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[edit] Basic information

[edit] Demographic characteristics of Australia

  • Population: 21,262,641
  • Age/Gender Breakdown: 0-14 years 18.6% 15-64 years 67.9% 65 years and older 13.5%

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[edit] Geographic information

  • Total Land Mass: 7,686,850 sq km[2]
  • Climate: Most of Australia is Semiarid, except in the North where it is Tropical and in the South/East it is Temperate.[2]
  • Neighboring countries/bodies of water: Australia is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean.
  • Mountains/Rivers: Australia is made up of mostly low plateaus and desserts. In the South there is fertile plains. The lowest point in Australia is Lake Eyre at 15m and the highest point is Mt. Kosciuszko at 2,229m [2]
  • Largest Cities:
    1. Sydney population 4,394,567[2]
    2. Melbourne population 3,730,206[2]
    3. Perth population 1,446,704[2]
    4. Adelaide population 1,074,159[2]
    5. Brisbane population 958,504[2]
    6. Gold Coast population 527,660[2]
    7. Newcastle population 497,955[2]
    8. Canberra population 327,700[2]
    9. Wollongong population 260,914[2]
    10. Geelong population 160,991[2]
  • Religions: Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3%, Eastern Orthodox 2.7%, other Christian 7.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 11.3%, none 18.7%[3]
  • Ethnic Groups:
  • Language Spoken: English
  • Economic Development:
  - GDP 18th $35,900[2]
  - GDP per capita 16th $32,938[2]
  - Average annual income
  - Key industries
  - Key import/exports[2]

[edit] Health and education

  * Infant mortality rate 202nd 4.57 per 1,000 births[2]
  * Life expectancy 5th 81.2[2]
  * Literacy rates for males and females is 99%[2]
  * Average educational attainment

[edit] History

  - Modern form
  - colonialism
  - conquering
  - breakdown
  - revolution
  - civil war

[edit] Crime rates and public opinion

Crime in Australia is rather common. About 30.1% of people are a victim of some crime each year in Australia. The most common crimes in Australia are burglaries, car thefts, and rape. Australia is rated 1st in both burglaries and car thefts. They are rated 5th for rape crimes. There could be a problem with the rape numbers, because some people in other places may have not reported their rapes or sexual assaults. Also, Tasmania is one of the world's largest producers of opium products, however strict controls are held over this area. The homicide rate is 302 people per year.[4] [5] I have found this data at Nationmaster.com and www.aic.gov.au (which is the Australian governments judiciary web page.[2]

[edit] Basic Formations of the Legal System

The Australian government is a Jurisprudence very similar to those like the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Malaysia.[6] Austrialia was colonized by the British, and there for follows many of its government attributes. There are two major parties and several other minor parties in the Australian government called a Commonwealth Parliament. Each state and territory also has it own individual governments.[7]

[edit] Law Enforcement

[edit] Courts

[edit] Punishment

[edit] Family Law

[edit] Human Rights

[edit] References

  1. ↑ http://www.mongabag.com/igapo/world_statistics_by_area.htm
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/geography_of_australia
  3. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publication/the-world-factbook/geosas.html
  4. ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/country/as_australia/cri-crime
  5. ↑ http://www.aicgov.au/crime_types.aspx
  6. ↑ http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/legal_system.html
  7. ↑ http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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