2. vibrant multicultural country the sixth largest country in the world Australia today is a vibrant multicultural country with people of British descent, as well as Aboriginal and immigrants from many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the sixth largest country in the world and the only country that is also a continent.

3. Dingo Fence - The World's Longest Fence The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence that was built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885, to keep dingoes out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland.

4. It is one of the longest structures in the world and is the world's longest fence (5,614 km ) Dingo

5. The Flying Doctor The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (The Flying Doctor) is an emergency and primary health care service for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia. It is a unique icon of Australian culture.

6. The Home to 100 Million Sheep In 2000 there were about 120 million sheep in Australia. Due to the effects of ongoing drought and lower demand for wool due to the wool stockpile, this figure has gradually fallen to the point where there is currently estimated 100 million sheep in Australia.

7. The Largest Organic Construction On The Earth Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world, also, it is the largest organic construction on the Earth. It stretches for 2,000 km in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

8. The Sydney’s Opera House The Sydney Opera House is the busiest performing arts centre in the world. Since its opening in 1973, it has brought countless hours of entertainment to millions of people and has continued to attract the best in world class talent year after year. Even today, many visitors are surprised to find that the Sydney Opera House is really a complex of theatres and halls all linked together beneath its famous shells.

9. The Largest Cattle Station in the World Cattle station is an Australian term for a large farm, whose main activity is the rearing of cattle

10. The Anna Creek cattle station in the South Australia is the largest working cattle station (ranch) in the world. It covers a huge area of some 34.000 sq km. This makes the station bigger than the country of Belgium.

11. Australia Was Home to 160,000 Prisoners When Britain discovered Australia, it was decided to use it as a place of imprisonment for thousands of convicts and political prisoners. About 160,000 of Britain's unwanted were shipped out there.

12. The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) Map of Antarctica indicating Australian territorial claim ( red area)