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Australia

Capital: Canberra

  • Australia covers about 7.69 million square kilometres, making it the sixth-largest country in the world by total area.
  • Aboriginal Australian culture is among the oldest continuous cultures on Earth. Remains at Lake Mungo are dated to about 42,000 years ago.
  • The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef, stretching over 2,300 kilometres. UNESCO listed it in 1981.
  • Canberra was founded after federation as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne, the two biggest cities, to host the national government.

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