| Land area: |
7.7
million square kilometres |
| Population: |
19.05
million |
| Work force: |
9.1
million |
| Average
Household size: |
2.6
persons |
| Registered
number of motor vehicles: |
11
million |
| Households
with a telephone: |
97% |
| Households
with a television: |
99% |
| Number
of items posted per year: |
4
billion pa |
| The number
of visitors to Australia per year: |
4.1
million |
| Longest
river: |
Murray
Darling 3370km |
| Highest
recorded temperature in Australia: |
53
Degrees Celsius Cloncurry QLD |
| Coldest
recorded temperature in Australia: |
Minus
23 Degrees Celsius Charlotte Pass NSW |
| Distance
from north to south: |
3700
kilometres |
| Distance
from east to west: |
4000
kilometres |
| Northern
most point: |
Cape
York QLD |
| Southern
most point: |
South
East Cape TAS |
| Western
most point: |
Steep
Point WA |
| Eastern
most point: |
Cape
Byron NSW |
