Australian Facts
General Information
- The capital of Australia is Canberra
- The population of Australia in 1992 was 17,562,000
- Life expectancy for men is 75 years
- Life expectancy for women is 80 years
Australian Geography
- The lowest annual rainfall occurs at Lake Eyre in South Australia,
with an annual mean precipitation of about 100mm.
- The highest annual rainfall occurs at Tully in Queensland,
with an annual mean precipitation of 4400mm.
- The lowest overnight ground temperatures recorded in Australia
were at Canberra with -15.1 degrees, and Stanthorpe in Queensland
with -11.0 degrees.
- The foggiest capital city in Australia is Canberra with an
annual average of 47 fog days, Brisbane with 20 days, and Darwin
with 2 days.
- Melville Island (5698km square), near Darwin, is the largest
Island in Australian Waters (apart from Tasmania).
- The highest point in Australia is the top of Mt Kosciusko
in New South Wales (2230 metres).
- The lowest point in Australia is 15 metres below sea level
at Lake Eyre in South Australia.
- The largest lakes in Australia include Lake Eyre (9500km2),
Lake Torrens (5900km2) and Lake Gairdner (4300km2) which are
all in South Australia.
- The largest artificial lake in Australia is Lake Argyle (700km2)
which is in Western Australia.
- The Deepest lake in Australia is Lake St Clair.
- The Murray River is the longest river in Australia at 2520km,
combining with the Darling and Upper Darling Rivers to form
the Murray-Darling basin. The Murray Darling extends over 15%
of the continent, and serving 4 States and the ACT with water.
The Murray also supports about 1/3 of Australia's agricultural
production, supports 50% of Australia's sheep and croplands,
and 25% of beef and dairy herds, contains about 62% of the country's
irrigated land and supplies 50% of South Australia's water.
- The continental shelf below Australia varies in width between
30km and 240km.
Australia is the Worlds Largest Exporter of:
- Coal
- Wool
- Alumina
- Diamonds
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- Sheep
- Lead
- Refined zinc ores
- Mineral sands
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Other Exports Include:
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- Beef
- Mutton
- Cereals
- Iron Ore
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Principal Trading Partners Include:
Japan, USA and EC member states
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