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Organisation for economic cooperation and development oecd. Dominant groups analysis of the proficiency in english data of the population in the australia in 2016 compared to greater capital cities shows that there was a higher proportion of people who spoke english only, and a lower proportion of people who spoke another language and. Western australia, which was founded in 1830 by free immigrants, added convicts to its population by its own choice from 1850 to 1868. In 1829, 19 counties around sydney in the southeast, comprising 8.
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Country information reports are prepared by the department of foreign affairs and trade. Library of congress federal research division country profile. Australia oceania australia the world factbook central. Papua new guinea to the north and new zealand to the east are australias closest neighbours. The document must be attributed as the australia country education profile. Feel the sand between your toes and get as close to nature as you can. Civil liberties in australia are constantly under threat as indicated by material set out in this chapter. Isbn 9781760282905 pdf isbn 9781760282912 docx with the exception of the commonwealth coat of arms, the departments logo, any material protected by. The who country health profile of australia provides key statistics and links to health topical databases, plus news, features and bulletin journal articles on the health issues of the country. Overview australia, rich in hydrocarbons and uranium resources, was the worlds largest coal exporter in 2015 and the secondlargest liquefied natural gas lng exporter in 2015. Although it is a large country, its topography is not too varied, and most of it consists of low desert plateau. Australia the human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. The bric countries brazil, russia, india and china, generally regarded as the four major emerging economies expected to dominate in the 21st century, are all. The term australia is derived from terra australis, the name given to a southern landmass whose existence geographers deduced before it was discovered.
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