Australian Study Council

Australia officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Capital is Canberra and the largest city is Sydney .It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The population of 22.8 million is heavily concentrated in the Eastern states and is highly urbanized. Australia is the world's smallest continent and the largest island. It is like nowhere else in the world. For details, please see (by clicking on the button) the six sections of Australia.