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Anthem | "Advanced Australia Fair" | ||||
Capital | Canberra | ||||
Largest city | Sydney | ||||
Other cities | Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne | ||||
Language official |
English | ||||
others | Greek, Italian, Indigenous languages | ||||
Religion | Christianity, Islam | ||||
Government | Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy | ||||
Prime Minister | Tony Abbot | ||||
Population | 22 million | ||||
Established | January 1st 1901 | ||||
Internet TLD | .aus | ||||
Organizations | United Nations, Pacific Space Program |
History[]
The Commonwealth of Australia is one of the largest nations in Oceania.The nation was formed in 1901 from a federation of the separate British colonies. The new nation fought alongside the Allied Powers during WWI and WWII, as well as being a founding member of the United Nations, along with one of the founding members of the Pacific Space Program along with New Zealand, The Federated States of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. During the 1950's, the Soviet Union and China started installing communist governments into some of the nations in South East Asia, the United Nations, led by the United States, along with Australia, the UK and the Allied nations, sent troops into Veitnam and Korea during their respective wars during the 50's, 60's and 70's. The Soviets and Australians enjoyed an uneasy peace for a few years until.