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Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring countries include New Zealand to the southeast; and Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor to its north. The country is formally named the Commonwealth of Australia.


Commonwealth of Australia
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National motto: None
Official language English
Capital Canberra
Largest City SydneyThis is about the city of Sydney in Australia. For other meanings, see Sydney (disambiguation), or Sidney. Sydney Opera House Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australia's largest and oldest city, founded in 1788.
MonarchThe title Queen of Australia has existed since 1973, when the Parliament of Australia passed the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973 . This act repealed sections of the Royal Style and Titles Act (1953) which had been passed at the time of Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth IIGolden Jubilee in 2002, wearing her Canadian orders) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), styled HM The Queen (born April 21, 1926) is the Queen regnant and Head of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland an
Governor-GeneralThe Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. The Governor-General is the representative in Australia of the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who resides in the United Kingdom. Michael JefferyHis Excellency Major-General Philip Michael Jeffery (born 12 December 1937), a retired military officer, is serving as the 24th Governor-General of Australia. He was born in Wiluna, Western Australia and was educated at state schools in Perth. Military Se
Prime MinisterThe office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. By convention, the Prime Minister is the leader of the party or coalition which has the most seats in the lower house of the Federal Parliamen John HowardJohn Winston Howard (born July 26 1939), is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, coming to office on March 11, 1996 and winning re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004. Howard became leader of the Liberal Party in January 1995, af
AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec
 - Total
 - % water 		Ranked 6th
7,686,850 kmē
1%
Population

 - Total ( 2004)
 - Density

Ranked 53rd

20,180,878
3/kmē

GDP

 - Total ( 2002)
 - GDP/head

Ranked 13th

$525.5 billion
$26,631.88

Independence
- Constitution Act
- Statute of Westminster
- Australia Act

From the UK:
1 January 1901
December 11 1931
3 March 1986

Currency Australian dollar
Time zone UTC +8 to +11
National anthem Advance Australia Fair
Internet TLD .au
Calling Code 61




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