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Australia (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 25 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -25.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 135 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 135.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Isolation of the land has allowed for the evolution of unique flora and fauna; Indigenous Australians are believed to have arrived between 70,000 and 40,000 years ago; Australia was sighted by Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch in the 17th century; was claimed by Britain in 1771, used as penal colony; free British settlers arrived in the 19th century; official language is English. |
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| Australia (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | established 19th cen. |
| Australia (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Commonwealth of Australia (C,V,O)
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| Australia, Commonwealth of (C,V)
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| Australie (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Australië (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Australien (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Austrália (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| Austrália (Spanish,U,N)
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| Mancomunidad de Australia (C,V,Spanish,U,N)
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| Австралия (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| 澳大利亚 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| أسترا اًَ (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| AUS (C,O,ISO3L)
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| AU (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO036 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| AS00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Australian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| AS (C,V)
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| אוסטרליה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| New Holland (H,V)
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............ | named by Dutch, 17th century |
| New South Wales (H,V)
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............ | named by British, 17th century |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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British forces departed in 1870; has been formally independent since 1986 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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| commonwealth (C) |
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confederated by British 1901 |
| inhabited region (C) |
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by aborigines since ca. 20,000 BC; by Europeans since 17th century |
| culture area (C) |
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| Australian Aboriginal (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Canberra .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, Australia, Australian Capital Territory) [7001867] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1931 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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