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Australian Facts
By: Catherine Date: August 5, 2011, 7:50 am
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Weird facts about Australia!
One third of Australia is desert.
Australia has the lowest precipitation of the world’s inhabited
continents.
There are 1,500 species of Australian spiders.
Australia has over 6,000 species of flies, about 4,000 species
of ants, and about 350 species of termites.
Australia has the world’s largest population of wild single hump
camels.
There are more than 100 million sheep in Australia.
Australia only has 20 million people.
Australia has the world’s largest cattle ranch and at 30,028
square kilometers, it is almost the same size as Belgium.
90% of Australians live on the coast.
Australians from Queensland are called “banana benders.”
People from Western Australia are called “sand gropers.”
People from New South Wales are called “cockroaches.”
The Australian Alps, or Snowy Mountains as they are also known,
receive more snow than Switzerland.
Melbourne has the second largest Greek population in the world.
The roof of the Sydney Opera House weighs more than 161,000
tons.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic construction on
earth.
Yulara, the Aboriginal name of the Ayers Rock Resort, means
‘weeping.’ (Which, given their history with whites, is not
surprising!)
Kangaroo is Aborginee for, “I don’t understand what you’re
saying.”
Eric Bana is Australian.
So is the guy that plays Jason Stackhouse in True Blood.
Australia has the lowest population density in the world at two
people per square kilometer.
Australia’s coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometers and has
over 10,000 beaches.
Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent.
Australia produces 95 per cent of the world’s precious opals and
99 per cent of its black opals.
With 25.4 million heads of cattle, Australia is the world’s
largest exporter of beef.
There are an estimated 40 million kangaroos in Australia.
Kangaroo is delicious, just don’t overcook it!
Scientists think Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for
more than 50,000 years.
No one is really sure how Aborigines came to Australia. It was
most likely via boat from Indonesia.
Aborigines have no concept of time like in the West. There is
their “Dreamtime” and now. “Now” has sort of just always have
been.
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. The only
continent drier is Antarctica.
Australia was founded by English convicts.
Aborigines, the indigenous people, now only make up 1.5 % of the
population.
There are no Tasmanian full-blooded aboriginals left.
It used to be legal to hunt and kill Aborigines.
Sydney is the largest city with over 4 million people, while the
capital city of Canberra only has around 300,000.
Melbourne has the largest remaining tram public transport system
in the world.
Australia is three times larger than the largest island
(Greenland) in the world.
The first meeting of the Australian Labor Party was held under a
gum tree in Queensland.
Uluru (Ayers Rock) is over 8 kilometers in circumference.
Australians call the English ‘pommies’ from the initials POME on
convicts’ uniforms, which stood for “Prisoner of Mother
England.”
The name ‘Kylie’ is from the Aborigine word for boomerang.
Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared in 1967. No one really
knows what happened to him but most people think he drowned
while swimming.
The first Australian born governor general was Jewish.
So was the commander of Australian troops in World War One.
Out of the top 25 deadliest snakes in the world, 20 are found in
Australia.
The deadliest jellyfish in the world is found off the Australia
coast.
The Sydney Funnelweb spider is considered to be the world’s most
deadly spider. It can kill you in less than 2 hours. The only
animals without immunity to the Funnelweb’s venom are humans and
monkeys.
Vegemite is made from yeast extract and is common around
Australia.
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Re: Australian Facts
By: flabby-o Date: August 5, 2011, 9:59 pm
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I used to live with a couple of Kiwi’s in a ski town called
Rossland BC. A very popular ski destination with a large amount
of Aussies and Kiwi ski bums who spend the entire winter skiing
and partying. The towns motto is "Party and ski in Rossland
BC!!!"
Anyways...
The Kiwi’s used to eat Vegimite and toast every morning for
breakfast. I tried a bite of it once and could not believe how
utterly disgusting it tasted. An acquired taste it must be...
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Re: Australian Facts
By: Catherine Date: August 5, 2011, 11:04 pm
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when you eat it, you must start off with the tiniest of
smidges... not put it on like jam or peanut butter.... a tiny,
tiny bit.... THEN when you get the idea of its potency, you can
put a bit more on....lol
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Re: Australian Facts
By: Little-Darling Date: May 12, 2012, 11:04 pm
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you can add to that list...Western Australia has the most shark
attacks in the world... with death! :(
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