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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Australia 
 Main prefix
 VK 
 Time in capital city
 +10 h 
 Time zones
 +10 h, +8 h, +8 h 45 min. (Unofficial - in area small towns Border Village, Eucla, Madura, and Mundrabilla.), +9 h 30 min. 
 Continent
 Australia and Oceania 
 
          Australia          
 
 Australia 

 Australia - contains of following DXCC entities:
Geographic units included in this geographic unit on other continents:
 
          Australia          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant; the remaining half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars.
 
          Australia          
 
 Australia 
 Capital: 
Canberra
 Administrative
 divisions: 
6 states and 5 territories*: Ashmore and Cartier Islands*, Australian Capital Territory*, Coral Sea Islands Territory*, Jervis Bay Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.
 Population: 
20,434,176 (July 2007 est.)
 Languages: 
English, native languages
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
27° 00' S, 133° 00' E
 Area total: 
7,686,850 sq. km
includes Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island
 Land area: 
7,617,930 sq. km
 Water area: 
68,920 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
25,760 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Lake Eyre -15 m - Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.au
 Currency: 
Australian dollar (AUD)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Commonwealth of Australia
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Australia
 Independence: 
1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
 Constitution: 
9 July 1900, effective 1 January 1901
 Government
 type: 
democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign
 Dependent
 areas: 
Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
 National
 holiday: 
Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
 
          Australia          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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