Australia

Australia is a sovereign country located in the southern hemisphere, comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, and numerous islands. It is bordered by Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to its north; Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to its northeast; Fiji and Tonga to its east; French Polynesia and New Zealand to its southeast; Malaysia and Singapore to its south-west; Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos (across the South China Sea) as well as India & Sri Lanka (as part of Indian Ocean region) further away from it’s west coast. Australia has a population of more than 25 million people with majority living along coastal areas due increased economic opportunities.

The capital city of Australia is Canberra which also serves as main political centre for both federal government administration offices as well state legislative buildings. Other major cities are Sydney (largest), Melbourne (second largest), Brisbane , Adelaide , Perth – all four known together referred “capital cities” indicative their importance in terms regional economy development .
Australian culture draws influences from diverse sources: indigenous peoples who were original inhabitants continent before white settlement ; European colonists during colonization period between late 1700s 18th century onwards ; Americans later on through 20th centuries when USA become strong ally nation after World War II . Language spoken widely throughout country official national language English while other languages such Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Hindi Punjabi Tamil Malay Indonesian being used growing numbers particularly within inner urban centres large metropolitan regions such Greater Sydney Area Greater Melbourne Area etcetera .

The landscape varies significantly across states territories ranging deserts tropics rainforests snowfields mountains seacoasts rivers lakes forests plains grasslands sand dunes farmlands outback rural towns villages metropolises alike . A unique aspect about flora fauna this landmass though that vast majority species found here not anywhere else world making biodiversity one primary attractions tourists visiting Land Down Under each year . Finally due close proximity Asian Pacific countries there strong historical ties these nations many contemporary connections still be seen today both business travel related activities on regular basis proving how important role plays international community overall global stage modern day history economics affairs progress knowledge science technology arts literature recreation entertainment sports media tourism so forth ..