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  2. Demographics of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Australia. The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,340,700 as of 8 August 2024. [ 10] Australia is the 56th [ 11] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is ...

  3. History of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples which now comprise the Commonwealth of Australia. The modern nation came into existence on 1 January 1901 as a federation of former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the first ancestors of Aboriginal Australians by sea from ...

  4. History of Australia (1788–1850) - Wikipedia

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    Australia portal. v. t. e. The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia 's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson on the lands of the Eora, and the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales as part of the British Empire.

  5. Territorial evolution of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Animated map of the territorial evolution of Australia. The first colonies of the British Empire on the continent of Australia were the penal colony of New South Wales, founded in 1788, and the Swan River Colony (later renamed Western Australia ), founded in 1829. Over the next few decades, the colonies of New Zealand, Queensland, South ...

  6. History of Australia (1851–1900) - Wikipedia

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    The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the people of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The gold rushes of the 1850s led to high immigration and a booming economy. Increasing prosperity and the growing number of free settlers and ...

  7. Demographics of Melbourne - Wikipedia

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    Chart of Melbourne's current and projected population growth. Melbourne is Australia 's second-most populous city and has a diverse and multicultural population. Melbourne dominated Australia's population growth for the 15th year in a row as of 2017, adding 125,424 people between 2016 and 2017, and boomed past 5 million people in 2019.

  8. Geography of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Exclusive economic zone. 8,148,250 km 2 (3,146,060 sq mi) The geography of Australia encompasses a wide variety of biogeographic regions being the world's smallest continent, while comprising the territory of the sixth-largest country in the world. The population of Australia is concentrated along the eastern and south-eastern coasts.

  9. Outline of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Outline of Australia. This outline of Australia is an overview of and topical guide to various aspects of the country of Australia: Australia refers to both the continent of Australia and to the Commonwealth of Australia, the sovereign country. The continent of Australia, the world's smallest continent, is in the Southern Hemisphere and borders ...