Australia is a large island country located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. While it is an island like Britain, Australia is much larger at around 8 million square kilometers. Most of the country is semi-desert and the population of around 18 million people lives primarily in the richer southeast. The original inhabitants were Aboriginal people who now make up around 1% of the population. Europeans first arrived in 1788 and the country has grown to be an independent federation consisting of 6 states and 2 territories that is a member of the Commonwealth. The national language is English and the capital is Canberra, with the largest cities being Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
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2. Australia is a large country lying between the and Pacific
Australia is a large country lying between the IndianIndian and
Oceans.Oceans. Australia is like island, like unlike Britain unlike
Pacific Australia is an island, an Britain, but Britain, but it is
vast. It is, is vast.nearly in fact, nearly twenty-five times as large
Britain it in fact, It is, twenty-five times as large as the British
Isles. Its area isIsles. Its area is square 8,000,000 square km.
as the British about 8,000,000 about km. The population of
Australia is about of Australia is about 18 is semi-desert. People
The population 18 mln. Most of Australia mln. Most of Australia
cannot live wherePeople cannot live most of is no water, and so
is semi-desert. is no water, and so where people in Australia
live in thepeoplesouth-east. The first Australian people were dark-
most of richer in Australia live in the richer south-east. The
skinned Aborigines, and though the coming ofAborigines, and
first Australian people were dark-skinned the white settlers
destroyed their tribal lives, some sixty thousand still survive in
Australiathe coming of the whiteabout 1 percent of the population.
though today. Their account for settlers destroyed their tribal
They may be sixty thousand still survive in country. Some live in
lives, some found in the island areas of the Australia today.
modern cities but it is not really easy for them. They have They for
Their account for about 1 percent of the population. to fight
their rights. The in the island areas of in this countrySomeDutch
may be found first Europeans to land the country. were live in
sailors. The nationalitholiday,really easy foris now celebrated on or
modern cities but is not Australia Day, them. They have to
near January 26th in memory ofEuropeans toBritishin this The
fight for their rights. The first landing of the land in 1788.
young country grew very fast. Today Australia is an independent
country were Dutch sailors. The national holiday, Australia
federative state consistingon 6 states and 2 territories. Itmemory of
Day, is now celebrated of or near January 26th in is a
member of the Commonwealth headed by thecountryQueen.very
landing of the British in 1788. The young British grew The
national language is English. The capital of Australia is Canberra;
fast. Today Australia is an independent federative state
the largest cities are Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
consisting of 6 states and 2 territories. It is a member of the
consisting of 6 states and 2 territories. It is a member of the
Commonwealth headed by the British Queen. The national
language is English. The capital of Australia is Canberra; the
largest cities are Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.