Australia Vs. Austria

Austria is located in Europe Bordering eight countries in Europe's center,

Austria is mountainous in the south and west. Fertile lowlands in the east are part of the Danube River basin

. Accepted in 1995 as a member of the European Union (EU), Austria has increased its competitiveness by privatizing industries and reducing subsidies.

Austria is one of the most forested countries in Europe with almost half its territory covered in forest.

Population:8,151,000 Capital: Vienna; 2,179,000 Area:32,378 square miles Language: German Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant Currency: Euro Life Expectancy:79 years GDP per Capita:U.S. $27,900 Literacy Percent:98%

Industry: Construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food

Agriculture: Grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine; dairy products; lumber

Exports: Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper, metal goods, chemicals, iron ore, oil, timber

Natural grandeur attracts people to Tirol and the Home Tauern National Park. The largest protected natural area in Central Europe.

Vienna is a world center of the arts. It’s the headquarters for many international organizations.

Tourists can visit the houses of Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or Johann Strauss

The most popular meats in Austria are pork, beef and chicken.

The famous Wiener Schnitzel is traditionally made of veal.

Pork in particular is used extensively, with many dishes using offal and parts such as the snout and trotters.

Austria's "green lung" project is increasing its amount of trees in the area.

Almost half its territory covered in forest and forested area is increasing steadily.

Austria’s flag is the oldest in existence it dates back to 1191 .

Displays the world’s largest emerald in its treasury (2860 carats)

Ruled by the Habsburg family from 1526-1918

About 50.8% of their men are overweight, but only 8.6 of them are obese.

14,000 Carinthian Slovenes (according to the 2001 census) Slovene organizations put the number at 50,000.

25,000 Croats and 20,000 Hungarians in Burgenland (on the Hungarian border)

Their rights as well as those of the Croats are protected by law and generally respected in practice.

The family is generally small and, due to lack of migration, generally closely knit within a certain town or village.

Weekends are generally devoted to family activities such as outdoor activities.

Eating dinner together in the evening is very much the norm.

Sundays are usually bookmarked for visiting grandparents for dinner, and/or, enjoying a hike in the country together.

Yes, I would like to live in this culture. It appears to me that family is very important. They have a very protein rich diet (pork, veal etc.) and it appears that a majority of the people are fit.

I prefer my own culture because we are more technologically advanced, but I am willing to try a day in the live of an Austrian man.

Australia is located on the Australian continent.

The population of Australia is estimated to be 23,452,730 as of 16 April 2014.

Australia has scarcely more than two persons per square kilometer of total land area. With 89% of its population living in urban areas, Australia is one of the world's most urbanized countries.

Sydney Opera House, Great Barrier Reef, Port Jackson, Great Ocean Road, Bondi Beach

Major Cities: Sydney 4.429 million; Melbourne 3.853 million; Brisbane 1.97 million; Perth 1.599 million; CANBERRA (capital) 384,000 (2009)

The feral subculture is a counter-cultural social movement originating in the latter part of the twentieth century

Seen as an amalgam of the punk and hippie subcultures, with a radical environmental philosophy

Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people. Recent government statistics counted approximately 400,000 aboriginal people, or about 2% of Australia's total population

Buddhism 2.46% Christianity 61.14% Hinduism 1.28% Islam 2.21% Judaism .45% Other religions .78% No religion 22.30% Other affiliation .81% Not stated 8.55%

Mining food processing, the manufacture of industrial transportation equipment, chemicals, iron, steel, textiles, machinery, and motor vehicles.

Australia has valuable mineral resources, including coal, iron, bauxite, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, natural gas, and petroleum; the country is an important producer of opals and diamonds

Aboriginal Australians are believed to have first arrived on the Australian mainland by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago

British ships arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788 to establish a penal colony. In the century that followed, the British established other colonies on the continent, explorers ventured into its interior. Indigenous Australians were greatly weakened and their numbers diminished by introduced diseases

English is the national language of Australia.

85% of the population spoke only English at home and less than 1% of the population could not speak English at all.

Among the spoken languages are: Italian Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese German, Mandarin, Spanish, and Macedonian

Australia is a product of a unique blend of established traditions and new influences

respect for equal worth, dignity and freedom of the individual

Some of Australia’s rights- Freedom of speech and association, freedom of religion. A secular government support for parliamentary democracy and the rule of law equality under the law equality of men and women equality of opportunity.

Australia has one of the most diverse cuisines in the world, thanks to Asian and European migrant influences.

In northern Australian kangaroo, buffalo, crocodile and emu can often be found on menus.

Lamingtons-a sponge cake square dipped in chocolate and coconut. Pavlovas-a meringue dessert named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova and vegemite-a commercially produced spread made from yeast products.

Australia is engaged in armed conflict in Afghanistan, as part of a UN-authorized, NATO-led mission.

Australia deployed more than 20000 personnel in Iraq (Operation CATALYST) between 2003 and 2009, as part of the Australia’s contribution to the US-led Multinational Force effort to develop a secure and stable environment in Iraq and assist national recovery programs.

A few things that I find interesting about Australia is the mixing of cultures.

In Australia, there are many spoken languages, English is dominant but you have diversity in the cuisine, and you can travel to different parts of the country and see how people lived ages ago, (the Aborigines.)

I don’t like their location, they’re not connected to any other country

I would love to live in Australia, they have a warm climate.

I love the Australian accent and I have always wanted to visit Australia.

Australia is Completely surrounded by water, so if I go I will do some surfing and get a tan. (I’ve never been to a beach.)

I love my country, and I am willing to fight and die for it.

Other places are nice, but they’re not America, I wouldn’t rather live in anywhere else.

It is only in America that the citizens have so many right’s, and freedom.