AUSTRALIA IS THE LARGEST INHABITED ISLAND AS WELL AS THE SMALLEST AND THE LEAST POPULATED CONTINENT OF THE WORLD.

The secret ballot box, which is so widely used in democracies these days, was first initiated

in Victoria, in the year 1856.

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is the longest coral reef in the world, measuring

over 2,012.5 km.

There is no place in Australia that has a distance of more than 1000 km from the sea.

Sydney’s Opera House was designed in 1957 by Jorn Utzon, a Danish architect. Its roof

weighs more than 161,000 tons.

Animal worldFairy Penguins live for an

average of seven years.

There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia and only around 20 million people.

The Emu is the world's third largest bird.

Dangerous animalsThe box jellyfish is responsible for more deaths in Australian than Snakes, Sharks and Salt Water Crocodiles.

The Irukandji jellyfish is only 2.5 centimetres in diameter, but can cause death to humans within days.

The venom of a stonefish can kill a

human in two hours.

The male platypus has venom strong enough to

can kill a small dog, or cause excruciating pain

among humans.

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