Facts, Facts and more Australia Facts

Here you will find everything you need to know about Australia, you will find all the Australia facts including some fun facts about australia.

before deciding to visit a country never mind choosing to live there, it is always advised for you to do some research on the country first to help yourself be equiped and prepared for everything the country has to offer. On this page you will find some important Australian facts, To help you make the decision to emigrate to Australia even easyer (if your mind isn't made up already)

There are many different facts about Australia, I.E the eduation system, house prices, crime rate, weather and history of Australia just to name a few. Some of which will be of higher relevence to you than others. I have also inclued some fun facts about Australia for you to share with your friends and family when you see them next (just to bragg of course)

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Australia facts

Sport

Australians are crazy about sport. The most popular participation sports are aerobics, golf and tennis.

The top three sports males take part in are golf, cricket and tennis. For females it’s aerobics, lawn bowls and netball.

Some Geographic Comparisons

Australia occupies 5% of the world's surface and is the 6th largest country after Russia, Canada, China, USA and Brazil. It is one of the least populated countries with 2.5 persons per square kilometre (in comparison the UK has 244 persons per sq km).

Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time (EST, sometimes also written as AEST) covers Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Tasmania. Central Standard Time (CST) is used in the Northern Territory and South Australia, and Western Standard Time (WST) is the standard in Western Australia. When it's noon in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania, it's 11:30am in South Australia and the Northern Territory, and 10am in Western Australia. All states except Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia observe daylight saving time, usually from the last Sunday in October (the first Sunday in October in Tasmania) to the last Sunday in March. However, not all states switch over to daylight saving on the same day or in the same week.

Cancer in Australia

An estimated 111,000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia in 2009.

1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85.

Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia – more than 42,000 people are expected to die from cancer in 2009.

Almost 12,000 more people die each year from cancer than 30 years ago, due mainly to population growth and ageing, however the death rate (number of deaths per 100,000 people) has fallen by nearly 15 per cent.

More than 60% of cancer patients will survive more than five years after diagnosis.

The survival rate for many common cancers has increased by more than 30 per cent in the past two decades.

The most common cancers in Australia (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) are prostate, colorectal (bowel), breast, melanoma and lung cancer.

Each year, around 434,000 people are treated for non-melanoma skin cancer (the most frequently occuring cancer in Australia, but the least life-threatening).

Cancer costs $3.8 billion in direct health system costs (7.2%). $378 million was spent on cancer research in 2000-01, 22% of all health research expenditure in Australia.