Wastren Australie
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| Wastren Australie | |||||
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| Slogan or elk-name: Wildflower State or the Golden State | |||||
Ither Australie states an territories |
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| Caipital | Perth | ||||
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| Demonym | Wastren Australie, Wast Australie, Sandgroper (colloquial) | ||||
| Govrenment | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - Govrenor | Malcolm McCusker | ||||
| - Premier | Colin Barnett (Liberal) | ||||
| Australie State | |||||
| - Established (as the Swan River Colony) | 2 Mey 1829 | ||||
| - Responsible government | 21 October 1890 | ||||
| - Federation | 1 Januar 1901 | ||||
| - Australie Act | 3 Mairch 1986 | ||||
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| - Total | 2,645,615 km2 (first) 1,021,478 sq mi |
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| - Laund | 2,529,875 km2 976,790 sq mi |
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| - Watter | 115,740 km2 (4.37%) 44,687 sq mi |
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| Population (Juin 2011) | |||||
| - Population | 2,346,400[1] (fourth) | ||||
| - Densitie | 0.91/km2 (seivent) 2.4 /sq mi |
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| Elevation | |||||
| - Heichest | Mount Meharry 1,249 m (4,098 AHD ft) |
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| Gross State Product (2010–11) | |||||
| - Product ($m) | 187,117[2] (fowert) | ||||
| - Product per caipita | $80,858 (seicont) | ||||
| Time zone | AWST (UTC+8 does no observe DST) | ||||
| Federal representation | |||||
| - Hoose seats | 15 | ||||
| - Senate seats | 12 | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| - Postal | WA | ||||
| - ISO 3166-2 | AU-WA | ||||
| Emblems | |||||
| - Floral | Red and Green Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii) |
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| - Animal | Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) |
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| - Bird | Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
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| - Fossil | Gogo Fish (Mcnamaraspis kaprios) |
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| - Colours | Black and gold | ||||
| Wab steid | www.wa.gov.au | ||||
Wastren Australie is a state o Australie, occupyin the entire wastren third o the Australie continent. Australie's lairgest state an the seicont lairgest subnaitional entity in the warld, it haes 2.2 million inhabitants (10% o the naitional total), 85% o whom live in the sooth-wast corner o the state.
The state's caipital ceety is Perth. The fowk o Wastren Australie are colloquially referred tae as sandgropers, the common name o an insect foond on sand dunes aroond Perth.
References [edit]
- ↑ 3101.0 – Australian Demographic Statistics, June 2011. ABS (19 December 2011). Retrieved on 21 Januar 2012. .
- ↑ Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2010-11. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 13 Mairch 2012. .