"People
-the inhabitants come from European backgrounds, Asia and only aroun 2 % are (original) aboriginal. Now they live in Northern territory.
-so the culture is a real mixture because of thee different backgrounds of its people
-population is about 20 million
-about 70 per cent of the population lives in the country´s large cities such as Melbourne and Sydney

Flag
-is dark blue with the flag of the United Kingdom (the Union Jack), there are seven pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star (each of the star´s points represents one of the six states and the seventh point represents all of the territories) and five stars (they represent the constellation Southern Cross)

Largest cities :
 Sydney (it is the oldest and largest city, the Opera House – was designed by Danish architect J.Utzon, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Rocks is the historic part of Sydney with buildings from the 18th century, most famous beach in Sydney : Bondi Beach)
 Melbourne (it is Australia´s cultural capital because many musicians and comedians started there, three major annual international sporting events take place there : the Australian Open (tennis tournament), the Melbourne Cup (horse racing) and the Australian Grand Prix (Formula One)
 Brisbane
 Perth
 Adelaide (“city of churches” – its first inhabitants were religious emigrants from Germany)

Geography
-there are deserts – Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert and Great Victoria Desert
-there are also jungles in the York Peninsula
-Uluru (Ayers Rock) is the best known huge rock in the middle of Australia – this rock changes colours during the day

Major rivers: the Murray (the longest – it has about 1600 km) and the Darling
-there is also many creeks
Big lakes : Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens, Lake Gairdner...

Climate
-is quite different
-it is the driest inhabited continent on earth and the center of the country has one of the lowest rainfall rates in the world
- there are dry summers with heavy summer rainfall and mild winters"