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rural area of Australia

Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Advance Australia Fair[N 1]
uppercase Canberra
35°18.48?S 149°7.47?E
Largest city Sydney
Official speech(s) None[N 2]
National language English (de facto)[N 2]
Demonym Australian, Aussie[3][4]
Government Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- monarch Elizabeth II
- Governor-General Quentin Bryce
- Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Legislature Parliament
- Upper house Senate
- lour house House of Representatives
Independence from the United Kingdom
- organisation 1 January 1901
- Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931
- Statute of Westminster bankers acceptance mould 9 October 1942 (with effect from 3 September 1939)
- Australia Act 3 March 1986
Area
- Total 7,617,930 km2 (6th)
2,941,299 sq mi
Population
- 2012 estimate 22,682,201[5] (52nd)
- 2011 nosecount 21,507,717[6]
- Density 2.8/km2 (233rd)
7.3/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate
- Total $914.482 billion[7] (18th)
- Per capita $40,234[7] (12th)
GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate
- Total $1.



488 trillion[7] (13th)
- Per capita $65,477[7] (6th)
Gini (2006) 30.5[8] (medium)
HDI (2011) growing 0.929[9] (very high) (2nd)
Currency Australian dollar (AUD)
Time zone various[N 3] (UTC+8 to +10.5)
- Summer (DST) various[N 3] (UTC+8 to +11.5)
Date formats dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the left
ISO 3166 code AU
meshing TLD .au
Calling code +61

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