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- Australia is made up of five mainland states and one island state, and two mainland territories. There are also seven offshore (external) territories.
- Christmas in Australia is held in mid-summer, as that is the season when December 25 falls. Christmas can be celebrated on the beach or around the backyard pool, and does not need to involve a full roast dinner.
- Australia is where the world's only egg-laying mammals (echidnas and platypuses) are found. They are known as monotremes.
- It is home to the world's two largest monoliths, Mt Augustus and Uluru/Ayers Rock.
- Outback and desert biomes occupy around 70% of the entire continent.
- The Australian accent has been scientifically proven to be the most difficult to accurately mimic.
- Most marsupials of the world are found in Australia. A well-known marsupial is the kangaroo, and here are over 60 different species of kangaroo in Australia.
- Australia is the only place where dasyurids, or carnivorous marsupials, are found. These animals include the quoll, Tasmanian devil, kowari, ningaui, antechinus, planigale and phascogale (among others).
- Towards the end of 2009, Australia's population reached a milestone of 22 million. This population is one of the smallest, given that Australia's land mass is sixth largest in area.
- Covering a total of 7 692 024 sq km, Australia is the smallest continent.
- Australia was the second last country of the British Empire to be discovered (New Zealand was the last).
- Australia's national capital is Canberra, which comes from an aboriginal word meaning "meeting place".
- Australia was founded by convicts.
- It has very few native placental mammals apart from bats (strictly speaking, dingoes are not native) and marine mammals.
- There is almost no noticeable seismic activity on the mainland continent.
- Vegemite, a salty yeast spread high in vitamin B, is a popular food
- Like New Zealand, there are more sheep than people in Australia.
- Pancakes may be served for dinner as well as for breakfast
- Australia is home to the Great Barrier Reef which is amazing to snorkel or scuba dive in, not to mention for its abundance of tropical fish and marine life.
- Australia is the scene of some of the world's most incredible engineering feats, such as the Overland Telegraph Line and the Snowy River Hydroelectric Scheme.
- Australia has no current volcanic activity.
- Australia is the largest producer of wool in the world.
- Australia is the driest continent in the world, apart from Antarctica, where precipitation is actually lower than that of Australia.
- Australia does not have rabies.
- Australia has the largest bauxite reserves in the world.
- 95% of the world's opals are mined in Australia. The world's largest opal, weighing 5.27 kilograms, was found here in 1990.
- Australia is the world's largest supplier of wool, producing 42% of the world's wool.
- Queensland's Great Barrier Reef is home to the world's largest oyster, weighing up to 3 kilograms.
- The world's longest earthworm, stretching up to 4 metres, is found in Gippsland in Victoria.
- The heaviest crab, weighing up to 14 kilograms, is found in Bass Strait near Tasmania.
- Australia's tallest mountain is Mt Kosciuszko, which is 2,228 metres above sea level.
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