Australia is the smallest continent on Earth, but it is one of the largest countries on the Earth. Australia's capital is Canberra.
It is the flattest continent, and besides Antarctica it is the driest. Australia averages less than 20 inches of rain per year.
Some nicknames of Australia are: The oldest continent, the last of lands, and the last frontier.
Each state in Australia has its own government unlike most of the other countries in the world. The official language of Australia is English, but there are still many aboriginal languages that exist there. However, the aboriginal languages are spoken by very few people.
Nine tenths of Australia's population is of European ancestry. More than one fifth of Australia's population is foreign
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One fourth consider themselves Roman Catholic, one fifth say Angelican, and the other one fifth say their Protestant. Australia's rate of natural population increase is less than half the world average. The life expectancy in Australia is seventy-five for men and eighty for women. One fifth of the population of Australia is under 15. The majority of Australia's population is over sixty-five and increasing.
Australia in terms of production is the world's largest producer of sheep. Australia supplies the world with about one third of its wool. With wool being its top exported item, Australia does have other exported items. Australia exports things like: cereals, sugar, dairy products, and fruits. The leading crop in Australia is wheat. In Australia wheat ,being the leading crop, is grown in every state. Four fifths of the grain in Australia is sent to the Pacific region and Asia. The wheat that is grown in Australia is used mostly for noodles and bread.
Australia's second biggest crop export is sugarcane. Sugarcane farming used to be considered some of the hardest labor, until the industrial revolution and mechanization of sugar cane farms has made that old fact
China has, for a sustained period of time, been one of Australia's most important trade and economic partners. But this has not always been the case. Since the late 1970s China has moved from a closed, internal focused economy to more of a global market oriented one that plays a major part in other nations economies, like Australia's. Although China is technically a Socialist nation, market capitalism is actively encouraged, much the same as in Australia. In 2010 China became the world's largest exporter, with exports ranging from natural resources to manufactured goods. (CIA-World fact book) Australia's economy, in this sense, differs from that of China's. As Australia is simply too expensive to manufacture goods ("Holden, Ford,
Australia is almost self-sufficient in lumber production. Most of roundwood production is broadleaved, and timber plantations account for about one-fifth of the lumber output. Most fishing in Australia is marine, three-fifths from the Indian Ocean and two-fifths from the Pacific Ocean.
Did you know Australia use to be a big prison? Australia is the 6th largest continent. Australia is the only continent covered by a single country. In Australia there are more kangaroo’s than people. A person in Australia hasn’t died from a spider bite since 1987. The top ten deadliest snakes live in Australia. There are over 200 different languages which are spoken in Australia. This includes 45 languages, as well non-English languages like Greek, Italian, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Arabic. A desert area known as the outback covers much of the land.
Australia is a country, continent, and an island. It is located in Oceania among the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. Australia has the largest area of ocean jurisdiction of any country on earth. It has no land borders. It is the sixth largest country in the world.
Profile of indigenous people in Australia: The Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous populations of Australia and they consist of hundreds of different sub-groups, each having their own distinct languages, history and cultures. They are spread out across Australia in urban areas, remote villages, outskirts of the central desert and most tropical regions. The Australian Government identifies indigenous people as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island origins and the indigenous people identify themselves as such or of both origins. The estimate population of indigenous people is around 670,000 across Australia, which consists of about 3 percent of the total population of Australia, as of 2011 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. About 90% of the indigenous people identify themselves as Aboriginals, while just 6% identify as Torres Strait Islanders and the remaining 4% as both. The indigenous population is much younger as compared to the non-indigenous population, mainly because of the high death rates correspondingly high birth rates. The fertility among indigenous
Australia’s population is culturally and ethnically diverse. As at June 2010, there were 22.3 million residents in Australia, around one-quarter of the population was born overseas and many residents who were born in Australia have a parent who was born in another country. Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders represent 2.3% of the population
Australia’s geographical location allows access to some of the fastest-growing areas in the Asia-Pacific region including China, Japan, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Thailand and India, as well as countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Germany.
Australia is a very diverse, multi-cultural nation with the majority of the population having migrated from Asia, Africa and Europe. Almost every single home in Australia has a television and almost every single Australian watches free-to-air television daily.
Literature Review: Critical Care Nursing Kajal Kriti Nursing Capstone:NURS 492 West Coast University Professor Abelew 08/31/2015 Literature Review Professional nursing organizations plays a role in the implementation and attainment of evidence-based practice which aims to educate nurses and further develop them professionally, it also helps to build professional networks which are of the same interests of the nurse, it influences in policy development and protects the professional values of the nurse. The main purpose of professional nursing organizations and Journals is promotion of evidence-based practice by making it available to the the health care professions. There are several organizations and journals that affiliate with Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses, some of which include American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC). Journals which support in publishing articles for ICU nurses and the health care team in any Intensive/Critical Care Unit's include Journal of Critical Care Nurse, American Journal of Critical Care, Journal of Critical Care and Critical Care Medicine Journal.
Australia country: the smallest continent in the world. It is also the 6th largest country in the world, after Russia, Canada, China, USA, and Brazil, it is a developed country and also one of the most wealthiest countries in the world and it is also considered as the 12th largest country with the world’s economy ,it is a constitutional monarchy with a federal division of powers .it has six states , new south Wales (NSW), , South Australia (SA),Queensland (QLD), and Western Australia (WA)—and two major mainland territories—the Australian capital terrority (ACT) and Victoria (VIC). And tasmina (TAS) , it has no state religion , 61.1% were counted as Christian in 2011 ,and 2.25 as Islam , 2.5% as Buddhism , 22.3% were counted as those who has
The country of the Commonwealth of Australia is an island in the southern hemisphere. Australia is the smallest continent and is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east and Indian Ocean to the west. It is the sixth largest country in the world and contains about 2,966,151 square miles of land, roughly the size of the United States without Alaska and Hawaii. The estimated population is around 22,751,014 as of 2015 (The World Fact Book, 2017). The capital of Australia is Canberra. Australia is divided into six states which are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia and also three territories which are Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, and Jervis Bay Territory.
There are more kangaroos in Australia than people and Australia has a population around 22,751,014 with languages
The general lifestyle in Australia tends to be more relaxed than in the United States; this leads to many differences between the two countries. Australians often abbreviate words. Service in restaurants tends to be slower and more relaxed. Australians are also far more conscious about water conservation. Because the country has suffered from drought for years, the citizens aim to conserve as much water as possible; showers are typically about three minutes long; toilets have two flush buttons, one for a full flush, and one for a half flush. The majority of Australians air-dry their clothes rather than using a dryer. Australia also has a technologically advanced infrastructure, as well as a very stable economic and political
Australia has always been one of my favorite countries and on my bucket list to visit. It’s the home of the Great Barrier Reef, The Outback and beautiful Sydney. They also have a great military consisting of The Australian Army, Australia Defense Force, Navy, Air Force and Joint Operation Command are all take part in peacekeeping/humanitarian missions all over the world. Australia also has an interesting government. Did you know they have a Queen and a Prime Minister? Their government is also made up of a legislative, executive, and judicial branch. Its unique terrain, military and government are what helps make it such a great country.
Australia being a federation of 6 states 2 territories with a commonwealth government. The population mostly concentrated on the eastern side of the continent. The total population of the continent is 24.13million with 10.3 % million of the expenditure on health care services in the year 2015-16. This increase in health ratio to GDP has mostly occurred due to increase in the prices of health centre than the cost of services provided.