1. The width of Australia is the same as the distance from London to Moscow.
Width of Australia
2. In Australia there is a pasture of Anna Creek. And the area is larger than Belgium.
Pasture
3. More than 85% of Australians live within 50 km of the coast zone.
Coast
4. In 1880 Melbourne was the richest city in the world.
Melbourne
5. Australia’s richest woman, Gina Reinhart, earns one million dollars every half hour, at $ 598 every second.
Gina Reinhart
6. In 1892, a group of 200 Australians, dissatisfied with the local government, sailed to the shores of Paraguay and founded a colony there – New Australia.
People on the observation deck
7. The first photos from a landing on the Moon in 1969 to the world were transmitted through the antenna tracking station in Hannisakl Creek.
Satellite dish
8. Australia became the second country in the world where women received the right to vote (first – New Zealand).
Women vote
9. About 70 guests of the country are visa-denied on a weekly basis.
Visa
10. In 1856 local masons decided to approve an 8-hour working day. Over time, this norm was recognized throughout the world.
Bricklayers
11. Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke became famous when he was a student, having drunk 1.2 liters (2.5 pints) of beer in just 11 seconds.
Later Bob, joking, suggested that it was this achievement that helped him to succeed in the political arena.
Premier drinks
12. The world’s oldest deposit of fossils was found in Australia 3.4 billion years ago.
Excavator
13. Australia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world. While in Britain 248.25 people per square kilometer, in Australia – only 2.66 people.
People in the square
14. The first police detachments in Australia were formed from the most peaceful of prisoners.
Police Stripe
15. In Australia, electricity prices are considered to be the highest in the world.
A man in a helmet at the flap
16. Millions of wild camels represent a huge problem for the Australian ecosystem.
Therefore, now the continent is implementing a program to reduce their numbers.
Herd of camels
17. Australian camels are imported into Saudi Arabia (mainly for slaughter).
Camels eat
18. Once Qantas airlines conducted an experiment and refueled the international flight with fuel obtained from processed cooking oil.
Aircraft
19. Australians spend more on gambling for all other nationalities.
Four Aces
20. In 1832, 300 women prisoners during the speech of the Governor of Tasmania turned to the podium behind and denounced their fifth points.
Everything happened so unexpectedly and it looked so ridiculous that the intelligent ladies who came with the governor could not help laughing.
Women show their backs
21. Australia has the longest fence in the world. Its length is 5.614 km, and it was built in order not to let dingo dogs on the fertile land.
Fence in the desert
22. Australia was one of the founding countries of the United Nations.
The UN coat of arms
23. Melbourne is considered the sports capital of the world. Different kinds of sports develop here much more actively than in most other countries.
Athlete jumping
24. Before the appearance of people, Australia was home to many unique giant animals.
Here lived three-meter kangaroos, seven-meter-long lizards, ducks the size of a horse, marsupials the size of a leopard.
Varan
25. Kangaroo and emu do not know how to “back up”. Partly because of this – due to exceptional assertiveness – they were placed on the national coat of arms.
Coat of arms of Australia
26. It’s embarrassing to say, but Australia is the only country that eats animals from its coat of arms.
Kangaroos are fighting
27. In order to visit all the beaches of Australia, you will take more than 27 years (provided that you will visit the beach every day).
Beach
28. In Melbourne, most Greeks (except for Athens, of course).
Man with a Mandal
29. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living entity on the planet.
Corals under water
30. And he even has his own mailbox.
Vacationers are swimming over corals
31. The poison of the male platypus can kill a small dog.
Platypus
32. Comic situation happened when the Australians first sent the platypus to England.
The British seriously thought that the people of Australia sewed a rat with a duck beak, and could not understand why they did it.
Platypus on the grass
33. Until 1902, bathing on the beach during the day was illegal.
Woman with book on the beach
34. Retired cavalryman Francis de Groi arranged a real show during the official opening of the Harbor Bridge in Sydney.
As soon as the premier was going to solemnly cut the ribbon, de Gro raced out in front of him on a horse and cut the ribbon with his sword. Of course, the band had to tie a new one. The cavalryman was taken to a psychiatric hospital, and later fined at … the cost of the tape.
Bridge
35. In Australia, sheep are 3.3 times larger than humans.
Sheep on the grass
36. Once the country’s Prime Minister Harold Holt went to swim on the beach Cheviot. After that, no one else saw him.
Harold Holt
37. Anthem of Australia until 1984 was “God Save the King / Queen.”
Queen Elizabeth
38. The ass of the wombat is cubic in shape, so that it is more convenient for the animal to mark its territory.
Wombat
39. European settlers in Australia per capita drank much more alcohol than representatives of any other corners of the world in history.
The man at the bar
40. In the Australian Alps, snow falls more than in Switzerland.
Snow in the mountains
41. At birth, the size of the baby kangaroo is not more than a centimeter.
Kengurenok
42. Sir John Robertson, who became the Premier of New South Wales five times, every morning started by drinking 0.23 liters of rum.
Glass
43. Kubomeduzy in Australia killed more people than warts, sharks and crocodiles combined.
Kubomeduza
44. Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.
Tasmania
45. The average Australian drink 96 liters of beer per year.
Beer glasses
46. ??63% of Australians are overweight.
Fat girl
47. According to the Human Development Index, Australia ranks second in the world.
The rating is based on data on the projected life expectancy, income, education.
The formula of the index
48. In 2005, the House of Parliament guard in Canberra was banned from calling all visitors “buddies.” A day later the ban was lifted.
Houses of Parliament
49. In Australia, walks from the right side of the footpath are illegal.
Path in the park
50. Australia is the only continent on earth with no active volcanoes.
Volcano
51. Australian football was invented specifically so that cricket players could keep fit in the off-season.
Ball from the player
52. The ancient Kaili natives were called hunting sticks, similar in principle to boomerangs. Today, Kylie is quite a popular and common name.
A pair of boomerangs
53. 91% of the country’s territory is covered by natural vegetation.
Green spaces
54. The victory of Australian footballers over the team of American Samoa in the 31 – 0 has become a record for the entire history of international matches.
Soccer players on the field
55. There are 60 designated wine regions in Australia.
Map
56. Over the past three years, Melbourne has been recognized three times as the most livable city.
