The official name for Australia is Commonwealth of Australia. The capitol is Canberra. The population for Australia is 22,620,600 as of 2011. There are seven main cities and they are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Darwin.There government type is constitutional monarchy or Parliamentary system. This type of government is sometimes referred to as the Commonwealth Government or the federal government. Julia Gillard is the Prime minister of Australia.
Prior to the 1970's Australia would only trade with the European and North American markets. Now they also trade with the Asia pacific. This switch has made Australia one of the fastest advanced economies in the world. Australia has been in two wars in the last 50 years. the first one was the Vietnam war and the second one was The Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll. They fought in the Vietnam war for ten years (1962-1972) and 13 months (1990-1991) in the The Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll.
A few of the top ten vacation spots in Australia are Canberra and Kakadu National Park.
Canberra is a great place if you want to go sailing or fishing. Play cricket and football.Or go cycling. Its climate is perfect for all these activities. Kakadu National Park is a great vacation spot because of its red escarpment cliffs, waterfalls, long twisting rivers, stony plateaus, and huge galleries of Aboriginal rock art. Its rivers have freshwater fish. There are over 1,000 plant species, 300 types of birds, 75 species of reptiles, mammals, and countless insects.
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