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Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. [18] It is the largest country by area in Oceania and the sixth-largest country in the world.
Australians. Common ancestries: English, Aboriginal Australian, Irish, New Zealander, German, Italian, Chinese, and Indian. Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, [20] are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. [21]
Australian babies: 0 year olds as a fraction of total persons, in Australia, according to the 2011 census results. Australian babies: 0–4 year olds as a fraction of total persons, in Australia, according to the 2011 census results 0–14 years: 17.75% (male 2,138,080 /female 2,027,583) 15–24 years: 12.62% (male 1,520,528 /female 1,442,461)
Australian culture is of primarily Western origins. British culture has historically had an outsized influence on Australian culture and society. Australia's unique geography and the contributions of its Indigenous population (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) and immigrants (especially during the gold rushes of the 1850s and ...
The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples which comprise the Commonwealth of Australia. The modern nation came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from ...
The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (/ səˈhuːl /), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia[1][2][3] to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and Eastern hemispheres. [4] The continent includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea ...
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament organized by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events every year, held before the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two ...
Queensland (locally / ˈkwiːnzlænd / KWEENZ-land, commonly abbreviated as Qld) [note 1] is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively.