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Did you know, Australia is simultaneously the world's largest island and smalles
t continent? Located in the Southern Hemisphere (in case you hadn't already worked that out!) it's known for a lot of sunshine and a lot of open spaces.
Australia is home to around 21 million people (plus you!), in six states:
And two territories:
If you'd like to know more about the demographics of Australia, try the Australian Bureau of Statistics (which is where the above number is from, in case the link didn't give it away for you).
Other preliminary things you might find handy includes info about the weather in Australia and Australian time and date data (remembering, of course, that Australia has four time zones in non-daylight savings time, and five during daylight savings!).
Although you're moving to Australia and aren't a tourist, it never hurts to check out some tourism information about where you're going to move, because they'll always sell you the best your destination has to offer.offer... and gosh knows, once you've moved everyone from home will be wanting to visit! Try Tourism Australia for some information about Australia as a whole, but don't forget to look at the Lonely Planet website and consider buying the guide for your city of choice and take a peak at the tourism sites for the state or territory you're moving to.
t continent? Located in the Southern Hemisphere (in case you hadn't already worked that out!) it's known for a lot of sunshine and a lot of open spaces. Australia is home to around 21 million people (plus you!), in six states:
1. New South Wales (capital city: Sydney)
2. Victoria (capital city: Melbourne)
3. South Australia (capital city: Adelaide)
4. Western Australia (capital city: Perth)
5. Queensland (capital city: Brisbane)
6. Tasmania (capital city: Hobart)
And two territories:
1. Northern Territory (capital city: Darwin)
2. Australia's Capital Territory (sorry, they ran out of ideas for names by the time this one was created. Capital city: Canberra).
If you'd like to know more about the demographics of Australia, try the Australian Bureau of Statistics (which is where the above number is from, in case the link didn't give it away for you).
Other preliminary things you might find handy includes info about the weather in Australia and Australian time and date data (remembering, of course, that Australia has four time zones in non-daylight savings time, and five during daylight savings!).
Although you're moving to Australia and aren't a tourist, it never hurts to check out some tourism information about where you're going to move, because they'll always sell you the best your destination has to offer.offer... and gosh knows, once you've moved everyone from home will be wanting to visit! Try Tourism Australia for some information about Australia as a whole, but don't forget to look at the Lonely Planet website and consider buying the guide for your city of choice and take a peak at the tourism sites for the state or territory you're moving to.
