AUSTRALIA

Introduction.

Latitude: 28˚ 15’N 54˚ 30’ S

Longitude: 112˚09’E 109˚ 12’W

Area: 76, 86,850 sq.km

Population: 18, 7 million

Capital: Canberra.

Island Continence, Australia (dustralis), literally called southern continent, is the smallest of all the continents. Comprises Australia, New Zealand and other Islands. One of the most sparsely populated and urbanized nation.

PRINCIPAL STATES AND TERRITORIES

It is divided into six states and two centrally administered territories of which western Australia is the largest State while New South Wales is the Most populous. It also includes the island of Tasmania.

Western Australia, Northern territory, Queensland, south Australia, New south Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. 

Major physio graphic regions of austral is is - the great Dividing range,Central Lowlands and Western plateau.