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Some information about Australia.

Political system: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)	Capital city: Canberra	Total area: 7, 617, 930 km2 Population: 22, 873, 363 Official language: English
Monarch: Elizabeth II	Governor General: Quentin Bryce	Prime Minister: Julia Gillard

· Australia is the sixth largest country by total area. However, the population is relatively small. Only 21.7 million people live in Australia.

· It has six states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania.

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Australia is the world's largest island and the smallest continent. It is situated in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed.

The flag of Australia is the only one to fly over a whole continent. The small Union Jack represents the historical link with Britain, the large seven- pointed star represents the six states and the Territories, and the small stars form the Southern Cross- a prominent feature of the southern hemisphere night sky.

A distinctive Australia flora and fauna is reflected in the country’s coat-of-arms by the symbols of Australia’s endemic animals; kangaroo and emu and a twig of wattle (a kind of acacia).

Australia’s national floral emblem is the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth.). National Wattle Day is the first day of September and was introduced in 1913 by an association called the Wattle Day League and formally recognised on 23 June 1992. Australians can celebrate Wattle Day by planting wattles and wearing the wattle blossom on September 1st.

Australia has no official language, but most Australians speak English. In fact, this is their national language by consensus instead of by law. Despite the deep English language heritage, they do have terminology and lingo of their own.

A barbecue girl in Australia is a " Barbie."

They call clothes, " clobbers."

If something is terrific, it's " ripper."

" Fairy floss" in Australia means cotton candy.

French Fries are " chips" and potato chips are " crisps."

Males are " blokes" and females are " sheilas."

Australians called New Zealanders, " Kiwis."

Australia is famous for its sheep.

The population of Australia is more sheep than people; in fact, there are roughly ten sheep in Australia for every person. As a result, Australia is the largest exporter in the world of lamb meat and wool.

Australia's most famous animals are unique to Australia only.

When many people think of wildlife in Australia, they think of such animals as koala bears and kangaroos. Because Australia is an island and not connected to any other land, it has developed its own wildlife. The kangaroo, koala bear, emu, and kookaburra are animals that are only found in the wild in Australia.