Information And Facts About Australia

Official Name : Commonwealth of Australia 

Sovereign : Queen Elizabeth | |

Capital City : Canberra

Area : 7,682,300 sq. km

Largest City : Sydney 

Main Language : English 

Literacy Rate : 99%

Telephone : Australia's country code is 61.

Currency : Australian Dollar 

National Holiday : Australian Day, January 26

Time Difference : Australia has three time zones  

Longest Fence In The World :  Dingo Fence

World's Largest Reef System : The Great Barrier Reef

The Longest Straight Road : In Western Australia 


Interesting and unknown facts about Australia :

• Australia is the smallest continent and the 6th largest country in the world.
• Australia is divided into six states and two territories.
• Canberra was chosen as the capital of Australia because they could not decided between Sydney  and Melbourne. 
• Australia has the world's 3rd largest ocean territory. 
• Australia is sometime called the "Island Continent" because of it's size and isolation from rest of the world.
• It is anticipated that humans have lived in Australia for around 45000 years.
• Over 200 different languages and dialects are spoken in Australia.
• It has 16 world heritage sites.
• Australia was the second country that give the women voting power.
• The only place in the world where you can still find the lung fish.
• There are more then 40 millions on kangaroos in Australia which is more than the total population of Australia.
• Australia have more sheep than Kangaroos.
•  No matter where you stand in Australia, you are never more than 1000 km away from a beach.