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Australia is the only state of its kind, whose territories occupy an entire continent. It is the sixth largest country in the world in terms of the size of its territory.

So, the most interesting facts about Australia:

• The world's largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef, is located in the maritime domain of Australia. Its length is 2030 kilometers.

• Australia is home to the driest lake in the world, Lake Eyre. Imagine, there is no water in this lake at all! But there is a 4-meter layer of salt there.

• The largest sand island in the world is also located in Australia, its name is Fraser. On this island there is a record-breaking dune, its length is about 120 kilometers.

Rock - Stone Wave

• Australia shines with its records - the oldest rock on the planet with beautiful name- Stone Wave is also located here. It is located near the city of Petro. Scientists suggest that its age exceeds 3 billion years.

• Australia is famous for its geological records. Here in 1972, the largest diamond in the world was found - the Lady of Glengarry, weighing 1520 carats.

• Continuing the theme of Australian geology, the world's largest nickel and gold deposit is located here.

• In 1869, a gold nugget weighing almost 70 was found at this deposit. kilogram of pure gold ! Nakhodka was given suitable name- Desired Wanderer.

• Australia is both the name of a country and the name of a continent. So, the continent of Australia is the smallest continent on the planet.

• Australian agriculture is also not far behind in its records. With a population of 20 million people, more than 120 million sheep are raised here. That is, for each resident there are 6 sheep.

• Such an army of animals needs to graze somewhere, which is why Australia has the largest pasture in the world. Its area is approximately equal to the territory of Belgium.

• The mountains of Australia receive more snow than Switzerland.

• One of the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century is the Sydney Opera House. Located, as you may have guessed, in Sydney. This miracle of architecture and engineering was built in 1960; 1000 halls accommodate more than 5 thousand people.

Australia is a vibrant multicultural country with many different nationalities. It is the sixth largest country in the world by area, as well as the only country that is a continent. The country is located in the southern hemisphere and summer here lasts from December to February. I bring to your attention a selection of 10 unusual facts about this country, which are not known to everyone

1. The longest fence in the world
This special Dingo fence was built between 1880 and 1885 to prevent Dingoes from invading the fertile south-eastern part of the continent. In this way, it was possible to protect flocks of sheep in southern Queensland. This is the most long fence in the world, its length is 5614 kilometers. The fence has partially helped reduce the damage caused by wild dogs to livestock

2. The Flying Doctor service operates in Australia.
The Flying Doctor service provides urgent emergency care to residents of remote rural regions. This non-profit organization, providing care to people who cannot get to hospitals from remote areas. The flying doctor is one of the symbols of Australia and its culture

3. Australia is home to 100 million sheep
In 2000 there were about 120 million sheep, but drought and falling demand for wool have seen the number gradually fall to around 100 million today. Using simple calculations, it can be established that there are 5 times more sheep in Australia than people (20 million)

4. Why is Canberra the capital of Australia?
Many people think that the capital of Australia is Sydney. In fact, this is not so - as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra was chosen as the capital, located 248 kilometers from Sydney and 483 kilometers from Melbourne

5. Australia has the largest grassland in the world
Anna Creek Grassland in South Australia is the largest in the world, covering an area of ​​34,000 square kilometers. It is larger in area than the entire territory of Belgium. About 16,000 head of cattle can be grazed here without consequences. But due to drought, the number of animals has now decreased to 2,000

6. The Australian Alps get more snow than the Swiss Alps
The Australian Alps are part of a large watershed range in the eastern part of the continent that stretches 3,500 kilometers from north to south through Queensland, South Wales and Victoria. Every Winter the Australian Alps receives a large number of snowfall exceeding the snowfall in the Swiss Alps. Winter sports are very popular here

7. The largest reef on Earth
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef on the ground. It is also the largest organic formation on Earth, measuring 2,000 kilometers in length. The reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland. In fact, it is a continuous series of reefs separated from the mainland by a shallow lagoon. Read more about the Great Barrier Reef in a separate article on LifeGlobe

8. One of the most unusual opera houses in the world
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most prominent and recognizable opera houses in the world. It is one of the symbols of Sydney and Australia. The design and history of this structure are also amazing, you can read more about it in a separate article at the link above.

9. Australia is home to 160,000 prisoners
When Great Britain discovered the Australian continent, it was decided to use it as a detention center for thousands of criminals. About 160,000 Britons were sent here, many of them dying during the eight-month trip in the holds of the ships. Those who got here actually became the first inhabitants of the country. Currently, about 25% of Australians can believe that their ancestors were criminals

10. Australia owns the largest part of Antarctica
The Australian Antarctic Territory is part of Antarctica. It was claimed by Great Britain and transferred to Australian administration in 1933. It is the largest portion of Antarctica ever claimed by any nation, covering an area of ​​5.9 million square kilometers


This was a selection of 10 interesting and unusual facts about Australia, to be continued...

Australia is an amazing country. When it snows in much of the world, Australians bask on sunny beaches. The most unique and deadly animals live here, which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

The name Australia is from the Latin "Terra Australis Incognita", which means "Unknown" southern land"appeared during the reign of the Roman Empire.

Australia consists of 6 states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. In addition, there are two main mainland territories: the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, as well as a number of fairly independent islands.

The capital of Australia is Canberra, the most Big City domestically and the 8th largest in Australia.

1. Australia is the most big Island and the smallest continent in the world occupied entirely by a single state.


2. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth, the driest is Antarctica.

One third of Australia is desert, the rest is also quite arid.


3. The Australian Snowy Mountains receive more snow each year than the Swiss Alps.


4. Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.


5. 6 of the 10 most venomous snake species in the world live in Australia. The Australian fierce snake or coastal taipan is the most poisonous snake in the world. The poison from one bite can kill 100 people.


6. More than 750,000 wild dromedary camels roam the Australian deserts. This is one of the largest herds on Earth.


7. Kangaroos and emus were chosen as symbols of the Australian coat of arms because, unlike most animals, they are rarely seen moving backwards.


8. The longest living structure in the world, the Great Barrier Reef, is also located in Australia. Its length is 2600 km. By the way, the Great Barrier Reef even has its own mailbox.


9. Australia has 3.3 times more sheep than people.


10. The excrement of wombats, marsupials of Australia, is cube-shaped.


11. Kangaroo meat can be easily found in Australian supermarkets and restaurants. Here it is considered a healthy alternative to beef or lamb: the fat content in kangaroo meat does not exceed 1-2 percent.
12. Koalas and humans are the only animals in the world that have unique fingerprints. Koala fingerprints are almost impossible to distinguish from human fingerprints.


13. The most close-up view earthworms on the ground Megascolide australis reaches a length of 1.2 meters.


14. Population density in Australia is calculated in square kilometers per person, not in the number of people per person. square kilometer, as in other countries.

It has one of the lowest levels of population density in the world, which is 3 people per kW. km. Average density The world population is 45 people per kV. km.

More than 60% of its residents live in five cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.


15. Australia is home to a huge number of emigrants from all over the world. According to statistics, every fourth (more than 20 percent) resident of Australia was born outside of Australia.


16. Australia has been the homeland of the Aboriginal people for more than 40,000 years. They spoke more than 300 different languages.


17. Australians are the most gambling people in the world. More than 80 percent of the adult population gambles, and this is the most high level in the world.


18. The straightest road in the world runs through the Australian Naallarbor Plain: 146 kilometers without a single turn!


19. The air in Tasmania is considered the cleanest on the planet.


20. The longest wall in the world is not the Great Wall of China, but the so-called “Dog Fence”, which divides the Australian mainland into two parts, one of which is the habitat of wild dingo dogs. The fence was built primarily to protect southern Queensland grasslands from voracious dingoes. Its total length is 5614 kilometers.


21. Australians are required by law to vote in elections. An Australian citizen who fails to turn up to vote without a valid reason faces a fine.
22. Houses in Australia are poorly insulated from the cold, so winter months at temperatures below +15 degrees the rooms are quite cool. It is not surprising that the fashion for “ugg boots” - warm, soft and cozy shoes - came from Australia. Australians wear them right at home.
23. Australians almost never leave tips. Some, however, note that this has a negative impact on the quality of Australian service.
24. Australians sometimes call their English relatives with the word “pome” - an abbreviation for “Prisoners of Mother England”.
25. Canberra became the capital of Australia as a result of a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne: the Australians could not decide which of these cities to give the palm to, and eventually located the capital between two competing cities.

26. Although many indigenous Australians are descendants of prisoners, genetics do not indicate exemplary behavior.
27. The greatest football victory in history belongs to the Australian team, which beat American Samoa 31-0 in 2001.
28. In South Australia there is a farm called Anna Creek Cattle Station, which is larger in area than Belgium.
29. One of the most unusual opera houses in the world
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most prominent and recognizable opera houses in the world. It is one of the symbols of Sydney and Australia.


30. Australia owns the largest part of Antarctica
The Australian Antarctic Territory is part of Antarctica. It was claimed by Great Britain and transferred to Australian administration in 1933. It is the largest portion of Antarctica ever claimed by any nation, covering an area of ​​5.9 million square kilometers

1. Australia is the 6th largest country in the world, occupying an entire continent with an area of ​​about 7.6 million km 2.

2. 80% of the 24 million Australians live within 100 km of the coast.

3. More than 200 different languages ​​and dialects are spoken in Australia, 45 of which are Indigenous languages. The most common languages ​​besides English are Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Chinese.

Express information on the country

Australia(Federation of Australia) is a state in the Southern Hemisphere, located on the Australian mainland and the island of Tasmania.

Capital– Canberra

Largest cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide

Form of government- A constitutional monarchy

Territory– 7,692,024 km 2 (6th in the world)

Population– 24.8 million people. (52nd in the world)

Official language– Australian English

Religion– Christianity

HDI– 0.935 (2nd in the world)

GDP– $1.454 trillion (12th in the world)

Currency- Australian dollar

4. Australia has the highest proportion of migrants among developed countries. More than 25% of Australians were born in another country. In addition to indigenous peoples, migrants from 200 countries live here.

5. The country offers a unique ecosystem, including pristine rainforests, ancient cliffs and beautiful beaches.

Aerial view of Surfers Paradise Gold Coast, Queensland

6. There are 16 sites in Australia world heritage UNESCO, including historical villages, cities and landscapes.

7. Australia became the second country in the world after New Zealand to give women the right to vote (1902).

8. Canberra was created in 1908 as a compromise when Sydney and Melbourne could not agree on which of them would become the capital.

9. The largest farm (cattle station) in the world is located in South Australia. Anna Creek Station has an area of ​​more than 34 thousand km 2 - this is larger than the territory of Belgium (30.5 thousand km 2).

10. A Australians spend more money on gambling per capita than in any other country. 80% of adults in Australia gamble. Australia has 20% of all poker machines in the world.

11. Kangaroo meat can be bought in supermarkets, from butchers and ordered in restaurants. Kangaroo meat is seen as a healthier alternative to beef or lamb because... contains only 1-2% fat.

12. Despite the fact that many Australians love sports, the country is one of the leaders in obesity rates: 26% of citizens suffer from this disease. 63% of the population are overweight.

13. Australia has 60 wine regions. Australian wineries produce approximately 1.35 trillion bottles of wine per year.

14. In 2007, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized to Aboriginal people, a milestone in national reconciliation.

Yirrganydji Aboriginal people playing the didgeridoo in Queensland

15. Australians call the English Pome, which is an abbreviation for Prisoners of Mother England. Despite the country's history of colonization by convicts, the murder rate in Australia is 1.2 per 100 thousand people (compare with 6.3 per 100 thousand people in the United States).

16. Australia has the highest electricity prices in the world.

17. Before the arrival of humans, Australia was home to megafauna: there were 3m-tall kangaroos, 7m-long monitor lizards, ducks the size of horses and marsupial lions the size of leopards.

18. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on the planet. He has his own mailbox!

19. If you fold all the sails on the roof of the Opera House, you will get a perfect sphere. The architect was inspired by the sight of an orange.

20. Captain James Cook first landed on the east coast of Australia in 1770. In 1788, 11 British ships arrived on the continent to create a penal colony here. Just a few days after the raising of the British flag, two French ships arrived in Australia, but it was too late to lay claim to the territories.

The Chinese explored Australia long before the Europeans arrived. As early as the 1400s, sailors and fishermen sailed to Australia to collect sea cucumbers and trade with the indigenous peoples.

The first European to visit Australia in 1606 was the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon. Over the next hundred years, the country was visited by other Dutch explorers, who drew up a map and named it New Holland.

As incredible as the fact that humanity somehow managed to invent the selfie. And by the way, they did it in Australia...

1. The width of Australia is the same as the distance from London to Moscow.

2. In Australia there is Anna Creek Grassland. And it is larger in area than Belgium.

3. More than 85% of Australians live within 50 km of the coastline.

4. In 1880, Melbourne was the richest city in the world.

5. Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, earns a million dollars every half hour, $598 every second.

6. In 1892, a group of 200 Australians, dissatisfied with the local government, sailed to the shores of Paraguay and founded a colony there - New Australia.

7. The first photos from the moon landing in 1969 were transmitted to the world through an antenna tracking station in Honeysuckle Creek.

8. Australia became the second country in the world where women received the right to vote (the first was New Zealand).

9. About 70 visitors to the country overstay their visas every week.

10. In 1856, local masons decided to approve an 8-hour working day. Over time, this norm was recognized throughout the world.

11. Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke became famous during his student days by drinking 1.2 liters (2.5 pints) of beer in just 11 seconds.

Later, Bob jokingly suggested that it was this achievement that helped him achieve success in the political field.

12. The world's oldest fossil deposit was found in Australia 3.4 billion years ago.

13. Australia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world. While Britain has 248.25 people per square kilometer, Australia has only 2.66 people.

14. The first police forces in Australia were formed from the calmest prisoners.

15. In Australia, electricity prices are considered the highest in the world.

16. Millions of wild camels pose a huge challenge to Australia's ecosystem.

Therefore, a program is now being implemented on the continent to reduce their numbers.

17. Australian camels are imported into Saudi Arabia (mainly for slaughter).

18. Qantas Airlines once conducted an experiment and refueled an international flight with fuel made from recycled cooking oil.

19. Australians spend more on gambling than all other nationalities.

20. In 1832, 300 female prisoners turned their backs to the podium during a speech by the Governor of Tasmania and exposed their butts.

Everything happened so unexpectedly and looked so ridiculous that the intelligent ladies who arrived with the governor could not help but laugh.

21. Australia has the longest fence in the world. It is 5,614 km long and was built to keep dingoes out of the fertile land.

22. Australia was one of the founding countries of the United Nations.

23. Melbourne is considered the sports capital of the world. Various sports are developing here much more actively than in most other countries.

24. Before the advent of people, Australia was home to many unique giant animals.

Three-meter kangaroos, seven-meter monitor lizards, ducks the size of horses, and marsupial lions the size of leopards lived here.

25. Kangaroos and emus do not know how to reverse. This is partly why - thanks to their exceptional assertiveness - they were placed on the national emblem.

26. It’s embarrassing to say, but Australia is the only country that eats animals from its coat of arms.

27. It would take you over 27 years to visit all the beaches in Australia (assuming you visit one beach per day).

28. Melbourne has the most Greeks (except for Athens, of course).

29. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living formation on the planet.

30. And he even has his own mailbox.

31. The venom of a male platypus can kill a small dog.

32. A comical situation happened when the Australians first sent the platypus to England.

The British seriously thought that the inhabitants of Australia had sewn a duck beak on the rat, and could not understand why they did it.

33. Until 1902, swimming on the beach during the day was illegal.

34. Retired cavalryman Francis de Groux put on quite a show during the official opening of the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

As soon as the prime minister was about to ceremoniously cut the ribbon, de Groux jumped out in front of him on horseback and cut the ribbon with his sword. Of course, a new ribbon had to be tied. The cavalryman was taken to a psychiatric hospital, and later fined... the cost of the tape.

35. In Australia there are 3.3 times more sheep than people.

36. One day, Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim at Cheviot Beach. After that, no one saw him again.

37. The Australian anthem until 1984 was “God Save the King/Queen.”

38. A wombat’s butt is cube-shaped to make it easier for the animal to mark its territory.

39. European settlers in Australia drank far more alcohol per capita than any other part of the world in history.

40. More snow falls in the Australian Alps than in Switzerland.

41. At birth, the size of a baby kangaroo is no more than a centimeter.

42. Sir John Robertson, who became Prime Minister of New South Wales five times, began every morning by drinking 0.23 liters of rum.

43. Box jellyfish have killed more people in Australia than warts, sharks and crocodiles combined.

44. Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.

45. The average Australian drinks 96 liters of beer per year.

46. ​​63% of Australians are overweight.

47. Australia ranks second in the world on the Human Development Index.

48. In 2005, security guards at Parliament House in Canberra were banned from calling all visitors "mates". A day later the ban was lifted.

49. In Australia it is illegal to walk on the right side of a footpath.

50. Australia is the only continent on Earth that does not have active volcanoes.

51. Australian football was invented specifically to help cricketers stay in shape during the off-season.

52. Among the ancient aborigines, kaili called hunting sticks, similar in principle to boomerangs. Today Kylie is a fairly popular and common name.

53. 91% of the country's territory is covered with natural vegetation.

54. Australia's 31–0 victory over American Samoa was a record in the history of international matches.

55. Australia has 60 designated wine regions.

56. Over the past three years, Melbourne has been recognized as the most livable city three times.

57. If you connect all the sails of the Sydney Opera House, you will get a perfect sphere. This is because the architect was inspired to create the landmark by an orange.

58. Australia has 20% of all slot machines in the world.

59. And half of these same machines are installed in New South Wales.

60. The name of the largest festival held annually in Melbourne, Moomba, is translated from many Aboriginal languages ​​as “get your asses off.”

61. Not a single Australian animal - meaning the indigenous inhabitants of the continent - has hooves.

62. The performance performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the opening of the 2000 Olympics was actually a recording made by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Yes, yes, you understood correctly: the gala performance was accompanied by a soundtrack.

63. Wine barrels are an Australian invention.

64. Selfies, by the way, too;)

65. Durack is the largest constituency in Australia - larger in area than Mongolia.

66. The law requiring the installation of seat belts in cars was first passed in Victoria in 1970.

67. Every year the World Cockroach Racing Championships take place in Brisbane.

68. In 1932, the Australian Army declared war on the emu population in Western Australia. Surprisingly, they lost...

69. Canberra was created in 1908 as a compromise when both Sydney and Melbourne really wanted to become the capitals of the state.

70. A gay bar in Melbourne won the right to exclude women from its premises. The administration of the establishment motivated this by the fact that representatives of the fair sex cause discomfort to their visitors.

71. In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate bought almost every combination of numbers in a Virginia lottery drawing and won, turning $5 million spent into $27 million in winnings.

72. Eucalyptus oil is very flammable and eucalyptus trees can explode if ignited.

73. In 1975, Australia had problems with the government. It all ended with the dismissal of politicians and a complete renewal of government ranks.

74. A bearded Australian had to be removed from a darts competition in Britain after the stands began chanting “Jesus!” The screaming was very distracting for the participants.

75. There were cases when some Australians, having gone a little too far with opium, began to run through the fields, trampling mysterious circles in them.

76. Once an Australian tried to sell New Zealand on eBay.

77. In 1940, two planes collided in the skies over New South Wales. But instead of falling and crashing, the aircraft successfully connected and landed safely.

78. A male lyrebird can imitate the sounds of more than 20 species of birds. Not impressed? It can also chirp like a camera shutter, a chainsaw, or a car alarm. Now what do you say?

79. In the parking lots of some shopping centers and restaurants, classical music is played at night. This is how the owners “scare away” teenagers who like to hang out here at night.

80. Verbal Australian, British and American languages ​​are almost the same. But these same sign languages ​​have absolutely nothing in common.

81. In 1979, debris from the Skylab orbital station fell in Esperanza. The city subsequently fined NASA $400 for littering.

82. Since 1979, not a single person has died from spider bites in Australia.

83. There is a place in New South Wales where coal has been burning underground for 5.5 thousand years.

84. Due to the fact that the televised debates during the election campaign in Australia coincided with the final of the reality show MasterChef, they had to be postponed.

85. Chinese explorers traveled to Australia long before the Europeans. Already in 1400, sailors and fishermen came here to buy sea cucumbers and to trade.

86. The first European to visit Australia in 1606 was the Dane Willem Janszoon. In subsequent centuries, many more Danish explorers came here, creating maps and calling the continent “New Holland.”

87. Captain James Cook landed on the east coast of Australia in 1770.

In 1788, the British returned with eleven ships to establish a penal colony here. A few days later, a French ship also landed on the Australian coast. But alas, the French were too late to lay claim to Australia.