Capital city:                          Canberra

Region:                                Pacific

Area:                                     7 686 850 km²

Population:                          19 546 792

Main cities:                          Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong, Gold Coast, Hobart

Currency:                             Australian dollar

Dial code:                            61

Internet code:                      AS

Information: Situated in the Southern part of the Pacific Ocean, Australia is both a country and a continent from Oceania. Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Constitutional parliamentary monarchy. It is the sixth biggest country in the world, and the largest in Oceania. In addition of its main island, Australia is made of secondary islands, Tasmania, the biggest, being an Australian state. Nearby countries include New Zealand on southeast and Indonesia, Eastern Timor and Papua New Guinea on the North. The latter is the closest country, at approximately 150 km.