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Australia’s official name is Commonwealth of
Australia with Canberra as capital. Australia is
an insular continent situated in the Asia’s
South-East. With an area of 7.713.360 square
kilometres, Australia is the smallest continent
in the world. The clime varies from
tropical-monsoon to temperate and the Australian
dollar is the currency. The most important
cities are: Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney,
Adelaide and Brisbane. About 95% of the
inhabitants are Caucasians, 60% of them having
Anglo-Saxon provenances but there are
Australians with various ethnic provenances,
from German to Greek, Chinese or Lebanon.
The
national language in Australia is English. Most
of the Australians speak English although the
immigrants continue to speak their national
language in families and with the friends. The
religions of Australia are Catholic, Anglican
and other Christian religions. Australian
government supported the culture’s development;
many cities built new art galleries or extended
the existent ones. Sydney Opera House is the
perfect example of the architectural talent own
by Australians.
The
economy of the country is situated between 15 of
the world, while the GDP is between the first
20. Australia is very rich in natural resources
such as: petroleum, gases, charcoal, gold,
bauxite, uranium and iron ore.
The charcoal and
the petroleum represent 20% of the earnings
through exports, the minerals and the ores about
25% and the gold about 8%. The agriculture has a
significant percent in GDP comparing with other
advanced countries, Australia producing wool
(the biggest wool producer in the world), cow
meat, sugar and wheat. The industry of this
country represents 1/3 of GDP.
The
Australia’s agriculture represents 5% of GDP,
the country also being the second exporter of
sheep and one of the biggest wheat exporters.
The country exports minerals, wool, meat,
industrial and transportation equipment,
aluminium. The exports partners are: Singapore,
the United States of America, Japan, Great
Britain, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and New
Zeeland.
Australia imports computers, industrial
gear, petroleum and petroleum products and
office equipment.
The
imports’ partners are: Germany, New Zeeland,
Japan, Great Britain and the United States of
America. The industry in Australia is
represented by steel, mining, alimentary
products, the construction of transportation and
industrial equipment.
The
big cities are connected between them through
air, road and rail lines. In cities, the
transportation is assured by buses, taxis and
subway. The communication system is very
efficient, existing national and commercial
radios and televisions, as well as about 500
newspapers, from which 60 are daily.
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