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Australia the Country,[object Object],Australia is officially named the Commonwealth of Australia.,[object Object],Australia, the country, is made up of the continent mainland, the island Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.,[object Object],Neighboring countries ,[object Object],include Indonesia, Papua ,[object Object],New Guinea, Vanuatu, and ,[object Object],New Zealand.,[object Object]
It remains a part of the Commonwealth realm.,[object Object],It has a democratic government (constitutional monarchy).,[object Object],Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch.,[object Object],Kevin Rudd is the prime minister.,[object Object],Australia’s Government,[object Object]
Australia’s People,[object Object],It is a multicultural country.,[object Object],Australia is a country of immigrants.,[object Object],90% of Australians are of British or Irish descent (mostly convict).,[object Object],Since the abolishment of the White Australia policy of the 1970s, immigration from Asia and elsewhere has been encouraged.,[object Object],As a result, Australia’s demography, culture, and self-image have been transformed.,[object Object],Also, a large number of Australians live outside their home country.,[object Object]
Aborigines suffer from higher rates of imprisonment and unemployment.,[object Object],Aborigines suffer from lower levels of education.,[object Object],Life expectancies for males and females is 17 years lower than those on non-indigenous Australians.,[object Object],Australia’s Aborigines,[object Object]
Australia’s foreign relations are driven by a close relationship with the United States, its status as a British commonwealth, and its proximity to Asia.,[object Object],It is a founding member of the United Nations,[object Object],Australia and the World,[object Object]
Australia’s Culture,[object Object],Language ,[object Object],English is the national language.,[object Object],It is spoken by 80% of the country’s population.,[object Object],Religion,[object Object],Australia has no state religion.,[object Object],64% of Australians list Christianity as their religion (26% of that are Roman Catholic).,[object Object],Surveys have found Australia to be one of the least devout nations in the developed world.,[object Object],Education,[object Object],The adult literacy rate is 99%.,[object Object],One result of the high literacy,[object Object],	is that Australia enjoys one of,[object Object],	the highest standards of living!,[object Object],Australia’s education is ranked 8th,[object Object],in the world (the United States is 9th).,[object Object]
Australia’s Culture,[object Object],Sports,[object Object],23.5% of Australians over the age of 15 regularly participate in organized sports.,[object Object],Australia has strong international teams in cricket, field hockey, rugby, cycling, rowing, sailing, and swimming.,[object Object],Famous Australian swimmers include ,[object Object],Dawn Frasier and Ian Thorpe.,[object Object],Australia has participated in every ,[object Object],summer Olympic Games since 1896.,[object Object],It hosted the 1856 Summer Olympics in ,[object Object],Melbourne.,[object Object],It hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.,[object Object],It has ranked in the top 6 medal-takers since ,[object Object],2000.,[object Object]

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