Austrailie
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Australie or Austrailie,[10] offeecially the Commonwalth o Australie (Inglis: Commonwealth of Australia, pronooncit [əˈstɹæɪliːə], [əˈstɹæɪjə], [əˈstɹɛliːə]), is a kintra situatit in the Soothren Hemisphere conseestin o the mainland o the Australien continent (the weest in the warld), the island o Tasmanie an puckle wee islands in the Indien an Paceefic Oceans. Neebourin kintras include Indonesie, East Timor an Papua New Guinea til the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu an New Caledon til the northeast an New Zealand til the sootheast.
Commonwalth o Austrailie | |
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Caipital | Canberra 35°18′29″S 149°07′28″E |
Lairgest ceety | Sydney |
Naitional leid | Inglis[N 2] |
Demonym(s) | |
Govrenment | Federal pairlamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
David Hurley | |
Anthony Albanese | |
• Chief Juistice | Susan Kiefel |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick | |
• Federation, Constitution | 1 Januar 1901 |
• Statute of Westminster Adoption Act | 9 October 1942 (wi effect frae 3 September 1939) |
• Austrailie Act | 3 Mairch 1986 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 7,692,024 km2 (2,969,907 sq mi) (6t) |
• Water (%) | 0.76 |
Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 27,084,900[5] (51st) |
• 2016 census | 23,401,892[6] |
• Density | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) (236t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $1.189 trillion[7] (19t) |
• Per capita | $48,806[7] (17t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $1.257 trillion[7] (13t) |
• Per capita | $51,593[7] (9t) |
Gini (2012) | 33.6[8] medium · 19t |
HDI (2015) | 0.939[9] verra heich · 2nt |
Currency | Austrailien dollar (AUD) |
Time zone | UTC+8 to +10.5 (various[N 3]) |
UTC+8 to +11.5 (various[N 3]) | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +61 |
ISO 3166 code | AU |
Internet TLD | .au |
Fer at least 40,000 years afore European dounset in the late 18t century, Australie wis wonet bi Indigenous Australiens. Australie's eastren hauf wis claimit bi Breetain in 1770 an ti stairt wi settelt throu penal transportation til the colony o New Sooth Wales, foondit on 26 Januar 1788. The indwallers nummer grew conseestently in thae follaein years; the continent wis explorit an an eik o five, maistly self-govrenin Croun Colonies war estaiblishit in the 19t century.
On 1 Januar 1901, the sax colonies becam a federation an the Commonweel o Australie wis creatit. Syne Federation, Australie haes keepit a siccar liberal democratic poleetical seestem an is a Commonweel kinrick. The nummer o indwellers is 26 million, wi aboot 60% in an aroond the mainland state caipitals o Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth an Adelaide. The naition's caipital ceety is Canberra, locatit in the Australien Caipital Territory.