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Tuesday 18 March 2014
10 Interesting Facts about Australia
1. Melbourne topped 140 rivals to be crowned the world’s most livable city 2 years in a row since 2011.
2. Australia Day is a celebration of diversity and tolerance in Australian society, embracing all ethnic backgrounds, racial differences and political viewpoints.
3. Today’s Australia is very multicultural with Indigenous peoples and migrants from some 200 countries.
4. More than 80 percent of Australians live within 100 kilometers of the coast making Australia one of the world’s most urbanized coastal dwelling populations.
5. The area of Australia that is covered by snow in winter is larger than the area of Switzerland.
6. The world's longest golf course, measuring more than 850 miles long is located in Australia.
7. Australia is the 6th largest country in the world, with a land mass of over 7.6 million sq km.
8. Australia has more than 150 million sheep – about 7.5 times more than its human population.
9. No matter where you stand in Australia, you are never more than 1,000 km away from a beach.
10. The Official name of Australia is ‘Commonwealth of Australia’.
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