Practical information
The country in numbers
- Country's full name
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Area in Km2
- 7,617,930
- Population
- 21,507,717 population
- Capital
- Canberra
- Religion
- 25% Catholic; 17% Anglican
- Government
- Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Language
- Official language
- English
- Languages spoken
- Mandarin, Italian
Time
- UTC (Coordinated Universal Time Greenwich)
- +10
Currency
- Currency
- Australian dollar
Dangers and annoyances
- Dangers and annoyances
- Possible terrorism risk
- Border Issues
- Airports customs
- Drugs possession
- Not allowed
- Theft & Scams
- None
Credit cards
- Popular
- Yes
- Cards
- American express, Diners club, Mastercard, Visa
Internet and telephony
- Calling code
- +61
- Internet availability
- Cities only
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