CartThe Commonwealth of Australia
Flag Colors & Description
The Australian flag is blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star. The star represents the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901 and depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories. On the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars.People
Population: 20,264,082 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): 0.85% (2006 estimate)
Gdp: $635.5 billion (2005 estimate) (per capita): $31,600 (2005 estimate)
Languages:
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
Government
Capital: Canberra
Government type: federal parliamentary democracy
Geography
Natural Resources: bauxite, coal, copper, diamonds, gold, iron ore, lead, mineral sands, natural gas, nickel, petroleum, silver, tin, tungsten, uranium, zinc