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AUSTRALIA: By SimoTheFinlandized (2021 CE)
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Australia, formally the Commonwealth of Australia,
is a country and sovereign state in the southern
hemisphere, located in Oceania. Its capital city is
Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. Australia is
the sixth biggest country in the world by land area,
and is part of the Oceanic and Australasian regions.
Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and other islands
on the Australian tectonic plate are together called
Australasia, which is one of the world's great ecozones.
When other Pacific islands are included with Australasia,
it is called Oceania. 25 million people live in Australia,
and about 85% of them live near the east coast. The
country is divided up into six states and two territories,
and more than half of Australia's population lives in and
around the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth,
Canberra and Adelaide. The first people to live in the
country were Indigenous Australians but most of them
died from smallpox during colonization. Australia is
known for its mining (coal, iron, gold, diamonds and crystals),
its production of wool, and as the world's largest producer of
bauxite. Its emblem is a flower called the Golden Wattle.
Australia is also known for its animals and rich wildlife
- the Kangaroo is the national symbol of Australia.
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