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Australia is a continent and a country.

In Australia are also included the island of Tasmania to the South of the continent and other smaller and closer islands.

Australia is completely surrounded by water, the India and Pacific Oceans.

Most of the Australian continent is desert, where there are some inhabitants.

More than 18 million people live in Australia. Most of them are of British descent.

After World War II, many Italian, Greek and German people settled in Australia. More recently, a great number of people from Asia have also settled in the country.

Another group of people also living in Australia are the natives who have lived in the country long before the Europeans arrived.

The Aborigines lived in Australia before people from Europe settled in it. They lived of the land, fishing and hunting. Most of their customs and ways of living were lost with the arrival of Europeans. Now days Aborigines are only a minority in Australia.