AUSTRALIAGENERAL FACTS

AUSTRALIA IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT + TASMANIA + NUMEROUS SMALLER ISLANDS =

AUSTRALIA

NICKNAME : DOWN UNDER

CAPITAL CITY : CANBERRA

POPULATION : ABOUT 22 MILLION INHABITANTS

IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN CITIES

ADELAIDE BRISBANE MELBOURNE

PERTH SYDNEY

AUSTRALIAN FLAG

CURRENCY : AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

AUSTRALIA DAY

On January 26th Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1778 and the proclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Created by Mrs Jollit