Amazing facts about Australia ! world's sixth-largest land

 

1. 1/3 of the world's coffee is grown in Australia!

 Australia produces over 60% of the world's coffee beans. It is the largest producer of coffee in the world, producing around 12 billion pounds of coffee each year. That’s enough to fill Sydney Harbour 38 times!

 2. Australia has the greatest variety of birds than any other country in the world.

 There are over 6,000 species of bird in Australia, making it home to some of the rarest birds on Earth. There are over 500 different types of birds in Australia alone.

 3. Australia was once covered entirely in forest.

 Before humans arrived, Australia was covered in lush rainforest. Around 80 percent of Australia still remains untouched. Unfortunately, much of the original vegetation has been replaced by farms and towns.

 4. Kangaroos were introduced to Australia by accident.

 In 1770, Captain Cook brought Kangaroos back to England after he discovered them on his voyage across the Pacific Ocean. He mistakenly believed they were actually rabbits and released them into England. Kangaroos don't belong in Europe or Asia; their habitat is Australia.

 5. Koalas are not marsupials.

 Koalas bear no resemblance at all to kangaroos. Despite what you might have heard, koalas are actually monotremes, meaning they lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.

 6. The word “yabbie” comes from an Aboriginal language.

 Yabba Dabba Doo! Yabba Dabba Doo!! Yabba Dabba Dooooooo!!! If you speak Australian, you say yabbies. Aborigines pronounced it yabb-ee. And yes, that’s how the English language got the word ‘yummy’.

 7. The Great Barrier Reef is the biggest coral reef in the world.

 The Great Barrier Reef is the size of Mexico and spans the waters off the coast of Queensland. It’s massive. So massive, in fact, that it’s considered the eighth wonder of the natural world. The Great Barrier Reef looks something like a palm tree standing on end and stretches for more than 1000 miles.

 

Australia seems to have the world's sixth-largest land area.

1. Australia is the largest island nation located in the Southern Hemisphere, stretching across the top of the Indian Ocean along the equator. It is the smallest continent and third-smallest sovereign state.

 2. Australia covers about 2/3 of Antarctica, making it the only major continental landmass situated entirely south of the Antarctic Circle (the line of demarcation between the two hemispheres).

 3. Its total area is approximately 1,904,680 square kilometers (724,900 sq mi), slightly smaller than India, and its coastline measures.

 4. Australia is the world's driest inhabited continent; the average annual rainfall is just over, though some coastal regions receive considerably more rain.

 5. Australia is the world’s 13th-most populous country (with a population of 25 million) and the world's 12th-most densely populated country (with a population density of 6,935 people per km2).

 6. Australia is home to the world's largest monoliths, including Uluru and Kata Tjuta.

 7. Australia is known for being the birthplace of modern football, which was invented in 1858 by the Scottish immigrant Tom Wills.

 8. Australia is the only developed country to have had a republic at various times, first proposed in 1949 and then adopted in 1975.

 9. Australia is the only country to have been ruled by three different British monarchies: the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand.

 10. Australia is the only G20 member that does not use the US dollar as its currency.

 11. In the 2016 census, Australia's median age was 37.3 years old.

 12. Australia is the only English-speaking country where French is an official language.

 13. Australia is the only industrialized country without any nuclear weapons.

 14. Australia is the only Western democracy to never have been invaded by foreign armies.

 

Aboriginal Australians have inhabited Australia for at least 40,000 years.

 

The first European to sight Australia was Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1526.

 

Australia has a population of around 23 million people.

 

The Australian Capital Territory has the world's largest population of Australian federal government employees.

 

The Australian economy is the sixth-largest in the world.

 

The Australian currency is the Australian dollar.

 

The Australian landscape is diverse, with a wide range of habitats including deserts, rain forests, and snowfields.

 

Australian animals include the kangaroo, the koala, the wallaby, and the platypus.

 

The Australian landscape is also home to many endemic plants and animals, including the wombat, the echidna, and the Tasmanian devil.

 

 

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1.   1/3 of the world's coffee is grown in Australia!

2.   There are over 6,000 species of bird in Australia, making it home to some of the rarest birds on Earth.

3.   Before humans arrived, Australia was covered in lush rainforest.

4.   Australia is the only country to have been ruled by three different British monarchies: the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand.

5.   In the 2016 census, Australia's median age was 37.3 years old.

6.   The Australian Capital Territory has the world's largest population of Australian federal government employees.