Australia is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. For at least 40,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was...

Policies and Government. Legislature: Parliament of Australia, including the Queen, the Senate and House of Representatives. The Queen is represented by the Governor General, who in practice exercises constitutional power only with the approval of the Prime Minister. Executive branch: the Federal...

Typicals Food Australia's cuisine reflects its multicultural historical past: the local cuisine of the Australian aborigines, called bush tucker or bushfood, the British and Irish cuisine of the first European settlers who came mainly from the British Isles, and the contributions of Asian cuisine...

Inventions. The polymer banknote was developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Organisation for Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Melbourne and was first broadcast in Australia in 1998. The vaccine against HPV (human papillomavirus) is a vaccine...