Tell us about Australia.

The Commonwealth of Australia is located on the Australian continent between the southwest Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and Australia's territory also includes Tasmania. Minaki is 7,682,300 square kilometers. Australia has a population of 20 million, most of whom are descendants of European immigrants. Australia has one of the lowest population densities in the world. Australia speaks English and believes in Christianity. Canberra, the capital of Australia, has a population of 300,000.

Australia is located in world-famous cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisben, Cairns and Perth.

The natural scenery of Australia

The coastline is more than 20 100 kilometers long. Some parts of the Australian mainland are low-lying with an average elevation of 350 meters. Only the edge of Australia has mountains. The eastern part of Australia is the intersection of mountains, terraces, valleys and land. There is the highest point in Australia, and there is Mount Keshasko at an altitude of 2228 meters in Australia. The elevation of the central plain of Australia is below 200m, and the water level of Lake Beal is-16m, which is the lowest point in Australia. The western plateau of Australia is mostly desert and semi-desert. Murray river is the longest river in China, with a total length of 3,490 kilometers. There are some intermittent inland rivers in the big basin, centering on North Aier Lake. Most areas have tropical and subtropical climate. The annual precipitation in Australia is 2.502 million millimeters, and Australia is rich in mineral resources. Australia's iron, aluminum and uranium reserves rank among the highest in the world. It is rich in groundwater resources. Australia is famous for its unique precious animals, such as kangaroos and koalas.

Australia is economically developed.

Australia is a developed country with developed economy and industry. The main sectors are mining, gold production, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry, textiles and food. Australia is a veritable sheep-backed country, with vast Tianshan pastures and developed agriculture, animal husbandry and processing of agricultural and livestock products. Sheep and wool are world-renowned, and the number of sheep heads and wool parameters are among the highest in the world. The main crops in Australia are wheat, cotton, sugarcane and subtropical fruits. Australia's railways are more than 40,000 kilometers long.

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Australia's national day is 65438+1October 26th.

Australian dollar, the currency of Australia.

The time difference in Australia is earlier than GMT 10 hour; Some areas have daylight saving time.

Australia's national flower alloy Huan

The national bird of Australia, the Qin bird.

Australian national tree eucalyptus

The Latin translation of the Australian name means "the land of the South". Australia has been inhabited for a long time, but as a country with a short history, it is called "a young country on an ancient land"

Australia is called a country on a mine car and a country on a sheep's back.

Australian Folklore Australia is an immigrant country. Its people are both cheerful and reserved in the West and reserved in the East. Indigenous people hunt for a living, and boomerang is a unique hunting weapon, which is popular in totem worship.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world, with a length of more than 2,000 kilometers.

Alice boulder in Australia, about 3600 meters long, 330 meters high and 9000 meters around the base, is the largest boulder in the world.

Lake George, located between Canberra and Sydney, Australia, has disappeared five times since 1982. This intermittent disappearance is still a geographical mystery.

The world in Australia is very different.

Because Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, the four seasons in Australia are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere. Australia's annual Christmas is the official start of Australian summer. However, as a Catholic and Christian country, this annual Australian traditional festival is still the most important festival for Australians. As Christmas approaches in Australia, Australians flock to major shopping malls to snap up Christmas presents. On the roadside in Australia, you can often see Santa Claus in full dress standing in the hot sun, trying to bring Christmas atmosphere to passers-by in hot summer. Australia is also one of the few countries to ring the New Year bell first. Every year, the New Year fireworks in Sydney, Australia become one of the top ten celebrations in the world.

Oceania

Overview of Oceania

Oceania is located in the southwest and south of the Pacific Ocean, in the vast sea area north and south of the equator. In a narrow sense, it refers to Polynesia in the east, Melanesia in the middle and Melanesia in the west. Broadly speaking, it includes Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. In addition to the above-mentioned mountain groups, the total land area of Oceania is about 8.97 million square kilometers, accounting for about 6% of the total area of the earth, which is the smallest in the world.

Oceania has 14 independent countries, of which more than a dozen regions belong to the United States, Britain, France and other countries. They are geographically divided into six regions: Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

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Oceania has a population of 29 million. It accounts for about 0.5% of the world's population and is the least populated continent in the world except Antarctica. 70% of the population of the whole continent is distributed in the Australian mainland. The population density among island countries varies greatly. Most residents use English, and the local residents in the three islands use Melanesian, Micronesia and Polynesian respectively. Most residents believe in Christianity, a few believe in Catholicism, and there are different religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

A brief history of development

/kloc-Before the 6th century, the indigenous people in Oceania were engaged in agriculture, fishing, hunting and gathering. 1In the 1920s, Portuguese and Spanish colonialists began to invade. /kloc-In the mid-9th century, the whole Pacific region became a colony of Holland, Britain, France, Germany, America and Japan. Under the designated rule, the indigenous population of Oceania has been decreasing day by day, becoming the raw material supplier of colonial countries. At the beginning of the 20th century, Australia and New Zealand took the lead in independence, followed by Western Samoa, Nauru and Tonga.