12/11/2023 0 Comments Random fun facts about australia![]() ![]() 16) The biggest desert in Australia is the Great Victoria Desert, which covers 348,750 square kilometres.ġ7) The Australian national anthem was changed from “God Save the Queen” to “Advance Australia Fair” in 1984. 14) The entire population of Australia (25 million) is roughly the same as that of North Korea, Taiwan, Madagascar or Sri Lanka.ġ5) It takes less time to fly across the continent from Western Australia to Melbourne than it does to fly the length of Western Australia. 12) Each state of Australia has a capital city, but the official capital of Australia as a whole is Canberra.ġ3) Australia is the 6th largest country in the world, covering 7.6 million square kilometres. 10) From 1788 to around 1850, approximately 50,000 British criminals were banished to Australia.ġ1) Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts. ![]() 8) Australia was claimed by the Europeans as a penal colony, and the first fleet of around 1500 people was composed of about half convicts.ĩ) For the first 25 years of colonisation, rum was the official currency of Australia due to a lack of coins. A.C.T) 4) Australian Federation was finalised in 1901, creating The Commonwealth of Australia.ĥ) The Australian Aboriginals are the oldest culture on Earth, with estimations seeing them as having inhabited Australian for over 50,000 years.Ĭheck out this article Aboriginal Australians, facts and information by National Geographic for a bit more information on this subject! It’s super interesting! 6) European settlement of Australia occurred in 1788, with the arrival of Captain Cook and the “First Fleet” in Sydney.ħ) At the time of European settlement, 500 different Aboriginal tribes lived across Australia, speaking around 700 languages. 2) 80 percent of Australia’s population lives within 100 kilometres of the coast.ģ) Australia officially has 6 states (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania) and 2 territories (The Northern Territory and the The Australian Capital Territory aka. ![]() I’ve also loaded up this article with some of my favorite photos from Australia! I’ve traveled quite extensively around the country (well, relatively speaking), and hope you enjoy checking out all the photos as well!ġ) At this time of publishing this (July, 2019) the population of Australia has just surpassed 25 million. So light up the barbie (BBQ), crack open a tinny (beer can) and enjoy my (not so) shortlist of Australian facts you need to know! Top 80 Facts About Australia ![]() Australia is such a marvelous country, and I’m sure you’ll find my list of the top 80 Australian facts just as interesting and entertaining, as it is informative and useful! Putting together this list Australia facts had me reminiscing about all the experiences I had, and at times, laughing my bloody head off. Weird, fun, beautiful, wacky, majestic, massive, rich in culture….and a country I’ve been lucky enough to both live in and explore quite a bit myself! It’s truly one of my favorite places in the world, and am always telling friends that they should move down there for a year or two, and I’m sure this article about facts about Australia will help with that! ![]()
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