AUSTRALIA

Name:	Australia (Commonwealth of Australia)
Status:	sovereign state
Surface:	7 686.9 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):	19 732 ths.
Capital:	Canberra
Official language:	English
Administrative divisions:	6 states, 2 territories

Current national symbols

Administrative divisions and regional symbols

Australian dependencies

Historical symbols:

British Australia (1788-1901)

Commonwealth of Australia (since 1901)

Australasia (United team of Australia and New Zealand at the Olympic Games 1908-1912)

Local, ethnic and separatist symbols

---