Australia
 Map of Australia
Area = 7,741,220 km² but territorial waters and part of Antarctica are not included.
Population - /2005/ - 20 090 437
Population density – 2,6 /km²
System of government - Constitutional monarchy
Bicameral Commonwealth Parliament - The Queen, The Senate (The Upper House ,76 senators), The House of Representatives (The Lower House, 150 members)
Bicameral Parliament – in New South Wales ( NSW), South Australia (SA ) Tasmania (TAS) Victoria (VIC) and Western Australia (WA)
Unicameral Parliament - in Queensland, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Constitutional monarch – Queen Elizabeth II
Queen's visit to Sydney
Governor General /representative of the head of state – the queen/ - Michael Jeffery
Prime Minister – Kevin Rudd
The Highest Mainland Mountain - Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m in Snowy Mountains, New South Wales
But in reality The Highest Point on Australian territory is Mawson's Peak on Heard Island - 4100 kilometres south-west of Perth. Mawson's Peak is 2745 metres high and forms the summit of an active volcano Big Ben - Australia's only active volcano.
There are even higher mountains in the Australian Antarctic Territory - Mt McClintock is 3490m high.
Largest Monolith - Uluru - Ayers Rock is massive sandstone rock which has area of 3,3 km², and is 345 m high.
Uluru
The Longest River - Murray River 2520 km
The Tallest Waterfall - Wallaman Falls - 305 m West of Ingham. Wollomombi Waterfall is sometimes referred as Australia's tallest waterfall. It depends on if you are counting single drop or numerous ledges etc. But the tallest single-drop waterfall – 160m is Ellenborough Falls north of Taree
The Largest Lake - Lake Eyre (salt lake) 9500 km²
The Largest Constructed Reservoir – Lake Gordon in Tasmania has capacity of 12450 million m3
The Largest Desert - Great Victoria 348 750 km² - 4.5% of the total mainland area of Australia
2. Australia state by state:
6 federal states, 2 major territories, 6 minor territories and Australian Antarctic Territory
FEDERAL STATES
New South Wales (NSW), 800,642 km², Capital - Sydney
South Australia (SA), 983,482 km², Capital - Adelaide
Western Australia (WA), 2,529,875 km², Capital - Perth
Victoria (VIC), 227,416 km², Capital - Melbourne
Queensland (QLD), 1,730,648 km²,Capital - Brisbane
Tasmania ( TAS), 68,401 km², Capital - Hobbart
Perth,Western Australia
TERRITORIES
Northern Territory (NT), 1,349,129 km², Capital - Darwin
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 2,358 km², Capital – Canberra
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Australian Antarctic Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Jervis Bay Territory, 73 km²,
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
ISLANDS
Australia has 8 222 islands.
To mention just few - Norfolk Island , Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard Island, McDonald Islands, Coral Sea Island/, Lord Howe Island /, Magnetic Island /, Macquarie Island, Melville, Kangaroo, Groote Eylandt, Bathurst, Fraser, Flinders, King, Mornington etc.
ANTARCTICA
Australian Antarctic Territory
45 countries are Parties to the Antarctic Treaty (1961).Australia is one of the seven claimants - claims territory in Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933).And The Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 is the basis for Australian Antarctic Territory law. It applies Commonwealth Laws and Ordinances, some Australian Capital Territory laws and the criminal laws of the Jervis Bay Territory.
12 countries are Original Signatories and there are 27 Consultative Parties.
Australia city by city :
Adelaide
Brisbane,
Canberra
Darwin
Hobbart,
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
...and more...
Australia state by state :
New South Wales
South Australia
Western Australia
Victoria
Queensland
Tasmania
And territories...
Northern Territory
Australian Capital Territory
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Australian Antarctic Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Jervis Bay Territory
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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