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Australia is a continent, an island country and a nation all at the same time. It is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations.
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| Country name | conventional long form conventional short form | Commonwealth of Australia Australia |
| Nationality | noun adjective | Australian (singular), Australians (plural) Australian |
| Capital | name geographic coordinates daylight saving time note | Canberra 35 17 S, 149 08 E +1hr, begins last Sun in Oct; ends last Sun in March Australia is divided into three time zones |
| Currency | name code | Australian dollar AUD |
| Phone | international country code | 61 |
| Internet | country code | .au |
| Climate | generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north | |
| National holidays | Australia Day, 26 January (1788) ANZAC Day (commemorated as anniversary of 1915 landing of troops of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April | |
| 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 known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia’s internal and external territories; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars |
