Australia Back round: Geographic Perspective

This is to give everyone more insight on Australia as a whole and its general make-up. First and foremost, Australia is divided into 6 states: New south Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, including 2 territories; the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.


It is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the world's smallest continent and numerous islands in the Southern, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The continent of Australia has been inhabited for over 40,000 years by Indigenous Australians. The current population of over 20 million is concentrated mainly in the large coastal cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The capital of Australia is Canberra.