Australia is no stranger to scorching temperatures, but what makes its extreme heat so uniquely dangerous? In this video, we explore the geographic and climatic factors that contribute to Australia’s ...

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IN almost every detailed map of Australia, including some of the latest, we find, at the head of the Alligator River, in about S. lat. 13½°, and E. long. 133°, some such note as this ...

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According to the ABS, Australia's population density stood at 3.1 people per square kilometre (sq km) in June last year. "Among the states and territories, the Australian Capital Territory had the ...