Introduction to Australia

1, Commonwealth of Australia, referred to as "Australia". Its territory covers an area of 7,692,024 square kilometers and is surrounded by the sea. It is the only country in the world whose territory covers the whole continent, so it is also called "Australia". Australia has many unique animals, plants and natural landscapes, and is a multicultural immigrant country.

2. The word "Australia" originally meant "southern continent", which was changed from the Latin terraaustralis. When Europeans discovered this continent in the17th century, they mistakenly thought it was a land that went straight to the South Pole, so they named it "Australia".

3. Australia was originally the residence of Australian aborigines. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch colonists arrived here successively. 1770 became a British colony, and 190 1 formed the Commonwealth of Australia and became a British dominion. 193 1 became an independent country of the Commonwealth.