GEOGRAPHY

The Australian flag                               

Description

Australia is the biggest island in the world, it measures 2 971 081 square miles (about 7, 700 000 square kilometres), that's about 15 times bigger than France but it is about 4 times less populated : there are 19,338 000 inhabitants in this island. Most of the inhabitants live near the coast but nearly nobody lives in the middle of Australia. Around this country, there are the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The most famous towns in Australia are Canberra which is the Australian capital city, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. Australia is part of the South Sea Island. Its inhabitants speak English and use Australian dollar to pay, they are normally protestant and quite wealthy because Australia's got a high standard of living.

Population in the states and the towns

Australia is divided in six states (see the map).

Western Australia:

Its capital is Perth, in this town there are 1, 096 829 inhabitants. In Western Australia, there is only one person per square mile.

Northern Territory :

Its capital is Darwin, where there are 70, 251 inhabitants.

South Australia :

Its capital is Adelaide, where live 978 100 persons.

Queensland :

Its capital is Brisbane, where there are 1 291 117 inhabitants.

New South Wales :

Its capital is Sydney with 3 276 207 inhabitants. In Canberra, there are 368 000 inhabitants.

Victoria :

Its capital is Melbourne with 2 865 329 inhabitants.

 Nobody lives in the middle because there are deserts.