Australia, officially The Commonwealth of Australia is a Sovereign State comprising The Mainland of The Australian
Continent, The Islands of Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and Several Other Smaller Islands. It's The Largest Country in Oceania and The World's Third Largest Country by Total Area.
For about 60,000 Years before The First British Settlement in The Late 18th Century, Australia was inhabited by Indigenous Australians, Who in Documented Times have spoken Languages into roughly 250 Groups, After the European Discovery of The Continent by Dutch Explorers in 1606, Australia's Eastern Half was claimed by The Kingdom of Great Britain in 1770 and Initially settled through Penal Transportation to The Colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788, The Population grew steadily in Subsequent Decades and by The 1850s, Most of The Continent had been Explored and an Additional Five Self-Governing Crown Colony was Established, On 01 January 1901, The Six Colonies have been Federated, Forming the Commonwealth of Australia, Australia has since maintained a Stable Liberal Democratic Political System that functions as a Federal Parliamentary Semi-Constitutional Monarchy comprising Ten States and Several Territories.