Australia (oss-trail-eeh-yuh)
Australia is a country located west of the United States . It is the largest country in Oceania, the sixth largest country on planet Earth , and the oldest inhabited continent. Aboriginal Australians had arrived around 65,000 BCE, with the British Empire setting up colonies in 1770 CE. The island shares waters with New Guinea and New Zealand. It is a member of the United Nations , a NATO ally, and the headquarters for Majestic .
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
- Australian Convict Sites
- Fraser Island
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Great Barrier Reef
- Greater Blue Mountains Area
- Heard and McDonald Island(s)
- Kakadu National Park
- Lord Howe Island Group
- Macquarie Island
- Ningaloo Reef
- Purnululu National Park
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Carlton Gardens
- Shark Bay
- Sydney Opera House
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Willandra Lakes Region
Endangered Species
- Koala
- Tasmanian devil
- Numbat
- Mountain pygmy possum
- Regent honeyeater
- Orange-bellied parrot
- Eastern quoll
- Woylie
- Far Eastern curlew
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby
- Eastern barred bandicoot
- Golden bandicoot
- Southern brown bandicoot
- Dingo
- Southern greater glider
- Mertens' water monitor
- Mitchell's water monitor
- Kangaroo Island dunnart
- Hastings River mouse
- Smoky mouse
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat
- Carnaby's black cockatoo
- Nabarlek
- Greater bilby
- Shy albatross
- Northern bettong
- Corroboree frogs
- White-throated snapping turtle
- Swift parrot
- Gilbert's potoroo
- Leadbeater's possum
- Night parrot
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
- Banded hare-wallaby
- Rufous hare-wallaby
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby
- Quokka
- Australian sea lion
- Plains-wanderer
- Common bent-wing bat
- Wandering albatross
- Parasitic jaeger
- Northern rockhopper penguin
- Southern rockhopper penguin
- Buller's shearwater
Landmarks
- Queen Victoria Building
- Q1 Tower
- Shrine of Remembrance
- Sydney Tower Eye
- Rialto Towers
- Parliament House, Canberra
- Old Parliament House, Canberra
- National Carillon
- National Gallery of Australia
- Eureka Tower
- Flinders Street railway station
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Parliament House, Brisbane
- Brisbane City Hall
- Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
- Story Bridge
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
- University of Sydney
- St. Mary Star of the Sea
- Infinity Tower
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
- Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
- AWA Tower
- Aurora Place
- Commonwealth Trading Bank Building
- Downing Centre
- Melbourne Town Hall
- Crown Sydney
- 25 Martin Place
- Registrar-General's building
- Council House, Perth
Relevant History
- Establishment of Majestic headquarters in 2000
- Construction of the Institute of Cryptozoological Research and Scientific Advancements in 2000, finishing in 2020
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