Description
National Geographic welcomes you to Australia, the one country that is also a continent:
• Australia’s landscape varies from endless sun-baked horizons to dense tropical rainforest to chilly southern beaches.
• The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy and has a parliamentary system of presidency.
• Australia’s population has quadrupled since WWI, with such a lot Australians descended from immigrants, the bulk from Great Britain and Ireland.
• The indigenous population may be increasing, and perceived racial inequality is an ongoing political problem.
• With a robust across the world competitive economy, long-term concerns include pollution, specifically depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.
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