Australia

Gliederung

• General Information
• Agriculture
• Mineral Resources
• The Land
• The six States
• Victoria
• South Australia
• Queensland
• New South Wales
• Tasmania
• Western Australia
• The two territories
• Northern Territory
• Australian Capital Territory
• Government
• Environments and Wildlife
• History
• People
• Education
• Language

General Information

Australia is a big island in the south off Indonesia which belongs to the Asian continent. It's bounded by the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea to the north, the Coral and Tasman Sea of the South Pacific to the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the west. It is the world's largest island and smallest continent. With more than 7,6 million sq km, it's bigger than the USA, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Nevertheless, Australia has a population of only 17,8 million people. If there were no cities, there would be two people per sq km. It's the flattest and driest continent as well. Australia is so flat because there was no era of mountain building and the land has been eroded by wind and weather through millions of years.

Agriculture

For a long time farming was the most important industry in Australia and it still produces one-third of the exports, but mining and manufacturing have become more important. Australia exports most of the world's need of wool, but they also export meat from sheep, cattle, and

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