Australia whose name comes from the Latin word australis, meaning “southern”, has a population of 23,480,939 and gained its independence in 1901.. The initial inhabitants of Australia traveled here from far-southeast Asia, and from the Torres Strait islands.From their initial settlements in the north some 70,000 years ago, their individual lifestyles and cultural traditions eventually spread …

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