What is unique about Australia?

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2026-05-05 20:20

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  • It is the smallest continent.
  • It is the only continent containing just one nation.
  • It is one of only two island continents (the other is Antarctica).
  • It is the only place with the kangaroo, the koala and most other marsupials of the world.
  • There are very few truly native placental terrestrial mammal. They include the bat, of which there are over 80 species, and native hopping mice.
  • Australia has both of the world's only monotremes (egg-laying mammals) - the platypus and the echidna.
  • The continent can be traversed from South to North without exceeding 300m in height.
  • The average population of 3 per sq km is the lowest of any permanently occupied continent.
  • It contains the world's two largest monoliths (Mt Augustus and Uluru).
  • The country was originally established as a convict colony.

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