Sydney - AustraliaSydney is the biggest city of Australia. About one-in-five Australians or 4 million people live in the Sydney Metropolitan area. It is a cosmopolitan city with residents from 180 nations, speaking 140 languages. |
Oceania is not really a continent, but it can be seen as a geographic division of the world that includes Australia, New Zealand and some groups of islands scattered in the Pacific Ocean. The main groups are Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. There are more than 25,000 islands and islets of 25 nations and territories spread over the Pacific. Its total population is about 30 million people and, because of the distance, there is little animal life, except for seabirds and insects.
Australia is the great territory of Oceania. Sometimes it is called a continent itself.
FijiFiji is a country and an archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, consisting of about 330 islands and 510 islets and atolls of volcanic origin, spread in an area of 3 million km˛. Only about 100 islands is inhabited by the 832 thousand residents. It was a British possession from 1874 to 1970, when became an independent country. Fiji is a tropical paradise with beautiful beaches. Its clear waters and reefs are ideal for diving and fishing. Map of Fiji Islands. |
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