AUSTRALIA

Australia is a sovereign country of Oceania

The country occupies the main continental mass, in addition to some islands in the Pacific,
Indian and Antarctic oceans

The countries closest to Australia are Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the
north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the
northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast
Capital: Canberra

Most populated city: Sydney

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world with an area of 7 741 220 km²

Official languages: Facto English and Aboriginal languages

Currency: Australian dollar

Population: 24.6 million (2017)

GASTRONOMY: the native cuisine of the Australian aborigines, called bush tucker or bushfood,
the British and Irish cuisine

Flora and fauna

Most of the plants are woody including many species of eucalyptus and acacia. There is a great
variety of endemic species of legumes and fungi.

THE AUSTRALIAN FAUNA CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SPECIES LIKE marsupials and placentates, bats,
rodents, SQUIRRELS, Tasmanian wolf, KANGAROO, KOALAS, CROCODILE, DINGOS, ETC.