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I love to receive these "Greetings from" cards and this one is not a surprise as it is the Australian one and I sent it to myself..as I collect these and love the various countries statistics.just had to have an Australian card..
AUSTRALIA. " Greetings from" FACTS & FIGURES.: Located in OCEANIA..
AREA.: 7,692,024 KM2. with a POPULATION of 23,775,400,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: The Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders have been living in Australia for more than 40,000 years and are believed to be the oldest inhabitants in the world.
THE CAPITAL CITY is Canberra.
AUSTRALIA: is made up of five States and two Territories. WA, SA, NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD, NT, ACT.
The DINGO FENCE: Stretches from The Great Australian Bight in South Australia to central Queensland is the longest fence in the world and is 5530 kilometers long and is about twice as long as The Great Wall of China.
MOUNT KOSCIUSKO: has a height of 2228 Meters is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland
UNIQUE ANIMALS.:More than 80 % of plants Mammals , Reptiles and Frogs are unique to Australia and are not found anywhere else and some of the best known are Kangaroos,Wallabies,Wombats, Koala Bears, Dingoes, Platypus and Echidnas.Bilby's Numbats,Wokkas,Tree Kangaroos ,and amazing Birds and Parrots
FAMOUS AUSTRALIANS are :Dame Nellie Melba , Hugh Jackman , Kylie Minogue , Lleyton Hewitt.
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is the largest organic structure on earth composed of over 2900 individual reefs and over 900 Islands stretching for over 2300 kilometers.
COAT OF ARMS : Australia's Coat of Arms has a Kangaroo and an Emu on either side of a shield showing the flags of all states. The Motto is "ADVANCE AUSTRALIA" The Kangaroo and the Emu have their place there as neither can walk backwards.
AUSTRALIA: contains 5,200 POSTCROSSING members of which I am one.
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