18. AFL invented to keep cricketers fit in the off season, there are
claims that the game may have been influenced by Indigenous Australians。
澳洲板球會發明保持板球員全年最佳狀態，有申稱板球是受澳洲土著所影响。
19. The world's largest rock is not actually Uluru, but Mount Augustus
in Western Australia and actually twice the size of Uluru。
世界最大的石非烏魯魯，而是大兩倍位於西澳的Augustus山。
20. Australia is the 6th largest country in the world。
澳洲是世界第六大國家。
21. There are 1 million camels that roam wild in Australia's deserts,
the largest number of purebred camels in the world, they are exported to the
Middle East。
澳洲沙漠有一百萬駱駝，是世界最多純種駱駝，由中東傳入。
22. You can fly from Perth to Melbourne faster than you can fly from one
end of Western Australia to the other。
由珀斯飛往墨爾本是快過由澳洲西部飛往澳洲東部。
23. There are over 60 different types of kangaroos and a baby kangaroo
when born is only about two centimeters long。
有多過60種類別的袋鼠，而出生的袋鼠只有二公分長。
24. Aboriginal culture is the oldest on Earth – it is estimated that the
continent's original inhabitants, the aboriginal people, have been in Australia
for between 40,000-60,000 years。
澳洲的土著文化是地球最古老的文化，估計澳洲的土著居澳已有40,000-60,000年。
25. Australia has 19 World Heritage Listed sites。
澳洲有 19個世界文化遺產組織列出的遺址。
26. 91% of the country is covered by native vegetation。
百分之九十一的地是是原植物產地。
27. 33% of Australians were born in another country。
百分之三十三的澳洲人是在其他國家出生。
28. Over 300 different languages and dialects are spoken in Australia
including 45 Indigenous languages. In fact, 21% of Australians don't speak
English at home! 。
澳洲有超過三百種語言，包括45種土著方言，百分之21澳洲人在家中不說英語。
29. WA is home to what is believed to be the oldest evidence of life on
Earth – the Stromatolites。
西澳相信是地球上最早有生命的地方，即叠層石。
30. Australia is the only continent in the world without an active
volcano。
澳洲是世界上唯一沒有活火山的陸洲。
31. In Australia, sheep out number people 2.5 to 1 (in 2020) 。
澳洲的羊數目是人的2.5倍。
32. Australia was the second country in the world to give women the
right to vote in 1902。
澳洲是世界第二個國家於1902年給予女性投票權。
33. Per capita, Australians spend more money on gambling than any other
nation, with over 80 percent of Australian adults engaging in gambling of some
kind。
澳洲人均賭博消費是全球之冠，百分之80的澳洲成人是有賭博活動。
34. Canberra was selected as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne
could not stop arguing which city should be the capital。
坎培拉被選為首都因為悉尼及墨尓本不停爭議誰才是首都之選。
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