Australia

Quick Facts
Capital - Canberra

Largest City - Sydney

Prime Minister - Malcolm Turnbull

Independence from - United Kingdom

Drives on the - Left

Spoken Languages: English

Gini (2012) - 33.6

Calling code - +61

Density - 2.7/km2

Currency - Australian Dollar

History
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Culture
Since the late-20th century, American popular culture has strongly influenced Australia, mainly through television & Cinema. Other cultural influences come from neighboring Asian countries, & immigration from non-english civilizations.

Health
Australia, has one of the highest life expectancy than most other countries.

Life expectancy in Australia in 2010 was 79.5 years for males and 84.0 years for females. Though Australia has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.

Name
The name Australia is derived from the Latin Terra Australis, meaning "Southern land." The earliest recorded use of the name Australia in English was in 1625.

Trivia

 * Australia doesn't have an official language. (Although the national language is English)
 * Australia isn't a continent, Oceania is. Many people don't take this into consideration, yet most know it. (They are two different things!)
 * Australia is one of five nations to have participated in every Summer Olympics of the modern era.
 * Almost every English speaking country has different word spelling than the United States. This was guaranteed as the original spelling. (Like doughnut instead of donut)
 * It also goes by the metric system, and by degrees Celsius, unlike America which goes by the imperial system and degrees Fahrenheit