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Facts & Figures
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| Population: 19.3 million and is growing at a rate of 6% annually |
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| Land and Climate: Australia
is the only country that occupies a complete continent. It is the sixth
largest country in the world, approximately the same size as the
continental U.S. It is the driest continent in the world; about one
third of the land is desert and another third is marginal. A long, low
mountain range follows the East Coast line with fertile slopes, and
plains are the location of the great wheat-producing areas of
Australia, with cattle stations reaching to the rim of the barren
interior desert. |
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| Education: There
are public and private schools at primary and secondary level,
government funded technical and vocational institutions at
post-secondary level, a unified national system of 36 universities
funded by the federal government, and 2 private universities. Students
are prepared through grade 12 in High School to be responsible so that
at university, they are on their own for academic success. |
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