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 1.Australia is a land unlike any other. The uniqueness of its animals, plants and landscapes are consequences of a vast, slow accident of geology.  Over the past 45 million years, this old, thick, and very flat continental plate has inched away from Antarctica towards the equator. This journey isolated Australian life forms from other parts of the world and presented them with particular challenges. Australia is huge and has beautiful and wild natural scenery. 

 2.They have lots of unique animals, plants, insects and arachnids, which are found nowhere else in the world.

 3. Australia is a nation built by people from many different backgrounds.  Australians come from all around the world. About 23 per cent were born in another country and just over a quarter of the population have at least one parent who was born overseas. People from more than 140 countries have chosen to become Australian citizens.

 4. Tourism is one of Australia's largest and fastest-growing industries. Generating more than $16 billion in foreign exchange earnings a year, inbound tourism contributes three per cent of Australia's gross domestic product.

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