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Australia
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Aus·tra·lia  (ô-strly)
1. The world's smallest continent, southeast of Asia between the Pacific and Indian oceans.
2. A commonwealth comprising the continent of Australia, the island state of Tasmania, two external territories, and several dependencies. The first British settlement, a penal colony at Port Jackson (now part of Sydney), was established in 1788. The present-day states grew as separate colonies; six of them formed a federation in 1901. In 1911 Northern Territory joined the commonwealth and the Capital Territory, site of Canberra, was created. Canberra is the capital and Sydney is the largest city. Population: 20,400,000.
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Australia

Australia [ɒˈstreɪlɪə]
n
(Placename) a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop.: 19 358 000 (2001 est.). Area: 7 682 300 sq. km (2 966 150 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continentAustralia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
walkabout - nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
boomerang, throw stick, throwing stick - a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
lagerphone - an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground
swag - a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
tucker-bag - a bag used for carrying food; "the swagman filled his tuckerbag"
Aboriginal Australian, Australian - the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines
plonk - a cheap wine of inferior quality
British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations - an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
Australian capital, Canberra, capital of Australia - the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia
Australian state - one of the several states constituting Australia
Queensland - a state in northeastern Australia
New South Wales - an Australian state in southeastern Australia
Victoria - a state in southeastern Australia
Tasmania - an Australian state on the island of Tasmania
South Australia - a state in south central Australia
Western Australia - a state containing the western third of Australia
Northern Territory - a territory in north central Australia
Norfolk Island - an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony
Nullarbor Plain - a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center
British Empire - a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand; "the sun never sets on the British Empire"
Gibson Desert - a desert area in western Australia
Great Sandy Desert - a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert
Great Victoria Desert - a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain
Simpson Desert - a desert region of central Australia
Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Australian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range
billabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
Cape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland
Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea
Eyre, Lake Eyre - a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
Eyre Peninsula - a peninsula of southern Australia
Great Australian Bight - a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms
Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia
Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
Carpentaria, Gulf of Carpentaria - a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia
Murray River, Murray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River - a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River
Namoi, Namoi River - a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River
Aussie, Australian - a native or inhabitant of Australia
2.Australia - the smallest continentAustralia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
eastern hemisphere, orient - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
southern hemisphere - the hemisphere to the south of the equator
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Tasmania - an island off the southeastern coast of Australia
Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert - general name given to all desert areas in Australia
Australian Alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range
Cape York - the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland
Cape York Peninsula - a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea
Darling River, Darling - an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River
Eyre, Lake Eyre - a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
Eyre Peninsula - a peninsula of southern Australia
Great Australian Bight - a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms
Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia
Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
Moreton Bay - an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane
Murray River, Murray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River - a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River
Translations
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