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Australia
, officially the
Commonwealth of Australia
, is a
sovereign
country comprising the mainland of the
Australian continent
, the island of
Tasmania
, and numerous
smaller islands
.
[13]
It is the largest country in
Oceania
and the world's
sixth-largest country by total area
. The population of 26 million
[7]
is highly
urbanised
and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard.
[14]
Australia's capital is
Canberra
, and its largest
city
is
Sydney
. The country's other major
metropolitan areas
are
Melbourne
,
Brisbane
,
Perth
, and
Adelaide
.
Indigenous Australians
inhabited the
continent
for about
65,000 years
[15]
prior to the
first arrival
of
Dutch
explorers in the early 17th century, who named it
New Holland
. In 1770, Australia's eastern half was claimed by
Great Britain
and initially
settled
through
penal transportation
to the colony of
New South Wales
from 26 January 1788, a date which became Australia's
national day
. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades, and by the time of an 1850s
gold rush
, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and an additional five self-governing
crown colonies
established. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies
federated
, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has since maintained a stable
liberal democratic
political system that functions as a
federal
parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
, comprising
six states and ten territories
.
Australia is the oldest,
[16]
flattest,
[17]
and driest inhabited continent,
[18]
[19]
with the least fertile
soils
.
[20]
[21]
It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi).
[22]
A
megadiverse country
, its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes, with
deserts
in the centre, tropical
rainforests
in the north-east, and
mountain ranges
in the south-east. Australia generates its income from various sources, including
mining-related exports
,
telecommunications
,
banking
,
manufacturing
, and
international education
.
[23]
[24]
[25]
Australia is a highly
developed country
, with the world's
fourteenth-largest economy
. It has a
high-income economy
, with the world's
tenth-highest per capita income
.
[26]
It is a
regional power
and has the world's
thirteenth-highest military expenditure
.
[27]
Immigrants
account for 30% of the population,
[28]
the
highest proportion
in any country with a population over 10 million.
[29]
Having the sixth-highest
Human Development Index
and the eighth-highest ranked
democracy
globally, the country
ranks highly
in quality of life, health, education,
economic freedom
,
civil liberties
, and political rights,
[30]
with all its major cities faring well in global comparative
livability
surveys.
[31]
Australia is a member of the
United Nations
,
G20
,
Commonwealth of Nations
,
ANZUS
,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD),
World Trade Organization
,
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
,
Pacific Islands Forum
, and the
ASEAN
Plus Six mechanism.
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