Editing Australia

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| style="font-size: 11pt; background: #fcfcfc; text-align: center;" colspan=2 | '''Commonwealth of Australia'''
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| style="text-align: center;" width=50% | [[Image:Ausflag.png|125px]] || style="text-align: center;" width=50% | [[Image:AUSCOA.png|85px]]
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| style="border: 0px; text-align: center;" | <small>Flag</small> || style="border: 0px; text-align: center;" | <small>Coat of arms</small>
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| align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | '''Anthem'''<br>''God Save The Queen'' <small>(royal)</small><br>''Advance Australia Fair'' <small>(national)</small>
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| align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0em 0em 0.5em 0em; text-align: center; background: #fcfcfc;" | [[Image:Ausmap.png|200-px|center]]
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|'''Capital''' <br><br>'''Largest city'''
|Canberra<br>[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Australia&params=35_18_S_149_08_E_type:country(7741220) 35°18′S, 149°08′E]<br>Sydney
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|'''Official language(s)''' || English
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|'''Government'''<br><br>&nbsp;- Monarch<br>&nbsp;- Governor-General<br>&nbsp;- Prime Minister
|Parliamentary democracy<br><small>(federal constitutional monarchy)</small><br>Queen Elizabeth II<br>Michael Jeffery<br>[[Chris Marshall]]
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|'''Establishment'''<br>&nbsp;- New South Wales founded<br>&nbsp;- Constitution<br>&nbsp;- Statute of Westminster<br>&nbsp;- Australia Act<br>&nbsp;- Union formed
|<br>January 26, 1788<br>January 1, 1901<br>December 11, 1931<br>March 3, 1986<br>January 26, 1988
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|'''Area''' <br/>&nbsp;- Total<br><br/>&nbsp;- Water (%)
|<br>8,491,014 km²<br>3,278,385 sq mi<br>0.9
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|'''Population''' <br/>&nbsp;- July 2007 est.<br/>&nbsp;- Density<br/>&nbsp;
|<br>31,264,509<br>3.68 /km²<br>9.53 /sq mi
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|'''GDP''' (PPP) <br/>&nbsp;- Total<br/>&nbsp;- Per capita
|2007 estimate<br>$1.074 trillion<br>$34,359
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|'''GDP''' (nominal) <br/>&nbsp;- Total<br/>&nbsp;- Per capita
|2007 estimate<br>$1.330 trillion<br>$42,553
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|'''Gini''' || 35.2 (<span style="color:#fc0">medium</span>)
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|'''HDI''' || [[Image:Straight line steady.PNG|10px]] 0.962 (<span style="color:#090">high</span>)
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|'''Currency''' || Australian dollar (<code>AUD</code>)
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|'''Time zone''' <br> - Summer (DST)
|(UTC +8 to +12)<br>(UTC +9 to +13)
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|'''Internet TLD''' || .au
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|'''Calling code''' || +61
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Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy consisting of the following states and territories.

*States
**New South Wales
**Queensland
**Victoria
**Tasmania
**South Australia
**Western Australia
**Papua New Guinea (statehood in 1975)
**Fiji (statehood in 1988)
**Solomon Islands (statehood in 1988)
**New Zealand (statehood in 1988)
*Internal Territories
**Northern Territory
**Australian Capital Territory
**Jervis Bay Territory
*External Territories
**Ashmore and Cartier Islands 
**Australian Antarctic Territory 
**Norfolk Island 
**Christmas Island 
**Cocos (Keeling) Islands 
**Coral Sea Islands Territory 
**Heard and McDonald Islands 

[[Category:Australia| ]]
[[Category:Historic nations]]