24 interesting facts about Australia

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From a huge dingo fence to the largest living structure of the planet, we take a look at the most interesting facts about Australia

In a country the size of a continent, there are countless fascinating facts to discover. Australia's mix of old cultures, wild terrain and cosmopolitan cities means that the country has so much to offer the millions of visitors who receive every year.

with red outback sand, tropical aquamarine reefs and the wild South Pole Armeas are Australia a country with really diverse landscapes.

We spent a month to explore this huge country and learn many interesting facts about Australia. Here we share the best of you.

interesting facts about Australia

  1. The Australian indigenous people are the oldest coherent culture on earth. It is estimated that Australia's indigenous people Africa left 75,000 years ago and have been living in Australia for more than 40,000 years. (Source: Australian Geographic)

  2. Nevertheless, the Australian indigenous people were only included in the official census by a national referendum from 1967 and received a similar status as settlers. (Source: BBC)

  3. in 1770 captain James Cook with his ship HMS Endavour the east coast of the then Terra Austra Australis and claimed all of Australia in British property. The city of Coktown marks the place where he came ashore. (Source: BBC)

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    1. The Australian mainland is the largest island in the world, but the smallest continent. (Source: Australian Tourism)

    2. With 7,741,220 km², Australia is the sixth largest country in the world (without the Antarctic), but with only 23 million inhabitants it is only the 56th largest according to population, which makes Australia with only three inhabitants one of the most thinest populated countries in the world per square kilometer. (Source: Cia World Factbook)

    3. Australia is also the lowest, the flatter and (apart from the Antarctic) the driest continent. The highest mountain of Australia is the Mount Kosciuszko with a height of only 2,228 m (7,310 ft). (Source: Australian government)

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      1. since 2001, more than eight out of ten Australians (85 %) have lived within 50 km from the Australian coast. (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)

      2. The often mentioned Australian “outback” refers to the extensive, remote interior of the country. Essentially, this is every place outside the most important urban areas near the coast. The outback is sparsely populated, but houses a wide variety of animals, plants and natural beauties. (Source: Britannica)

      3. Ranger on the Uluru, the huge sacred monolith in the Northern Territory, regularly receive packages with parts of the Uluru, which were taken by tourists, together with apology letters. The rocks have become known as "apology rocks". Some senders even believe that they have suffered misfortune by removing the stones and want to lift the "curse". (Source: The Telegraph)

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        1. With 478 km, the Indian-Pacific railway line, which leads from Perth via Adelaide to Sydney, is the longest straight route in the world. (Source: The Guardian)

        2. The dingo fence in Australia completed in 1885 is the longest fence in the world. The dingo fence was developed to keep the wild dogs of the Australian outback away from sheep. It is 5,614 km long and it would be an estimated six months to circle it. (Source: Condé Nast Traveler)

        3. The state of New South Wales was founded in 1788 as a penal colony. In the following 80 years, more than 160,000 convicts from Great Britain were sent to Australia instead of the death penalty. Around 20 % of Australians are descendants of convicts. (Source: BBC)

        4. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure of the planet. It extends over 2,000 km from north to south and comprises a total of 350,000 km². (Source: National Geographic)

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          1. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The others are Aurora Borealis, the port of Rio de Janeiro, Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, the Paricutin volcano and the Victoria Falls. (Source: The Guardian)

          2. 1967 the Australian Prime Minister Harold fetched mysterious way after he had swimming at the Cheviot Beach near Melbourne. His body was never recovered, which led to numerous conspiracy theories, including one who claimed that he had been kidnapped by a Chinese submarine. (Source: CNN)

          3. According to the Coastal Studies Unit's studies, Australia has 10,685 beaches that take up about half - 15,000 km - on its coast. (Source: Australian government)

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            1. Australia has over 1,000 reptile species, more than 10 % of the global total number and more than any other country. The number continues to increase from 750 in 1993. (Source: Australian Geographic)

            2. The oldest fossil, which is assumed that it is 3.4 billion years old, was found in sandstone at the foot of the rock formation Strelley Pool in Western Australia. (Source: New York Times)

            3. bay animals - mammals that their boys wear in a bag - are almost exclusively endemic in Australia. Well -known species are kangaroos, Wallabys, Wombats, Koalas and the Tasmanian devil. (Source: Britannica)

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              1. Only half of the Australian population were born in Australia by parents born in Australia. According to the 2016 census, 49 % of all Australians were either born abroad or have at least one parent born abroad. (Source: The Guardian)

              2. Australia is divided into six states and two territories: Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. (Source: Australian Tourism)

              3. More than a million wild camels roam the Australian outback. Between 1870 and 1920, up to 20,000 were imported to Australia by the Arabian Peninsula, India and Afghanistan. They were no longer needed in the 1930s and thousands were released into the wilderness, where their number exploded. (Source: BBC)

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                1. Australia is the home of some of the most dangerous animals in the world. This includes the Binnentaipan, the most poisonous snake in the world; The Sydney's Sydney Department, one of the most dangerous spiders in the world; And the cube jellyfish, the most dangerous marine animal that is known to humans. There are also sharks, crocodiles and giant thousand feet to fear! (Source: Australian Geographic)

                2. Australia broadcast the first pictures of the moon landing in 1969 to 600 million people around the world. A telescope in Honeysuckle Creek near Canberra provided the best pictures of the mission and was therefore used for most of the show. (Source: The Independent)

                  3. Lonely Planet Australia has many other interesting facts about Australia and is a comprehensive travel guide for the country.

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