Why is Australia called the country on the back of sheep?

Reason:/kloc-In the late 8th century, European immigrants brought 29 merino sheep to Australia for the first time. Because the grassland there is vast and the climate is dry, which is suitable for the reproduction and growth of sheep, this kind of livestock will reproduce quickly.

At present, Australia's wool production accounts for 1/4 of the world's output, and wool exports account for more than 1/2 of the world's wool exports, ranking first in the world. Therefore, people call it "a country riding on the back of a sheep".

Australia is the most developed country, the world's largest economy, the world's fourth largest exporter of agricultural products and the world's largest exporter of various minerals.

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The origin of Australian names:

The word Australia, originally meaning "the continent of the south", comes from Latin. 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".

Australia was originally inhabited by 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.

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