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The name Australia comes from the Latin words australis,meaning southerm.Australia is the only country that is also a continent .In are,it ranks as the sizth largest country and smallest continent.The national capital and the largest inland city is Canberra.More than 80 per cent of Australia's people live in cities and towns ,making it one of the World's most urbanized countries.
The northern third of the Australian continent lies in the tropics and is warn or hot all year round.Originally, all the world's continents were part of one huge land mass.The region that is now Australia became separated from this land mass about 200 millions years ago and ,as a results,the animal life of Australia developed differently from that of other continents .For example,marsupials are Australia's most unusual and famous creatures.Australia has about 150 species of marsupials.Kangaroos are the symbol of Australia to people throught the world .The kangaroos family includes about 50 pieces .The koals ,a native of Australia's eastern forest,was near extinction in the 1920's .Today ,this is a protected species