Location :
Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific OceanCapital:
Canberra Coordinates: 35° 16" South, 149° 13" EastHistory :
1770. Captain James Cook claims Australia for Great Britain.The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aborigines, who migrated there at least 40,000 years ago from Southeast Asia, today about 350,000 live in Australia.
Climate
:
Australia's climate is ruled by the dry, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt which moves north and south with the seasons. This causes the rainfall pattern over Australia to be strongly seasonal. In many parts of the country, seasonal high and lows can be great with temperatures ranging from above 50 ° Celsius to well below zero. Minimum temperatures are moderated by the lack of mountains and the influence of surrounding oceans.
Australia's climate is ruled by the dry, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt which moves north and south with the seasons. This causes the rainfall pattern over Australia to be strongly seasonal. In many parts of the country, seasonal high and lows can be great with temperatures ranging from above 50 ° Celsius to well below zero. Minimum temperatures are moderated by the lack of mountains and the influence of surrounding oceans.
Geography : The
geography of the country is extremely diverse, ranging from the snow capped
mountains of the Australian Alps and Tasmania to large deserts, tropical and
temperate forests.
Population: 21,766,711
(July 2011 est.)
