History Of Travel In Australia

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History, culture, religion, tourist attractions and best time to travel. This travel guide contains all the relevant information about Australia.

About Australia

Commonwealth of Australia, or shortly known as Australia is situated in the Southern Hemisphere. In total Australia has six states namely New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. It also has two large mainland territories-the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). With an overall area of 7.7 million square kilometer it is the sixth-largest country in the world and hosts a population of 22.9 million. Its neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

History

Australia has a very interesting history. For not less than 40,000 years prior to European settlement in the later half of 18th century, Australia was colonised by aboriginals groups who belonged to approximately 250 language groups. It was discovered by Dutch in 1606; however, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770. This dispute was settled on 26th January 1788. With the passage of time and with the subsequent growth of the population the continent was further explored and five autonomous ‘Crown Colonies’. Now they are divided in six states and two main land regions.

General Facts about Australia

Australia is a highly developed continent. It is ranked as the 13th largest economy in the world. Its per capita income is the fifth and human development index is the second highest. Moreover, Australia takes the top slots when it comes to the provision of basic amenities to its citizens such as quality of life, health, education, economic independence and the safeguard...

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..., and Western Australia from Perth to the south, and Tasmania, it is better to go in summer, even though winters are also not bad time to visit. However, while you are in this part of Australia, be ready to have an irregular pattern of weather. Southern Australia can get some massive spring storm weather

Eventually, September and October are the ideal months to visit Australia as weather is still warm to go to the beaches in south as well as cool enough to visit desert in Uluru.

Moreover, time from December 26 to the end of January is not a very good choice as most of the Australians take their summer vacation at this time. December any ways is peak season and usually cheap flights and accommodations are not available. Equally bad choice is Easter and all school holidays. If you want to avoid tourists’ crowd, then February and March could be possible choices.