GENERAL, COUNTRY.

The Commonwealth of Australia is a sovereign state in Oceania, whose form of government is federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy .

Australia is one of the 14 independent countries of Oceania and is the world's sixth largest. Surrounded by the Indian, Pacific and Antarctic Glacial, is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas.

English is the official language and is written in a variant known as Australian English and spoken. According to the 2001 census, English is the only language spoken in the home for about 80% of the population.

Australia has no state religion. In the 2001 census, 68% of Australians identified themselves as Christians, 41% is Protestant (Anglican 21%), 27% was Roman Catholic.

School attendance is compulsory from 6 to at least 15 years throughout Australia (up to 16 in South Australia and Tasmania, and to 17 in Western Australia), contributing to the level of literacy in the adult population is 99 % approximately.

Australia's cuisine reflects its multicultural historical past: the native cuisine of the Australian aborigines, called bush tucker or bushfood, British and Irish cuisine of the first European settlers came mainly from the British Isles, and the contributions of Asian cuisine and Mediterranean brought by immigrants after World War II.

Sport, backed by a warm climate that favors outdoor activities, plays an important role in Australian culture. 23.5% of Australians over the age of 15 regularly participate in organized sports activities.

Kangaroos are found mainly in Oceania... Popularly kangaroo is known as Australia's most representative animal.

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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 05.04.2014

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This book is dedicated to our English teacher CONSTANCE P. first half that put us through this as her final work not only reinforce the knowledge and language but also in the management of tic. To our parents for giving us the opportunity to study at this University - Konrad Lorenz-