Australia

Australia

States and Territories of Australia

The flag of Australia

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Australian Coat of Arms

Mainland Australia showing the continental shelf (light blue) extending to the islands of New Guinea in the north, and Tasmania in the south

The Sydney Opera House and Sydney CBD at dusk

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens

Grey Headed Flying Foxes roosting in the botanical gardens

Pyramid Glasshouse

Electrical Storm Over Sydney Harbour

When darkness becomes light

Reflections in Water

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory View of Canberra, showing parliamentary axis

Aerial view of Adelaide city centre

Perth, Western AustraliaClockwise from top left: Sunset at City Beach, Black swan and family by the Swan River, St Georges Terrace at night, the city skyline from Kings Park, Sorrento Beach, and Parliament House.

Western Australia's capital and largest city, Perth

The Red and Green Kangaroo Paw is the

floral emblem of Western Australia

The Black Swan is the state bird of Western Australia

• Top: Melbourne city centre,centre left: Flinders Street Station,centre right: Shrine of Remembrance,centre: Federation Square,bottom left: Melbourne Cricket Ground,bottom right: Royal Exhibition

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MELBOURNE

Gold Coast Queensland

View looking north across Surfers Paradise

A surfer going for the tube

AUSTRALIAN OPENMargaret Court Arena at the

Australian Open with the old Rebound Ace surface. Rod Laver Arena, the centre court, in the background, Melbourne Park, Melbourne. The main location of play.

Brisbane and the Story Bridge.

Flag of Queensland

Lake Weyba

Pelican on the banks of the Noosa River

TROPICAL FISH

The beach along the town of Noosa Heads.

Noosa Waters, Noosaville

A pelican on Noosa River, Noosaville.

Woolworths entry on a Thursday night

A beach on the headlands hike, coastal trail.

Noosa Harbour, Tewantin.

The Tewantin-North Shore ferries and two pelicans.

PomonaSunshine Coast, Queensland

EumundiSunshine Coast, Queensland

Peregian Springs Aerial

Caloundra, Sunshine Coast

Australia Zoo

Koala BearsThe Koala has no relation to a bear. It is a distant cousin to the Wombat and both the Koala and the Wombats have fossil history over 15 million years. The Koala is Australia's most popular and most loved marsupial mammal.

KOALAS female male

Blue-winged KookaburraFemale Male

Tasmanian DevilThe Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial now found in the wild only in the Australian island state of Tasmania.

Kangaroosand Wallabies

The Kangaroo and the Emu appear on Australia's coat of arms.

View from Indian Head, Fraser Island

The beach at Lake McKenzie

The Great Barrier ReefUNESCO World Heritage Site

Uluru (Uluṟu)Ayers RockInselberg Monolith

Uluru panorama nearing sunset

 Ayers Rock - Uluru

Australian Aboriginal Flag

Boomerangs

Boomerangs

Australian Creation Myths

Didjeridu - Didgeridoo

• The most interesting Aboriginal musical instrument is the didjeridu

Images of the Didjeridu can be found on petroglyphs.

PUBLICITY

Australian Sacred SitesSacred sites within the landscape are an essential part of Aboriginal people's very different kind of religious beliefs.