Australia

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One of the most isolated of all countries, Australia is the largest island nation in the world. Fewer that 20 million people live there, however, and its dry interior --the outback - is sparsely inhabited in contrast to its busy coastal cities. Barren though the land seems, it harbors a unique plant and animal life and has been home for 50,000 years to Aboriginal peoples. Europeans used it as a convict colony before agricultural and mineral wealth encouraged the arrival of a range of immigrants who shaped a self-reliant national character. Australia's diversity is reflected in the adventurous mix of influences in its art, music, literature, and architecture.

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