What do you know about Australia?

Hello!

Today I want to share with you some interesting facts which I have read about Australia. First of all, you have to know that Australia is a huge country which could englobe majority of the European countries and many others, as you can see on the picture below.

 However, the largest central part of the continent is unpopulated. Most of people live on the coasts. Total population of Australia is 23 million people and about 15 million live in the metropolitan areas. Some people are even saying that there are much more kangaroos than people :)

The society of Australia is multicultural but the ethnic people who have lived there from fifty thousand years are Aboriginal Australians. It is the oldest living culture in the world and until 60’s of the last century they were considered as a “part of fauna and flora”. During the period of colonization, thousands of Aboriginal Australians died because of the unknown so far diseases such as flu. The Others were murdered by the colonists. In the 2007 the Prime Minister of Australia apologized them for crimes of a “stolen generations” – the children from the interracial relationships which were stolen and given to a “white family” to provide them a better future.

Australia is also known as a country of innovations. Did you know that Australian people invented Wi-Fi or flight recorder. Commonly known “selfie” is their product too. This word appeared because they like to make words shorter. The other common abbreviations are: “BARBIE” which refers not only to a doll but also to barbecue, “ROO” which refers to a kangaroo, “ARVO” which means “afternoon” or “AUSSIE” which is used to denominate an Australian.

Finally, you have to know that in Australia there are many dangerous species of animals such as box jellyfish, sharks, snakes, redback spider and many others creatures which really like to sneak home.

I hope that some of this information will be useful. Have a nice week! :)