Part of | MIKTA, Australia and New Zealand, Australasia, Commonwealth of Nations  |
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Inception | 1 January 1901  |
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Name | ꠅꠡ꠆ꠐꠦꠟꠤꠀ  |
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Official name | Commonwealth of Australia  |
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Native label | Australia  |
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Short name | AUS  |
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IPA transcription | ɐfˈstralʲɪjə, a.uˈstra.li.ja, əsˈtreɪljə, ɒˈstreɪlɪə  |
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Archives at | National Archives of Australia  |
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Named after | Terra Australis  |
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Official language | Australian English, Auslan  |
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Anthem | Advance Australia Fair  |
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Culture | culture of Australia  |
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Motto text | There's NOTHING like Australia  |
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Continent | Oceania  |
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Country | Australia  |
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Capital | Canberra  |
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Located in/on physical feature | Tasmania, mainland Australia  |
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Coordinate location | 25°0′0″S 133°0′0″E  |
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Coordinates of easternmost point | 28°38′15″S 153°38′14″E  |
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Coordinates of northernmost point | 10°41′14″S 142°31′53″E  |
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Coordinates of southernmost point | 43°38′40″S 146°49′30″E  |
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Coordinates of westernmost point | 26°9′5″S 113°9′18″E  |
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Highest point | Mawson Peak  |
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Lowest point | Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre  |
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Basic form of government | parliamentary monarchy, constitutional monarchy, federation  |
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Office held by head of state | monarch of Australia  |
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Head of state | Charles III of the United Kingdom  |
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Office held by head of government | Prime Minister of Australia  |
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Head of government | Anthony Albanese  |
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Executive body | Australian Government  |
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Legislative body | Parliament of Australia  |
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Highest judicial authority | High Court of Australia  |
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Central bank | Reserve Bank of Australia  |
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Located in time zone | UTC+10:00  |
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Currency | Australian dollar  |
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Shares border with | Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, East Timor  |
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Studied by | Australian studies  |
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Foundational text | Constitution of Australia  |
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Driving side | left  |
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Electrical plug type | AS/NZS 3112  |
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Follows | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  |
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Significant event | Statute of Westminster 1931  |
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Official website | https://www.australia.gov.au/  |
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External data available at URL | https://data.gov.au/  |
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Hashtag | Australia  |
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Top-level Internet domain | .au  |
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Main regulatory text | Constitution of Australia  |
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Flag | flag of Australia  |
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Coat of arms | coat of arms of Australia  |
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Has seal, badge, or sigil | Great Seal of Australia  |
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Official symbol | Acacia pycnantha, opal  |
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Has characteristic | free country  |
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Geography of topic | geography of Australia  |
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History of topic | history of Australia  |
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Railway traffic side | left  |
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Official color | green, gold  |
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Open data portal | data.gov.au  |
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Economy of topic | economy of Australia  |
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Demographics of topic | demographics of Australia  |
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WordLift URL | https://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/australia.html  |
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Mastodon instance URL | https://theblower.au, https://social.chinwag.org, https://mastodon.au  |
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Mobile country code | 505  |
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Country calling code | +61  |
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Trunk prefix | 0  |
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Emergency phone number | 000  |
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GS1 country code | 930-939  |
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Licence plate code | AUS  |
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Maritime identification digits | 503  |
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NCI Thesaurus ID | C16311  |
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Stack Exchange tag | https://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/Australia  |
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Unicode character | 🇦🇺  |
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Category for maps | Category:Maps of Australia  |
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