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Author: Gordon Warre

 

Australia has six states, two major mainland territories, and other minor territories. Australia is the flattest continent, with the oldest and least fertile soils and is the driest inhabited continent.

 

Australia has one of the world's highest living standards with 85 percent of the population living in urban areas.

 

Australia has first world medical standards, and you can expect to receive treatment that is the equal of care in other industrialized countries.

 

Among well-known Australian fauna are the monotremes (the platypus and the echidna); a host of marsupials, including the kangaroo, the koala, and the wombat; the saltwater and freshwater crocodiles; and birds such as the emu and the kookaburra.

 

The Australian workforce has seen many improvements over the last decade, leading to the surge in productivity in the 1990s.

 

World famous for its natural wonders and wide open spaces, its beaches, deserts, "the bush", and "the Outback", Australia is actually one of the world's most highly urbanised countries.

 

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About the Author:
Gordon Warre writes about world at large read more at cycling crazy and low fat foods.

 

General Information

 

Currency: Australian dollar ($AUD) and cents. The coins come in 5, 10 and 50-cent silver pieces; and 1 and 2 dollar gold coins. Notes are $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100.

 

Weight and measures: metric (i.e. kilograms and not pounds and kilometres and not miles)

 

Electricity: 240 volts, 50 Hertz, three pin plug (Australian standard)