Flag | |
Coat of Arms | |
Anthem | "Advance Australia Fair" |
Royal Anthem | "God Save the Queen" |
Capital | Canberra |
Largest City | Sydney |
Official Languages | None |
National Language | English (de facto) |
Government | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Quentin Brice |
Prime Minister | Tony Abbott |
Legislature | Parliament |
Upper House | Senate |
Lower House | House of Representatives |
Independence | from the United Kingdom |
Constitution Act | 1 January 1901 |
Statute of Westminster | 11 December 1931 |
Australia Act | 3 March 1986 |
Currency | Australian Dollar (AUD) |
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and several smaller islands. It is one of the seventeen British Commonwealth Realms.