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AUSTRALIA.
1. The Commonweaith of Austrelia is a self
govering federal state. It is situated in the south-west of the Pasific ocean,
ocuping the continent of Australia and a great number of islands of which
Tasmania is the most important. Australia is a continent-island washed by the
Indian and the Pasific Oceans.
2. The country consists of 6 (six) states and
2 (two) territories. 16 million people live in Australia. The capital is
Canberra. The offical language is English.
3. Australia has a Parlament has two
chambers, the house of Representatives and the Senate. the governmant of the
country is headed by the Prime Minister.
4. Australia is not only far from the rest of
the world, it has a bad climet, too. The climet is better in the east and
south-east, where most big cities have grown-up. But the northen coast has too
much rain, and the westen coast is too dry.
5. The highest part of Australia, and almost
all the mountains are near the coast. The whole central part of the country is
dry; it never rains, there are no large rivers and no water there. So there is
no very rich plant life in Australia, except in the east and south-east.
6. Australia
is an important producer and exporter of primary products: wool, meat,
sugar, fruit, black, coal, iron, copper, lead, gold and so on.
7. Most of the factories are situated near
big cities. There are 5 (five) big cities in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne,
Adelaide, Perth and bris bane. These cities are also the country's main ports.
8. Canberra was specially planned as a
capital. It is a quriet city. All the gover-
ment buildings
are situated there. There no industrial plants in the city. About 300000
people live in
Canberra.
9. Sydney is the oldest and largest city in
Australia. It was founded in 1788. Sydney
is a big
industrial centre. About 3 million people now live in the city.