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Today I have put togethers some awesome facts about Australia. I created this post because Australia is such a weird and wonderful place.
Is it an Island, Continent, Country? Leave what you think in the comments below.
Facts
1. Over 200 different languages and dialects are spoken in Australia including 45 Indigenous languages. The most common non-English spoken languages are Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Mandarin.
2. Kangaroo meat can be purchased from the supermarket, butcher and available on restaurant menus as a leaner and healthier alternative to beef or lamb.
3. Australia is the sports capital of the world as it has 70 percent of the total population participating at least once a week in a particular active activities or sport
4. Australia was the second country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1902.
5. The biggest property in Australia is bigger than Belgium.
6. Each week at least 70 tourists overstay their visas as they want to stay in Australia.
7. Australia has 3.3x more sheep than people.
8. Australia is the only continent in the world without an active volcano.
9. 96% of the country is covered by native growth.
10. In 2005, security guards at Canberra’s Parliament House were banned from calling people ‘mate’. It only lasted one day.
“Visitors on Granite Island, South Australia, 1914” by State Library of South Australia is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Visitors on Granite Island, South Australia, 1914
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