...is the world's sixth largest country and its largest island.
...is 32 times larger than the United Kingdom, but contains only a third of the population.
...is the world's only island that is also a continent and its only continent that is also a country.
...is the only nation that began as a prison.
...is the home of the largest living thing on Earth, the Great Barrier Reef.
...is the flattest and driest inhabited continent on Earth.
...is one of the world's most urbanised countries, with about 70 per cent of the population living in the 10 largest cities.
...has a population that only 73% of is Australian-born, with the remaining residents hailing from countries like the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Italy.
