Australia
Australia
Enjoy this new travel guide post on Australia.
Officailly known as Commonwealth of Australia.
The Australian national day is 26th January.
Its capital city is Canberra while the biggest city in Australia is Sydney. There are other big cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane.
The Prime Minister of Australia is Scott Morrison.
The currency in Australia is the Australian dollar.
Their official lanuage is English though they're quite a number of indigenous languages.
Australia is a very developed country. It is named the world's 14th largest economy.
Australia is the 6th largest country in the world.
It occupies an entire continent of about 7.6 million square kilometers.
Though Australia is sparsely populated. It has 3 people per square kilometer. The total population according to the 2019 estimate is 25, 374, 000.
15 interesting fact about Australia.
1. The largest Greek population in the world beside Athens in Greece can be found in Melbourne Victoria.
2. Australia was the second country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1902.
3. It has the highest rate of gambling in the world. It is home to 20% of the world's poker machines. Per capital, Australians spend more money on gambling than any other nation.
4. Melbourne has been crowned the world's most liveable city two consecutive times.
5. Australia's first police was made up of the most well behaved convicts.
6. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia (mostly for meat production).
7. Kangaroos an Emus do not walk backward(probably one of the reasons that they're on the Australian coat of arms.)
8. If you visited one new beach in Australia everyday, it would take over 27 years to see them all beacause there are about 10, 000 beaches.
9. Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.
10. Approximately 1.35 trillion bottles of wine are produced by Australia.
11. An average Australian drinks 96 litres of beer per year.
12. The selfie is an Australian invention.
13. Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world .
14. Australia is an active nation sport-wise. The Australians have their own version of football called Australian Rules Football. They're also known to have participated in every of the summer Olympic games. Cricket, horse racing, basketball, motor racing are also popular sports in Australia.
15. The Great wall of china is said to be the the longest man made structure. However the national dingo fence is actually longer than the Great wall of China.
Popualar people from Australia include
1. X-men actor Hugh Jackman who played the role of Wolverine.
2. Nicole Kidman(Actress)
3. Mel Gibson(Actor)
4. Olivia Newton- John
5. Liam Hemsworth
6. Rose Byrne.
Famous tourist attractions;
1. Darling Harbour
2. Sydney Opera House
Food in Australia.
Some food common to Australians include:
1. Vegemite(a dark brown paste made from various vegetables, yeast extract and spice addictives)
2. Pavlova
3. Lamingtons.
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Enjoy this new travel guide post on Australia.
Officailly known as Commonwealth of Australia.
The Australian national day is 26th January.
Its capital city is Canberra while the biggest city in Australia is Sydney. There are other big cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane.
The Prime Minister of Australia is Scott Morrison.
The currency in Australia is the Australian dollar.
Their official lanuage is English though they're quite a number of indigenous languages.
Australia is a very developed country. It is named the world's 14th largest economy.
Australia is the 6th largest country in the world.
It occupies an entire continent of about 7.6 million square kilometers.
Though Australia is sparsely populated. It has 3 people per square kilometer. The total population according to the 2019 estimate is 25, 374, 000.
15 interesting fact about Australia.
1. The largest Greek population in the world beside Athens in Greece can be found in Melbourne Victoria.
2. Australia was the second country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1902.
3. It has the highest rate of gambling in the world. It is home to 20% of the world's poker machines. Per capital, Australians spend more money on gambling than any other nation.
4. Melbourne has been crowned the world's most liveable city two consecutive times.
5. Australia's first police was made up of the most well behaved convicts.
6. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia (mostly for meat production).
7. Kangaroos an Emus do not walk backward(probably one of the reasons that they're on the Australian coat of arms.)
8. If you visited one new beach in Australia everyday, it would take over 27 years to see them all beacause there are about 10, 000 beaches.
9. Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.
10. Approximately 1.35 trillion bottles of wine are produced by Australia.
11. An average Australian drinks 96 litres of beer per year.
12. The selfie is an Australian invention.
13. Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world .
14. Australia is an active nation sport-wise. The Australians have their own version of football called Australian Rules Football. They're also known to have participated in every of the summer Olympic games. Cricket, horse racing, basketball, motor racing are also popular sports in Australia.
15. The Great wall of china is said to be the the longest man made structure. However the national dingo fence is actually longer than the Great wall of China.
Popualar people from Australia include
1. X-men actor Hugh Jackman who played the role of Wolverine.
2. Nicole Kidman(Actress)
3. Mel Gibson(Actor)
4. Olivia Newton- John
5. Liam Hemsworth
6. Rose Byrne.
Famous tourist attractions;
1. Darling Harbour
2. Sydney Opera House
Food in Australia.
Some food common to Australians include:
1. Vegemite(a dark brown paste made from various vegetables, yeast extract and spice addictives)
2. Pavlova
3. Lamingtons.
There are similar articles on ten other nations of the world and more to come.
Tweet, like and share the posts to love.
Thank for visiting TriStar Writes🙂
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