Australia

Australia
	country in Oceania
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Instance of	Commonwealth realm (3 September 1939, dominion of the British Empire),; dominion of the British Empire (1 January 1901, 3 September 1939, Commonwealth realm),; sovereign state,; country
Named after	Terra Australis;
Location	Australia;
Capital	Canberra (1927);
Basic form of government	parliamentary monarchy; constitutional monarchy; federation (1 January 1901);
Legislative body	Parliament of Australia;
Executive body	Government of Australia;
Highest judicial authority	High Court of Australia;
Official language	English;
Anthem	Advance Australia Fair (19 April 1984 – );
Currency	Australian dollar (14 February 1966, Australian pound);
Head of state	Elizabeth II (6 February 1952, George VI); Peter Cosgrove (28 March 2014, Quentin Bryce);
Head of government	Scott Morrison (24 August 2018, Malcolm Turnbull, 36);
Inception	1 January 1901;
Width	4,000 kilometre (Cape Byron, Steep Point);
Length	3,860 kilometre (Cape York Peninsula, South East Cape);
Population	23,401,892 (9 August 2016);
Area	7,692,024 square kilometre;
Follows	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1 January 1901);
Top-level Internet domain	.au;
Different from	Australia; Q13431386;
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Australia officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. The capital is Canberra.

National symbolEdit

Main category: Symbols of Australia

Flag of Australia
Coat of arms of Australia
Advance Australia Fair
(national anthem)

MapEdit

Main galleries: Maps of Australia, Australian geography and Australian states and territories.

Selected maps are included in the Wikimedia Atlas of Australia .

Geographic location
CIA map of Australia
Satellite imagery
Satellite view of the Shark Bay, western coast of Australia
Australia 2-digit postcode areas

NatureEdit

Main category: Nature of Australia

Grassland and mountain ranges, Queensland
Mount Hotham
Australian Bush, Victoria
Australian Bush, Victoria
Australian bush after fire, Western Australia, 1996
Termite mounds near Pine Creek NT
The Goomoolahra Falls are located on the Springbrook Plateau of the Gold Coast Hinterland, Gold Coast Queensland Australia.
Kings Canyon
Koala
Kangaroo
Emu
Acacia pycnantha
(Acacia)
Tasmanian devil
Vombatidae
Goanna
Tiger Quoll 2011
Dugong
Crocodile
Clownfish
Great white shark