Australia
Australia is in Australia and New Zealand, with its capital at Canberra and an area of about 7,692,024 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Capital
- Canberra
- Region
- Oceania · Australia and New Zealand
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
- Languages
- English
- Currencies
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Government
- Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Natural resources
- alumina, coal, iron ore, copper, lithium, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, opals, natural gas, petroleum
- Industries
- mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
- Main exports
- iron ore, coal, natural gas, gold, minerals
First-level divisions (11)
- Jervis Bay Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- Australian Capital Territory
- Macquarie Island
Major cities
- Sydney (population 4,630,000)
- Melbourne (population 4,170,000)
- Brisbane (population 1,860,000)
- Perth (population 1,532,000)
- Adelaide (population 1,145,000)
- Newcastle (population 540,796)
- Gold Coast (population 527,660)
- Cranbourne (population 460,491)
- Canberra (population 327,700)
- Wollongong (population 260,914)
- Geelong (population 160,991)
- Cairns (population 154,225)
- Townsville (population 138,954)
- Albury (population 104,258)
- Nowra (population 94,781)