[30] Australia's written history commenced with European maritime exploration. The Dutch were the
first known Europeans to reach Australia, in 1606. British colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of the
penal colony of New South Wales. By the mid-19th century, most of the continent had been explored by European
settlers and five additional self-governing British colonies were established, each gaining responsible government
by 1890. The colonies federated in 1901, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. This continued a process of
increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom, highlighted by the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942, and
culminating in the Australia Acts of 1986.
Since
Australia is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy comprising six states and ten territories: the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia; the major mainland Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory; and other minor or external territories. Its population of nearly 27 million[13] is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard.[32] Canberra is the nation's capital, while its most populous cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, which each possess a population of at least one million inhabitants.[33] Australian governments have promoted multiculturalism since the 1970s.[34] Australia is culturally diverse and has one of the highest foreign-born populations in the world.[35][36] Its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade relations are crucial to the country's economy, which generates its income from various sources: predominantly services (including banking, real estate and international education) as well as mining, manufacturing and agriculture.[37][38] It ranks highly for quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights
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Cities by Population
1 Melbourne Victoria 5,103,528
2 Sydney New South Wales 5,041,275
3 Brisbane Queensland 2,622,585
4 Perth Western Australia 2,289,366
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,426,803
6 Gold Coast -Tweed Heads Queensland (NSW) 735,213
7 Newcastle-Maitland New South Wales 526,515
8 Canberra Queanbeyan Australian Capital Ter (NSW) 503,402
9 Sunshine Coast Queensland 407,859
10 Central Coast New South Wales 348,435
11 Wollongong New South Wales 313,745
12 Geelong Victoria 302,046
13 Hobart Tasmania 232,450
14 Townsville Queensland 186,734
15 Cairns Queensland 160,933
16 Toowoomba Queensland 149,817
17 Darwin Northern Territory 137,002
18 Ballarat Victoria 116,390
19 Bendigo Victoria 104,883
20 Albury–Wodonga New South Wales Victoria 100,095
21 Launceston Tasmania 93,364
22 Mackay Queensland 88,162
23 Rockhampton Queensland 81,937
24 Bunbury Western Australia 81,367
25 Bundaberg Queensland 77,261
26 Coffs Harbour New South Wales 75,838
27 Hervey Bay Queensland 60,838
28 Wagga Wagga New South Wales 57,807
29 Shepparton–Mooroopna Victoria 54,494
30 Mildura–Buronga Victoria 54,427
31 Port Macquarie New South Wales 51,965
32 Gladstone Queensland 47,294
33 Ballina New South Wales 47,188
34 Warragul–Drouin Victoria 45,597
35 Tamworth New South Wales 45,496
36 Busselton Western Australia 43,853
37 Traralgon–Morwell Victoria 43,739
38 Orange New South Wales 42,642
39 Bowral–Mittagong New South Wales 41,982
40 Dubbo New South Wales 41,801
41 Geraldton Western Australia 41,086
42 Nowra–Bomaderry New South Wales 39,702
43 Bathurst New South Wales 38,339
44 Albany Western Australia 37,037
45 Warrnambool Victoria 36,238
46 Devonport Tasmania 32,848
47 Mount Gambier South Australia 30,583
48 Kalgoorlie–Boulder Western Australia 30,504
49 Victor Harbor–Goolwa South Australia 29,798 |
50 Morisset Cooranbong New South Wales 29,421
51 Alice Springs Northern Territory 29,213
52 Nelson Bay New South Wales 28,674
53 Burnie–Somerset Tasmania 28,663
54 Maryborough Queensland 28,346
55 Lismore New South Wales 28,199
56 Taree New South Wales 26,740
57 Bacchus Marsh Victoria 26,055
58 Goulburn New South Wales 25,017
59 Armidale New South Wales 24,373
60 Gympie Queensland 23,497
61 Gisborne Victoria 23,056
62 Echuca Moama Victoria New South Wales 22,979
63 Moe–Newborough Victoria 22,170
64 Whyalla South Australia 21,807
65 Yeppoon Queensland 21,688
66 Forster–Tuncurry New South Wales 21,074
67 Griffith New South Wales 20,538
68 St Georges Basin–Sanctuary Point (NSW) 20,200
69 Wangaratta Victoria 19,969
70 Grafton New South Wales 19,607
71 Murray Bridge South Australia 19,371
72 Camden Haven New South Wales 19,000
73 Karratha Western Australia 18,631
74 Mount Isa Queensland 18,518
75 Batemans Bay New South Wales 17,692
76 Broken Hill New South Wales 17,624
77 Singleton New South Wales 17,503
78 Ulladulla New South Wales 17,330
79 Port Lincoln South Australia 16,991
80 Horsham Victoria 16,876
81 Port Hedland Western Australia 16,834
82 Kempsey New South Wales 16,143
83 Warwick Queensland 16,064
84 Medowie New South Wales 16,058
85 Broome Western Australia 16,008
86 Bairnsdale Victoria 15,819
87 Airlie Beach Cannonvale Queensland 15,723
88 Ulverstone Tasmania 15,408
89 Sale Victoria 15,363
90 Emerald Queensland 14,914
91 Port Pirie South Australia 14,169
92 Port Augusta South Australia 14,082
93 Colac Victoria 12,640
94 Muswellbrook New South Wales 12,590
95 Esperance Western Australia 12,565
96 Mudgee New South Wales 12,563
97 Lithgow New South Wales 12,253 1
98 Castlemaine Victoria 11,495
99 Portland Victoria 11,181
100 Byron Bay New South Wales 11,053
101 Swan Hill Victoria 10,948
102 Kingaroy Queensland 10,898 |
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