AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA REGION OCEANIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 1 1901 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 9 1900 POPULATION 18783551 1999 EST AREA 2966200 SQ MI CAPITAL CANBERRA FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES BAUXITE IRON ORE COAL TIN COPPER SILVER URANIUM TUNGSTEN NICKEL LEAD MINERAL SANDS DIAMONDS ZINC OIL NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING MINING TRANSPORTATION FOOD PROCESSING CHEMICALS STEEL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE WHEAT BARLEY SUGARCANE FRUITS CATTLE SHEEP POULTRY CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 393.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 21200 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ANGLICANISM ROMAN CATHOLICISM OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 100 LIFE EXPECTANCY 77 YEARS MALE 83 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 13 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
