GeoPointe - Australia

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia
Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. Includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
Capital: Canberra

Area:	total: 7,686,850 sq sq km
	land: 7,617,930 sq km
	water: 68,920 sq km

Lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m.
Highest point: Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m.

Skyline and harbor, Sydney, Australia

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Population: 20,434,176 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Australian(s) Ethnic groups: Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%. Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%, other 12.6%. Languages: English, native languages.

Generally arid to semiarid. Temperate in the south and east. Tropical in the north.

Government type: Democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign.
Independence: 1 January 1901 (federation of the United Kingdom colonies).
National holiday: Australia Day, 26 January (1788).