Australia. Kadri Rampe 2012 Position in the world. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australia continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. Its the world`s sixthlargest country by total area. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated,forming a Commonwealth of Australia, since Federation, Australia has maintaned a stable liberal democratic political system. The population of 22,7 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated in eastern states due to geography and climate. A highly developed country, Australia is the world's 12th largest economy and has the world's fifthhighest per capita income. Enviroment. Although most of Australia is semiarid or desert, it includes a diverse range of habitats from alpine heaths to tropical rainforests. Australian forests are mostly made up of evergreen species, particularly
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usually formed by the Australian Labor Party or by a coalition between the liberal Party and the National Party. Culture The modern culture of Australia draws from many sources including native Australians, the United Kingdom and the immigration of a different range of people with the Australian gold rushes. Nowadays Australian culture is strongly influenced by western culture. Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world. Australian Aboriginal culture is complicated and very diverse. It is one of the world's longest surviving cultures which goes back at least 50, 000 years Sports Australians are well-known sportsmen. They have achieved much recognition in diving, golf, skiing, surfing, boating and especially in swimming. They've won numerous Olympic medals in that category
the best known. 10 . Culture The modern culture of Australia draws from many sources including native Australians, the United Kingdom and the immigration of a different range of people with the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s and the post WW II immigrants from Britain and Europe. Nowadays Australian culture is strongly influenced by western culture. Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world. 70 per cent of its population lives in the biggest cities. Australian Aboriginal culture is complicated and very diverse. It is one of the world's longest surviving cultures which goes back at least 50, 000 years (but some think it's closer to 150,000 years). Different oral histories have been backed up by geological data such as the flooding of Port Philip Bay which happened about 10,000 years ago. 11 . Sports Australians are wellknown sportsmen
ratified, although in practice Britain had ceased to play any real role in the government of New Zealand much earlier than this. *The British expansion in South Africa When Dutch mercantile power began to fade, the British moved in to fill the vacuum. They seized the Cape to prevent it from falling into the hands of Napoleonic France. British sovereignty of the area was recognized at the Congress of Vienna. A pattern soon emerged whereby English-speakers became highly urbanised, and dominated politics and trade while the largely uneducated Boers were relegated to their farms. The gap between the British settlers and the Boers further widened with the abolition of slavery. South African Wars between the British and the Boers concluded in the Treaty of Vereeniging. Under its terms, the Boer republics acknowledged British sovereignty, while the British in turn committed themselves to reconstruction of the areas under their control.
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