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Australia
[ aw-streyl-yuh ]
noun
- Commonwealth of Australia, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and territories of Australia and Tasmania. 2,974,581 square miles (7,704,165 square kilometers). : Canberra.
Australia
/ ɒˈٰɪɪə /
noun
- a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
Australia
- Nation occupying the whole of Australia, the smallest continent , between the Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean . Its capital is Canberra , and its largest city is Sydney .
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Notes
The first settlements there were penal colonies for British convicts.
Its aboriginal tribes, which still exist today ( see aborigines ), are thought to have migrated from Southeast Asia twenty thousand years ago.
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Albanese said Australia would prioritise minerals that are key to its security, and that of its partners, including rare earths.
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Bethany is currently working in Australia and has since made a full recovery.
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The pair had told their family and friends they were travelling around Australia for two months whilst they were filming for the series.
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Those from Australia, Canada or New Zealand can extend by a further year.
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Regional pricing is used in some other parts of the world including Australia, Italy and Sweden.
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