3.24.mp3 3.24.mp3 3.24.mp3 Key facts Australia is the
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known continent, and the sixth largest country in the world – its area is 7,686,900 square kilometres. It lies to the south of Asia between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The population of Australia is 22 million and the capital city is Canberra. The
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The people The Aborigines have lived in Australia for about 50,000 years. There are now only around 250,000 Aboriginal Australians and the government is making major efforts to preserve their culture. Over 70% of Australians live in cities or towns,
Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known on the south-east and south-west coasts. The
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known ) city is Sydney, with a population of 4.5 million.
Geography Australia is
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known river, the Murray-Darling (3,696 kilometres). Australia also has mountain ranges; its
Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known mountain is Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 metres) in the south-east. The island of Tasmania lies off the
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known coast is the Great Barrier Reef. This coral reef is over 2,000 kilometres long, and it’s the
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Wildlife Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known Australian animals include the kangaroo, koala and platypus, and birds such as the emu and the ‘
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known rainforests in the north have a
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known spiders and snakes. And the Great Barrier Reef is home to hundreds of sharks and thousands of tropical fish.
Weather The
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known temperatures in Sydney are 8 to 16 degrees Celsius in July and 18 to 26 degrees Celsius in January. Much of the Australian interior has a
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known temperatures during the day which drop
Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known at night. There are often monsoons in the
Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known north, and hurricanes and cyclones on the
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Average coastal considerably continental dry eastern famous high highest hot huge largely largest laughing little living longest lots of mostly north-east north-west official oldest poisonous smallest south-east tropical typical warm Well-known coasts. But droughts are also common – a third of the country has under 26 millimetres of rain a year!