My Place Of Interest

Hi my place of interest is Australia.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern henmisphre comprising the mainland of the world's smallest comtinent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other island in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Pacific Ocean Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timer, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, andNew Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. For around 40,000 years before European settlement commenced in the late 18th century, the Australian mainland and Tasmania were inhabited by around 250 individual nations of indigenous Australia. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the immediate north, and European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal trasportation to the colony of New South Wales, founded on 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in the following years; the continent was explored, and during the 19th century another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since Federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth realm. The population is just over 21.3 million, with approximately 60% concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of sydney, Melbourne,Brisbane,Perth and Adelaide The nation's capital city is Canberra located in the Australian Capital Territory(ACT) Technologinally advanced and industrialised, Australia is prosperous mlticultural country and has good results in manyinternational comparisons of national performance such as health care, life expectancy, quality-of-life, human development, public education, economic freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights.