Australia

	Commonwealth of Australia
Flag	Coat of arms
	Anthem; God Save The Queen (royal); Advance Australia Fair (national)
Capital ; ; Largest city	Canberra; 35°18′S, 149°08′E; Sydney
Official language(s)	English
Government; ; - Monarch; - Governor-General; - Prime Minister	Parliamentary democracy; (federal constitutional monarchy); Queen Elizabeth II; Michael Jeffery; Chris Marshall
Establishment; - New South Wales founded; - Constitution; - Statute of Westminster; - Australia Act; - Union formed	; January 26, 1788; January 1, 1901; December 11, 1931; March 3, 1986; January 26, 1988
Area ; - Total; ; - Water (%)	; 8,491,014 km²; 3,278,385 sq mi; 0.9
Population ; - July 2007 est.; - Density;	; 31,264,509; 3.68 /km²; 9.53 /sq mi
GDP (PPP) ; - Total; - Per capita	2007 estimate; $1.074 trillion; $34,359
GDP (nominal) ; - Total; - Per capita	2007 estimate; $1.330 trillion; $42,553
Gini	35.2 (medium)
HDI	0.962 (high)
Currency	Australian dollar (AUD)
Time zone ; - Summer (DST)	(UTC +8 to +12); (UTC +9 to +13)
Internet TLD	.au
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

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Commonwealth of Australia


Flag	Coat of arms

Anthem God Save The Queen (royal) Advance Australia Fair (national)



Capital Largest city	Canberra 35°18′S, 149°08′E Sydney

Official language(s)	English

Government - Monarch - Governor-General - Prime Minister	Parliamentary democracy (federal constitutional monarchy) Queen Elizabeth II Michael Jeffery Chris Marshall

Establishment - New South Wales founded - Constitution - Statute of Westminster - Australia Act - Union formed	January 26, 1788 January 1, 1901 December 11, 1931 March 3, 1986 January 26, 1988

Area - Total - Water (%)	8,491,014 km² 3,278,385 sq mi 0.9

Population - July 2007 est. - Density	31,264,509 3.68 /km² 9.53 /sq mi

GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita	2007 estimate $1.074 trillion $34,359

GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita	2007 estimate $1.330 trillion $42,553

Gini	35.2 (medium)

HDI	0.962 (high)

Currency	Australian dollar (`AUD`)

Time zone - Summer (DST)	(UTC +8 to +12) (UTC +9 to +13)

Internet TLD	.au

Calling code	+61