Interesting Facts About Australia

The Country
Australia is known to be the only nation to govern an entire continent and its islands. The mainland is the largest island and the world’s smallest, flattest continent.

Map of Australia & Islands

Australia's Wildlife animals
Majority of the native animals are exclusively found only in Australia. The country has more mammals and marsupials than anywhere in the world.It is no wonder
that their animals are an icon of Australia. The famous hopping icon - The Kangaroo has a population of approximately 40 million.Examples of iconic animals
include the family of maruspials - Kangaroos,possums and wallabies,Kookaburra,Emu,Lyrebird,Tasmanian devil,Dingos and Platypus.

The Koala/Koala Bear -It is often referred to teddy bears

Flora And Fauna
Australia has an abundant wildlife with ubiquitous flora and fauna.Today,it is home to around 800 bird species,half of which is found only in the country.
In addition, it boasts of a variety of marine life including 4000 fish varieties,10,000 over species of invertebrates, plants and micro-organisms.


Kookaburra - The world's largest kingfisher which is famous for its human sounding laughter.

The Landscape
Described as a wide, brown land,Australia is the sixth largest in the world.The land area is estimated to be the size of 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per
cent larger than Europe. However it has the lowest population density in the world with only two people per square kilometer.

Beach Paradise
Stretching almost 50,000 kilometers and linked by over 10,000 beaches,Australia's coastline is the longest in the world.With more than 85 per cent of Australians living within 50 kilometers of the coast, it creates a laid back lifestyle.



The famous Bondi Beach in Sydney.

Australia's Exports
Being the main producer of opals,it contributes 95 per cent of the world's precious opals and 99 per cent of its black opals.Besides that,it is also world's largest exporter of beef and with 85.7 million sheep,it produces majority of the world's wool.


Australian's Largest Opals

People & Culture
It is an ethnic melting pot as six million people worldwide have made Australia their home from 1945.Now,there are more than 20 per cent of Australians who are foreign born and more than 40 per cent are of mixed cultural origin.
The aborignal people are believed to be the world’s oldest civilization who lived for more than 50,000 years even long before the Europeans settled.