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Australia - Economy
Currency : Australian Dollar (AUD) = 100 Cents
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 1.73 Australian Dollar (AUD)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 399 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 19607 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 654.65 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 32170 dollars

Australia - Miscellaneous information
 CONSUMPTION (individual / year) (world rank 1997)
- Meat = 110 Kg (2)
- Sugar = 50 Kg (9)
- Milk = 107 Kg (11)
 MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Wheat (6)
- Barley (6)
- Sugar cane (8)
- Cotton (9)
 - Wool (1)
- Sheeps (2)
- Oxen (9)
 - Diamonds (1)
- Lead (1)
- Bauxite (1)
- Potash (1)
- Uranium (2)
- Nickel (2)
- Zinc (2)
- Gold (3)
- Silver (3)
- Coal (3)
- Iron (3)
 OTHER RESOURCES & PRODUCTS (world rank 2002) :
- Sugar (1)
- Wine (5)
 RECORDS :
- Largest lake in Oceania = Eyre (8200 Km2).
- Lowest recorded temperature in Oceania = -22°C / -9°F (Charlotte Pass, NSW, 1994-June 29).
- Highest recorded temperature in Oceania = 53°C / 128°F (Cloncurry, Queensland, 1889-Jan.16).
- The biggest gold nugget in the world = 235 Kg (found in 1872, Hill End, Australia).

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