Interesting and unique facts!!!

-The first and one of the interesting facts about Australia is that Australia is the biggest island and the smallest continent in the world. 

-Another one of the interesting facts about Australia is Australia has one of the lowest population densities in the world with an average of three people per square kilometre. The world average on land only is about 45 per square kilometre.

-Australia is the only continent without an active volcano; now there's one of the interesting facts about Australia that we're all pretty happy about! 

Quite a few of the interesting facts about Australia has to do with our unique and sometimes deadly wildlife....

-The Kanguro and the Emu were chosen to feature on the Australian Coat of Arms because they are incapable of walking backwards and therefore symbolise a nation moving forward.



-Australia is home to six of the top ten deadliest snakes in the world.

-The Sydney Funnel-web spider is considered the deadliest spider in the world.

-The stonefish is the most poisonous fish in the world and lives mainly above the tropic of Capricorn off the coast of Australia.


-The Box Jellyfish is considered the world's most venomous marine creature and have killed more people in Australia than stonefish, sharks and crocodiles combined.


-One of the interesting facts about Australia that a lot of people may not know is the largest number of wild dromedary (they have the one hump) camels in the world are found right here.

-The Australian platypus and echidna are the only mammals (monotremes) to lay eggs.


By: Alexi