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澳大利亚英文介绍
Australia: An introduction
In land area, Australia is the sixth largest nation after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil. It has, however, a relatively small population.
Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. The mainland is the largest island and the smallest, flattest continent on Earth. It lies between 10° and 39° South latitude.
The highest point on the mainland, Mount Kosciuszko, is only 2228 metres. Apart from Antarctica, Australia is the driest continent.
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. Its interior has one of the lowest rainfalls in the world and about three-quarters of the land is arid or semi-arid. Its fertile areas are well-watered, however, and these are used very effectively to help feed the world. Sheep and cattle graze in dry country, but care must be taken with the soil. Some grazing land became desert when the long cycles that influence rainfall in Australia turned to drought.
The Australian federation consists of six States and two Territories. Most inland borders follow lines of longitude and latitude. The largest State, Western Australia, is about the same size as Western Europe.
Natural environment
Australia has a remarkable diversity of life forms seen nowhere else in the world. Australian plants and animals evolved in isolation from other parts of the world. When the super-continent of Gondwanaland split up about 160 million years ago, Australia joined Antarctica and drifted towards the South Pole, where glaciers formed a barrier between it and other land masses.
Over the past 45 million years, Australia has moved away from Antarctica towards the equator and become warmer and more arid. About 35 million years ago, eucalypts began to displace the dense forests of the cool, damp Tertiary era.
Today Australian eucalypts account for more than half of all eucalypts found throughout the world.
The marsupials native to Australia have a different chromosome structure than mammals in other parts of the world. Typically, they suckle their young in a pouch.
Like the eucalypts, marsupials occupied a wide range of ecological niches in Australia. The first kangaroo marsupials seem to have appeared about 15 million years ago. They vary enormously in size and adaptation. A species of tropical kangaroo lives in trees, but most kangaroos are tough, efficient users of dry bush.
As the world climate warmed and glaciers melted, oceans gradually rose to their current level and the land bridges to New Guinea and Tasmania were cut. Corals colonised a flooded coastal plain, forming the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland.
Ancient plants still grow in the wild. Large ’Antarctic’ tree ferns are common in damp, shaded gullies on the south sides of ridges. Cycad palms form an understorey to tall, silvery spotted gums (eucalypts) along the south-east coast. Rare relics from earlier geological eras are found in small, special habitats, such as desert canyons.
Pressure on native habitats from agriculture and introduced pests like the fox and rabbit have resulted in extinctions of some native species in the past 200 years. Australia now has a strong scientific and legal framework to deal with these issues. Australians care about their unique environment.
History
More than 60 000 years before the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples inhabited most areas of the Australian European settlement in 1788. However, there were an estimated 300 000 Indigenous Australians living on the continent.
Until recently, Western historians focused on early European contact with the Australian continent during the 16th and 17th centuries.
In recent years this approach has been balanced by the recognition that Asian and Oceanic explorers and traders had contact with Indigenous Australian people long before the European expansion into the eastern hemisphere.
After the American War of Independence, Britain looked to establish new penal settlements to replace the north Atlantic colonies. The First Fleet of 11 ships with 1500 aboard, half of them convicts, arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. Sydney grew from that first British penal settlement.
Transportation of British convicts to New South Wales ceased in 1840, but continued to Western Australia until 1868. About 160 000 convicts arrived over 80 years. That compares with free settler arrivals as high as 50 000 a year.
During the 1850s, settlement was boosted by gold rushes. Scarcity of labour, the vastness of the bush, and new wealth based on farming, mining and trade all contributed to the development of uniquely Australian social institutions and sensibilities.
In 1901 the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia. As in Canada, the British monarch remains the monarch of Australia, which is now an independent, democratic nation with a tradition of religious tolerance and free speech.
Immigration
Australia’s culturally diverse society includes its Indigenous peoples and settlers from countries all around the world.
Immigration is an important feature of Australian society. Since 1945, over six million people from 200 countries have come to Australia as new settlers. Migrants have made a major contribution to shaping modern Australia. People born overseas make up almost one quarter of the total population.
The federal government sets immigration intake numbers on a yearly basis. Australia’s immigration policies are non-discriminatory and all applicants to migrate must meet the same selection criteria.
Area and population of Australian States and Territories
State/Territory
Area in square kilometres
(mainland only)
Population *
State/Terr.
Capital
Queensland
1 723 936
3.64m
Brisbane (1.65m)
New South Wales
800 628
6.61m
Sydney (4.15m)
Australian Capital Territory (Jervis Bay Territory)
2 358
(72)
0.32m
Canberra (0.32m)
Victoria
227 010
4.82m
Melbourne (3.49m)
Tasmania
64 519
0.47m
Hobart (0.20m)
South Australia
978 810
1.51m
Adelaide (1.11m)
Western Australia
2 526 786
1.90m
Perth
(1.38m)
Northern Territory
1 335 742
0.20m
Darwin (0.11m)
AUSTRALIA
7 659 861
19.47m
12.41m
Sources: area—Auslig; population—Australian Bureau of Statistics
* Estimated resident population as at 30 June 2001.
Economy
Australia has had one of the most outstanding economies of the world in recent years. As a high-growth, low-inflation, low interest rate economy, it is more vibrant than ever before. There is an efficient government sector, a flexible labour market and a very competitive business sector.
With its abundant physical resources, Australia has enjoyed a high standard of living since the nineteenth century. It has made a comparatively large investment in social infrastructure, including education, training, health and transport.
The Australian workforce has seen many improvements over the last decade, leading to the surge in productivity in the 1990s. The complex and centralised award based industrial relations system has given way to a more decentralised one with many employees working under workplace agreements tailored to meet enterprise needs.
Further information
Australian Biodiversity www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au
National Library of Australia www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs www.immi.gov.au
The Australian Government Treasury www.treasury.gov.au
Further information about other aspects of contemporary Australia
澳大利亚英语简介
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world’s smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east.
For around 40,000 years before European settlement commenced in the late 18th century, the Australian mainland and Tasmania were inhabited by around 250 individual nations the eastern half of Australia was claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, founded on 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in the following years; the continent was explored, and during the 19th century another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since Federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth realm. The population is just over 21.7 million, with approximately 60% concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. The nation’s capital city is Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Technologically advanced and industrialised, Australia is a prosperous multicultural country and has excellent results in many international comparisons of national performance such as health care, life expectancy, quality-of-life, human development, public education, economic freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights. Australian cities also routinely rank among the world´s highest in terms of livability, cultural offerings, and quality of life. It is a member of the United Nations, G-20 major economies, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, OECD, and the WTO.
澳大利亚，全名澳大利亚联邦（英文：Commonwealth of Australia），是全球地理面积第六大国家、大洋洲最大国家。其国境东南邻近新西兰，西北邻近印度尼西亚，北边靠近巴布亚新几内亚、西巴布亚和东帝汶。
“澳大利亚”一词源于拉丁语“未知的南方大陆”（terra australis incognita）。其所在的地理学位置通常称作澳大利亚大陆，是地球上最小的大陆板块。其人民平均拥有国土面积乃世界最广国家之一，经济成就亦属世界高度发达国家。国民生活水平很高，经济的主要重点是高效率的能源和畜牧业。
澳大利亚有多样的自然景观，包括迷人的热带雨林、别称“红色中央”的干燥贫瘠的沙漠，白雪皑皑的山峰、绵羊遍布的牧场、及引人入胜的海滨，和驰名遐迩的自然遗产大堡礁、乌鲁汝。在每年世界最佳居住城市评选中，澳大利亚名列前茅的城市数目在全球国家之先。
给点比较详尽的澳大利亚的英文介绍
Australia 百科名片 Wikipedia card 中文名称： Chinese name: 澳大利亚联邦 Australia 英文名称： English name: The Commonwealth of Australia The Commonwealth of Australia 简称： Abbreviations: 澳大利亚 Australia 所属洲： Respective continents: 大洋洲 Oceania 首都： Capital: 堪培拉 Canberra 主要城市： Major cities: 堪培拉,悉尼,墨尔本 Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne 国庆日： National Day: 1月26日 January 26 国歌： Anthem: 《澳大利亚,前进》 “Australia, forward“ 国家代码： Country code: AU AU 官方语言： Official language: 英语 English 货币： Currency: 澳元 AUD 政治体制： Political structure: 联邦制 Federalism 国家领袖： Leaders: 总理陆克文 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd 人口数量： Population: 2170万人(2009年3月) 21.7 million people (March 2009) 主要民族： Main ethnic groups: 70%是英国及爱尔兰后裔 70% are descendants of the United Kingdom and Ireland 主要宗教： Main Religion: 圣公会教,罗马天主教 Anglican, Roman Catholic Church 国土面积： Land Area: 7,692,000平方公里 7,692,000 km2 GDP总计： GDP Total: 7730亿美元(2007年度) 773 billion U.S. dollars (2007) 人均GDP： Per capita GDP: 37,300美元(2007年度) 37,300 U.S. dollars (2007) Basic Overview 国名： 澳大利亚联邦（The Commonwealth of Australia）简称澳大利亚（Australia）澳大利亚被誉为人间天堂,英文可分解为amazing (叹为观止）unexpected（超乎想象）stylish（时尚之巅）tempting(诱人魅力）relaxing（悠然一刻）adventurous（体验极限）liberating（自由自在）inspiring（灵感无限）attractive（梦萦魂牵）. Country name: Commonwealth of Australia (The Commonwealth of Australia) referred to as Australia (Australia) Australia known as a paradise on earth, English can be decomposed into amazing (amazing) unexpected (than expected) stylish (the summit of fashion) tempting (seductive charm) relaxing ( leisurely moment) adventurous (experience of the limit) liberating (freedom) inspiring (inspired by infinite) attractive (I Dreamed soul of pull). 代码：AU Code: AU 首都 ： 堪培拉 （英文名：Canberra） Capital: Canberra (English name: Canberra) 面积： 7,692,000平方公里 Area: 7,692,000 sq km 人口： 2170万多人(2009年3月) Population: 21.7 million people (March 2009) 语言： 英语 （ 官方语言 ）,土著语言. Languages: English (official language), indigenous languages. 货币 ： 澳元 Currency: AUD 民族： 70%是英国及爱尔兰后裔,18%为欧洲其他国家后裔,亚裔占6%,土著居民约占2.3%. National: 70% of British and Irish descent, and 18% for the descendants of other European countries, Asian 6%, indigenous people account for about 2.3%. 宗教 ： 25%的国民没有宗教信仰, 圣公会教徒占21%,罗马天主教教徒占27%,其他基督教徒占21%,其他宗教信仰者占6%. Religion: 25% of the population there is no religion, Anglican Christians accounted for 21%, Roman Catholic Christians, 27%, other Christian 21%, other religions accounted for 6%. 国庆日： 1月26日 （ 1788年 ） National Day: January 26 (1788) 国花： 金合欢 （Golden wattle, 拉丁文学名：Acacia pycnantha） Flower: Acacia (Golden wattle, Latin scientific name: Acacia pycnantha) 英国人首先把澳大利亚作为一个流放囚犯的地方. The British first put Australia as an exiled prisoner place. 1788年1月18日,由菲利普船长率领的一支有6艘船的船队共1530人抵达澳大利亚的园林湾（Botany Bay）,当中有736名囚犯. January 18, 1788, led by Captain Philip has a fleet of six ships arrived in Australia a total of 1530 garden Bay (Botany Bay), of which 736 prisoners. 八天后的1788年1月26日,他们正式在澳大利亚杰克逊港（Port Jackson）建立起第一个英国殖民区,这个地方后来人口不断增长而成为澳大利亚现在的第一大城市悉尼 ,这个名字是为了纪念当时的英国内政大臣悉尼(SYDNEY). Eight days after the January 26, 1788, they formally Port Jackson in Australia (Port Jackson) to build the first British colonial zone, this place was the growing population to become the first city in Australia is now in Sydney, this name is in order to commemoration of the then British Home Secretary in Sydney (SYDNEY). 现在,每年的1月26日是澳大利亚的国庆日. Now, the annual January 26 is Australia’s national day. 首都趣史 History of the capital interest 联邦成立的时候,澳大利亚尚未能确定首都的地点,在1901年至1927年, 墨尔本是澳大利亚的临时首都, 地理气候 Geography and Climate 澳大利亚位于南半球 ,面积居世界第六,仅次于俄罗斯 、 加拿大 、 中国 、 美国和巴西 ,约相当于五分之四个中国. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, with an area ranks sixth in the world, after Russia, Canada, China, the United States and Brazil, equivalent to about four-fifths of a Chinese. 它东临太平洋,西临印度洋, 海岸线长达37000公里. It is the east Pacific Ocean, west Indian Ocean, the coastline up to 37,000 km. 是世界上唯一一个独占一个大陆的国家. Is the world’s only an exclusive one continent. 澳大利亚的地形很有特色. Australia’s terrain is quite distinctive. 西部和中部有崎岖的多石地带、浩瀚的沙漠和葱郁的平顶山峦,东部有连绵的高原 ,在靠海处是狭窄的海滩缓坡,缓斜向西,渐成平原. The western and central parts of the rugged rocky areas, the vast desert and lush mountain ranges of Pingdingshan east of rolling plateau, in the sea is that a narrow beach gentle slope, slow ramp to the west, gradually became plain. Coastal area is full of wide beaches and lush vegetation, where the topography of strange things: in the west of the City of Sydney has the Blue Mountains of the cliffs, in the north Gela Si House Brisbane, tall mountains, beautiful and after the erosion of the volcanic neck , while in the south coast west of Adelaide city, is a flat plain. 墨累河和达令河是澳大利亚最长的两条河流. Murray River and Darling River is Australia’s longest two rivers. 这两个河流系统形成墨累-达令盆地,面积约100多万平方公里,相当于大陆总面积的14％. These two river systems the formation of the Murray - Darling Basin, an area of about 100 million square kilometers, equivalent to 14% of the total area of mainland China. 艾尔湖是靠近大陆中心一个极大的盐湖,面积超过9000平方公里,但长期呈干涸状态. Lake Eyre is near the center of the continent a great salt lake, covering an area over 9000 square km, but the long-term status was dry. 澳大利亚的大部分国土,约70％,属于干旱或半干旱地带,中部大部分地区不适合居住. Most of Australia’s land, about 70%, classified as arid or semi-arid zones, the central most areas not suitable for habitation. 澳大利亚有11个大沙漠,它们约占整个大陆面积的20％. Australia has 11 large deserts, which account for about 20% of the area throughout the continent. 由于降雨量很小,大陆三分之一以上的面积实际上被沙漠覆盖. As the rainfall is small, the mainland for more than one-third of the area actually covered by deserts. 澳大利亚是世界上最平坦、最干燥的大陆,中部洼地及西部高原均为气候干燥的沙漠, 能作畜牧及耕种的土地只有26万平方公里. Australia is the world’s most flat, the driest continent, the central lowland and western plateau are dry desert climate, can make animal husbandry and farming the land, only 26 million square kilometers. 沿海地带,特别是东南沿海地带,适于居住与耕种. Coastal areas, particularly in the southeastern coastal zone, suitable for residence and cultivation. 这里丘陵起伏,水源丰富,土地肥沃. Here hilly, water-rich, fertile land. 除南海岸外,整个沿海地带形成一条环绕大陆的“绿带”,正是这条“绿带”养育了这个国家. In addition to the south coast, the entire coastal strip around the continent to form a “green“, it is this “green“ brought up this country. 然而,澳大利亚内陆贫瘠干旱地带却蕴藏极为丰富的矿产资源,澳大利亚铁矿储量占世界第二位,各种矿产为澳大利亚带来大量的财富 . However, barren arid zones of inland Australia is extremely rich deposits of mineral resources, the Australian iron ore reserves of the world’s second largest, all kinds of mineral resources in Australia to bring a lot of wealth.
关于澳大利亚的英文介绍
Australia: An introduction
In land area, Australia is the sixth largest nation after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil. It has, however, a relatively small population.
Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. The mainland is the largest island and the smallest, flattest continent on Earth. It lies between 10° and 39° South latitude.
The highest point on the mainland, Mount Kosciuszko, is only 2228 metres. Apart from Antarctica, Australia is the driest continent.
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. Its interior has one of the lowest rainfalls in the world and about three-quarters of the land is arid or semi-arid. Its fertile areas are well-watered, however, and these are used very effectively to help feed the world. Sheep and cattle graze in dry country, but care must be taken with the soil. Some grazing land became desert when the long cycles that influence rainfall in Australia turned to drought.
The Australian federation consists of six States and two Territories. Most inland borders follow lines of longitude and latitude. The largest State, Western Australia, is about the same size as Western Europe.
Natural environment
Australia has a remarkable diversity of life forms seen nowhere else in the world. Australian plants and animals evolved in isolation from other parts of the world. When the super-continent of Gondwanaland split up about 160 million years ago, Australia joined Antarctica and drifted towards the South Pole, where glaciers formed a barrier between it and other land masses.
Over the past 45 million years, Australia has moved away from Antarctica towards the equator and become warmer and more arid. About 35 million years ago, eucalypts began to displace the dense forests of the cool, damp Tertiary era.
Today Australian eucalypts account for more than half of all eucalypts found throughout the world.
The marsupials native to Australia have a different chromosome structure than mammals in other parts of the world. Typically, they suckle their young in a pouch.
Like the eucalypts, marsupials occupied a wide range of ecological niches in Australia. The first kangaroo marsupials seem to have appeared about 15 million years ago. They vary enormously in size and adaptation. A species of tropical kangaroo lives in trees, but most kangaroos are tough, efficient users of dry bush.
As the world climate warmed and glaciers melted, oceans gradually rose to their current level and the land bridges to New Guinea and Tasmania were cut. Corals colonised a flooded coastal plain, forming the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland.
Ancient plants still grow in the wild. Large ’Antarctic’ tree ferns are common in damp, shaded gullies on the south sides of ridges. Cycad palms form an understorey to tall, silvery spotted gums (eucalypts) along the south-east coast. Rare relics from earlier geological eras are found in small, special habitats, such as desert canyons.
Pressure on native habitats from agriculture and introduced pests like the fox and rabbit have resulted in extinctions of some native species in the past 200 years. Australia now has a strong scientific and legal framework to deal with these issues. Australians care about their unique environment.
History
More than 60 000 years before the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples inhabited most areas of the Australian European settlement in 1788. However, there were an estimated 300 000 Indigenous Australians living on the continent.
Until recently, Western historians focused on early European contact with the Australian continent during the 16th and 17th centuries.
In recent years this approach has been balanced by the recognition that Asian and Oceanic explorers and traders had contact with Indigenous Australian people long before the European expansion into the eastern hemisphere.
After the American War of Independence, Britain looked to establish new penal settlements to replace the north Atlantic colonies. The First Fleet of 11 ships with 1500 aboard, half of them convicts, arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. Sydney grew from that first British penal settlement.
Transportation of British convicts to New South Wales ceased in 1840, but continued to Western Australia until 1868. About 160 000 convicts arrived over 80 years. That compares with free settler arrivals as high as 50 000 a year.
During the 1850s, settlement was boosted by gold rushes. Scarcity of labour, the vastness of the bush, and new wealth based on farming, mining and trade all contributed to the development of uniquely Australian social institutions and sensibilities.
In 1901 the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia. As in Canada, the British monarch remains the monarch of Australia, which is now an independent, democratic nation with a tradition of religious tolerance and free speech.
Immigration
Australia’s culturally diverse society includes its Indigenous peoples and settlers from countries all around the world.
Immigration is an important feature of Australian society. Since 1945, over six million people from 200 countries have come to Australia as new settlers. Migrants have made a major contribution to shaping modern Australia. People born overseas make up almost one quarter of the total population.
The federal government sets immigration intake numbers on a yearly basis. Australia’s immigration policies are non-discriminatory and all applicants to migrate must meet the same selection criteria.
Area and population of Australian States and Territories
State/Territory
Area in square kilometres
(mainland only)
Population *
State/Terr.
Capital
Queensland
1 723 936
3.64m
Brisbane (1.65m)
New South Wales
800 628
6.61m
Sydney (4.15m)
Australian Capital Territory (Jervis Bay Territory)
2 358
(72)
0.32m
Canberra (0.32m)
Victoria
227 010
4.82m
Melbourne (3.49m)
Tasmania
64 519
0.47m
Hobart (0.20m)
South Australia
978 810
1.51m
Adelaide (1.11m)
Western Australia
2 526 786
1.90m
Perth
(1.38m)
Northern Territory
1 335 742
0.20m
Darwin (0.11m)
AUSTRALIA
7 659 861
19.47m
12.41m
Sources: area—Auslig; population—Australian Bureau of Statistics
* Estimated resident population as at 30 June 2001.
Economy
Australia has had one of the most outstanding economies of the world in recent years. As a high-growth, low-inflation, low interest rate economy, it is more vibrant than ever before. There is an efficient government sector, a flexible labour market and a very competitive business sector.
With its abundant physical resources, Australia has enjoyed a high standard of living since the nineteenth century. It has made a comparatively large investment in social infrastructure, including education, training, health and transport.
The Australian workforce has seen many improvements over the last decade, leading to the surge in productivity in the 1990s. The complex and centralised award based industrial relations system has given way to a more decentralised one with many employees working under workplace agreements tailored to meet enterprise needs.
Further information
Australian Biodiversity www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au
National Library of Australia www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs www.immi.gov.au
The Australian Government Treasury www.treasury.gov.au
Further information about other aspects of contemporary Australia
用英语介绍澳大利亚
1.Australia is located in the southern hemisphere. It is the largest country in Oceania. It is on the east of the Pacific Ocean. It is near the India ocean in the West. There are many islands in the vicinity. It is about 7 million 692 thousand square kilometers, the population is about 19 million 200 thousand. About 74.2% of the British and Irish descendants. In 1788, the first British immigrants arrived in Australia.
澳大利亚位于南半球,是大洋洲最大的国家,东临太平洋,西临印度洋,附近有很多岛屿,面积约为769.2万平方公里,人口约1920万.约74.2%为英国和爱尔兰后裔,1788年英国首批移民抵澳。
2.The climate is warm all the year round, and most of the population is concentrated in the southeast coast.The capital is Canberra, Sydney is the largest city.
终年气候温暖,大部分人口集中在东南部海岸。首都为Canberra,悉尼是最大的城市。
3.Australia is rich in natural resources and well-developed tourism, and a large number of tourists come here every year.
澳大利亚自然资源丰富旅游业发达,每年有大量游客来此旅游。
拓展资料：
澳大利亚联邦（英语：Commonwealth of Australia），简称“澳大利亚”（Australia）。其领土面积7692024平方公里，四面环海，是世界上唯一国土覆盖一整个大陆的国家，因此也称“澳洲”。拥有很多独特的动植物和自然景观的澳大利亚，是一个奉行多元文化的移民国家。
澳大利亚（Australia）一词，原意为“南方的大陆”，由拉丁文 terraaustralis （南方的土地）变化而来。欧洲人在17世纪发现这块大陆时，误以为是一块直通南极的陆地，故取名“澳大利亚”。
澳大利亚原为澳大利亚土著的居住地。17世纪初，西班牙、葡萄牙和荷兰人先后抵此。1770年沦为英国殖民地，1901年组成澳大利亚联邦，成为英国的自治领。1931年成为英联邦内的独立国家。
澳大利亚是一个高度发达的资本主义国家，首都为堪培拉。作为南半球经济最发达的国家和全球第12大经济体、全球第四大农产品出口国，其也是多种矿产出口量全球第一的国家，因此被称作“坐在矿车上的国家”。同时，澳大利亚也是世界上放养绵羊数量和出口羊毛最多的国家，也被称为“骑在羊背的国家”。澳大利亚人口高度都市化，近一半国民居住在悉尼和墨尔本两大城市，全国多个城市曾被评为世界上最适宜居住的地方之一。其也是一个体育强国，常年举办全球多项体育盛事。澳大利亚积极参与国际事务，是亚太经合组织的创始成员，也是联合国、20国集团、英联邦、太平洋安全保障条约、经济合作与发展组织及太平洋岛国论坛的成员。
关于介绍澳大利亚的英语作文
Australia
Australia, the largest country in Oceania, lies on the south coast of the Pacific. It covers an area of 7.6 million square kilometers. It has a population of over 10 million. Most of its people live in the east of the country by the sea. Canberra,the capital of Australia,is a beautiful city. Sydney is the biggest city in Australia, which has many places of interest. The Opera House is well known all over the world.The 2000 Olympic Games were held in Sydney.
澳大利亚
澳大利亚是大洋洲最大的国家，位于太平洋南海岸，国土面积760万平方公里，人口超过1 000万，大多数居民居住在东部地区，濒临海洋。首都堪培拉是一座美丽的城市。悉尼是全国最大的城市，有许多名胜，悉尼歌剧院闻名于世。2000年奥运会就是在这里举行的。
澳大利亚的英语简介
too much stuff to post, just rea 16 世纪 20 年代葡萄牙， 西班牙殖民者开始入侵. 19 世纪中叶， 整个太平洋地区成为荷兰，英国， 法国， 德国， 美国， 日本等的殖民地. 在指明统治下， 大洋洲土著居民日减， 成为殖民国家的原料供应地. 20 世纪初，澳洲， 新西兰率先独立， 次后西萨摩亚， 瑙鲁， 汤加， 斐济等地相继独立.
澳大利亚英文简洁介绍
Australia is a 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.
Australia is a developed country and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the world’s 12th-largest economy. In 2012 Australia had the world’s fifth-highest per capita income, Australia’s military expenditure is the world’s 13th-largest.
With the second-highest human development index globally, Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance. These rankings include quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights. Australia is a member of the United Nations, G20, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organization, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the Pacific Islands Forum.
With beautiful sceneries as well as a pleasant natural and cultural environment, Australia attracts millions of tourists and a considerable number of immigrants each year.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
