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The ultrasound scanner, the tank, the refrigerator, the electric drill, the black box flight recorder and (most importantly) vegemite, are among some of the most famous Australian inventions!
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In Australia there are almost 100,000 more women than men! The man drought could soon be coming to an end however, as currently there are almost 105 baby boys born for every 100 baby girls born in Australia.
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Megafauna: three metre tall kangaroos, seven metre long goannas, horse-sized ducks, and marsupial lions the size of leopards, used to populate Australia before the arrival of humans…
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If you were to visit one new beach in Australia every day, it would take over 27 years to see them all. Gee, might have to take that off the bucket list!
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Between 1838 & 1902, it was illegal to swim at the beach during the day. I can imagine there would have been a whole lot of skinny dipping during the night!
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There are 20 million people to 150 million sheep. We’re just slightly outnumbered there…
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The dingo fence, which stretches from the Great Australian Bight in SA to central Queensland, is the longest fence in the world (5614km). It is about twice as long as the Great Wall of China!
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When the English settlers first saw a platypus, they thought Australians were playing a prank on them by sewing a duck bill on a rat!
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The UK has 248.25 persons per square kilometre, while Australia has only 2.66 persons per square kilometre.
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A group of 200 Australians unhappy with the government in 1892, tried to start an offshoot colony in Paraguay which they planned to called ‘New Australia’. It is one of the most ambitious schemes in Australian history & descendants of those pioneers still live there.
How many did you know?! Give yourself a pat on the back if it was over 5! If you knew all 10, congratulations on being a whiz!
