by chelsea. map of austrailia hemisphere(s) australia is located in the southern hemisphere
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Australia By Chelsea
Map of AUSTRAILIA
HEMISPHERE(S)Australia is located in the southern
Hemisphere.
The Australian flag
PLATE Australia is on the Australian plate.
Nearest oceans and countries Oceans- Indian Ocean. Countries- New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.
Capital and major cities Major Cities-Alice Springs, Townsville, Darwin,
Brisbane and Perth.Capital-Canberra .
SIZEAustralia covers a total area of 2 941 299
square miles.
Latitude and longitude The latitude and longitude is 27 00 South and
133 00 East .
LandformsMountains, Rivers, Lakes and Major Roads.
Hazards Dams and groundwater
History Before the arrival of European settlers, the
aborigines of Australia and the Torres Strait Islanders inhabited parts of the Australian continent. Asian and Oceanic mariners and traders were in contact with these indigenous Australians for many centuries before the European expansion into the Eastern Hemisphere in the early seventeenth century. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 through the federation of six states under a single constitution
ReligionAustralia has numerous religions such as
Christianity, Agnostic, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. The most popular religion in Australia however is Christianity with over 70.28% penetration. And the number of agnostics in Australia is 16.48%.
Population
In 2013 the population in Australia was 22.26 Million
languagesIn Australia they speak English, Chinese,
Italian, Greek and Vietnamese.
Interesting FactAustralia is located by the Great barrier Reef
Government Australia has a federal parliamentary
democracy and a Commonwealth realm government
EducationAs of 2012, the
Australian National Curriculum, under development and trial for several years, has already been adopted by some schools and will become mandatory soon. Generally, education in Australia follows the three-tier model which includes primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (secondary schools/high schools) and tertiary education (Universities, TAFE colleges and Vocation
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