General Aspects.

Australian society is made up of people from a rich variety of cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds, and this is a defining feature of modern Australian society. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have inhabited Australia for tens of thousands of years. Most Australians are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants who arrived during the past two hundred years from more than 200 countries. 

Mainland Australia is the world’s largest island - but smallest continent. 

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia

Capital: Canberra

Continent: Oceania

Language: English

Other Languages: 

Mandarin (1,7%)

Italian (1,5%)

Arabic (1,4%)

Greek (1,3%)

Vietnamese (1,2%)

Population: 22,68 million (2012)