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KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / AUSTRALIA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / AUSTRALIA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      Australia is the smallest continent

·      The land area of Australia is about 3 million square miles

·      More than one – third of the country lies within the Tropics and overall it extends from 10º South Altitude to nearly 45º South latitude

·      It lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere

·      Australia is the only country in the world that covers the entire continent

·      It is also known as the Island Continent

·      Tropic of Capricorn passes almost through the middle of the continent

·      Australia was discovered by captain James Cook, an English Seaman, in 1770. He landed near the site of the present Sydney Harbour

·      It is surrounded by Timor Sea in the northwest, Arafura sea and Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, Great Barrier Reef in the north east and Great Australian Bight in the South

·      Six states and two territories make up Australia states include: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the island of State of Tasmania. Territories include Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory

·      Australia is the world’s flattest and driest landmass after the Antarctica

·      Australia borders no other country because it is surrounded by Ocean

·      Australia has more beaches than any other country about 37000

·      The Great Barrier Reef on Queensland’s Coast is the largest reef and coral formation on Earth.

·      Australia has three time zones

·      The tallest mountain on the continent of Australia is Mount Kosciusko, located in the Great Dividing Range about halfway between the two largest cities Sydney and Melbourne

·      Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie, the two cities in western Australia is one of the important center of gold mining in the world

·      The Murray and the Darling are the major rivers of Australia

·      North east coast of Australia extends a very long ridge like feature known as the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland which is the longest reef in the world

·      Gulf of Carpentaria is the largest gulf of Australia

·      Indigenous people of Australia are known as Aborigines

·      The grasslands of Australia are of two types tropical and temperate

·      Tropical grasslands are called Savannas and the temperate grasslands found in the Murray Darling basin are called Downs

·      The Marsupials of Australia include Kangaroo, Wallby and Koala

·      Australia is the largest producer of bauxite in the world

·      Sydney is the largest city and important sea port of Australia

·      Great Dividing Range is also known as the ‘snowy mountains’

·      Tasman sea separates Australia from New Zealand

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