Basic information

| Attribute | Detail | |---|---| | **Official Name** | Commonwealth of Australia | | **Common Name** | Australia | | **Native Name(s)** | Various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names (no single native name) | | **Nicknames** | Land Down Under, The Lucky Country, Oz | | **Motto** | None officially (Historically: "Advance Australia") | | **Geographic Level** | Country | | **Country** | Australia | | **State/Province** | 6 States, 2 Major Mainland Territories | | **Capital** | Canberra | | **Government Type** | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | | **Date Founded** | January 1, 1901 (Federation) | | **Time Zone** | AWST (UTC+8), ACWST (UTC+8:45), ACST (UTC+9:30), AEST (UTC+10) | | **Latitude** | 25.2744° S | | **Longitude** | 133.7751° E | | **Elevation** | 330 m (average) | | **Total Area** | 7,692,024 sq km | | **Population** | ~26.5 million | | **Population Density** | ~3.4 per sq km | | **ZIP/Postal Codes** | 4-digit numeric system | | **Area Codes** | +61 | | **Official Languages** | English (de facto) | | **Currency** | Australian Dollar (AUD) | | **Demonym** | Australian, Aussie |