Australia

• the full name is commonwealth of Australia
• the capital is canberra
• 3 timezones
• golden wattle, opal, green and gold, the commonwealth star, kangaroo,emu - symbols
• 26 january- australia day
• advance australia fair - national anthem
• surrounded by the pacific and indian ocean
• six states- southern australia, western australia, new south wales, queensland, victoria, tasmania
• uluru- largest alone standing rock in the world
• mt kosciuszko- the highest mountain
• the murray river- the longest river
• worlds largest exporter of coal
• biggest city- sydney
• the great victoria basin- biggest desert
• western australia- largest state
• didgeridoo- a wooden trumpet
• major mountain ranges- great dividing range, mcdonnell
• 516 national parks
• australian rules football