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World Gazetteer Results for Morayfield:
NameMorayfield
Geographical TypeLocality
Population10261
Latitude
Longitude
CountryAustralia
Administrative DivisionQueensland
Dictionary Results for Australia:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Australia
    n 1: a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent;
         Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from
         southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were
         British convicts sent there as a penal colony [syn:
         Australia, Commonwealth of Australia]
    2: the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the
       Indian Ocean

2. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
AUSTRALIA, n.  A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and
commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate
dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an
island.


3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Australia

   Introduction Australia
   ----------------------
                            Background: Australia became a commonwealth of
                                        the British Empire in 1901. It was
                                        able to take advantage of its
                                        natural resources to rapidly develop
                                        its agricultural and manufacturing
                                        industries and to make a major
                                        contribution to the British effort
                                        in World Wars I and II. Long-term
                                        concerns include pollution,
                                        particularly depletion of the ozone
                                        layer, and management and
                                        conservation of coastal areas,
                                        especially the Great Barrier Reef. A
                                        referendum to change Australia's
                                        status, from a commonwealth headed
                                        by the British monarch to an
                                        independent republic, was defeated
                                        in 1999.
  
   Geography Australia
   -------------------
                              Location: Oceania, continent between the
                                        Indian Ocean and the South Pacific
                                        Ocean
                Geographic coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E
                        Map references: Oceania
                                  Area: total: 7,686,850 sq km
                                        water: 68,920 sq km
                                        note: includes Lord Howe Island and
                                        Macquarie Island
                                        land: 7,617,930 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than the US
                                        contiguous 48 states
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 25,760 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200 NM or to the
                                        edge of the continental margin
                               Climate: generally arid to semiarid;
                                        temperate in south and east;
                                        tropical in north
                               Terrain: mostly low plateau with deserts;
                                        fertile plain in southeast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Lake Eyre -15 m
                                        highest point: Mount Kosciuszko
                                        2,229 m
                     Natural resources: bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper,
                                        tin, silver, uranium, nickel,
                                        tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc,
                                        diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
                              Land use: arable land: 6.88%
                                        permanent crops: 0.03%
                                        other: 93.09% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 24,000 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: cyclones along the coast; severe
                                        droughts; forest fires
          Environment - current issues: soil erosion from overgrazing,
                                        industrial development,
                                        urbanization, and poor farming
                                        practices; soil salinity rising due
                                        to the use of poor quality water;
                                        desertification; clearing for
                                        agricultural purposes threatens the
                                        natural habitat of many unique
                                        animal and plant species; the Great
                                        Barrier Reef off the northeast
                                        coast, the largest coral reef in the
                                        world, is threatened by increased
                                        shipping and its popularity as a
                                        tourist site; limited natural fresh
                                        water resources
            Environment - international party to: Antarctic-Environmental
                            agreements: Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living
                                        Resources, Antarctic Seals,
                                        Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
                                        Climate Change, Desertification,
                                        Endangered Species, Environmental
                                        Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
                                        of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine
                                        Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands,
                                        Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Climate
                                        Change-Kyoto Protocol
                      Geography - note: world's smallest continent but
                                        sixth-largest country; population
                                        concentrated along the eastern and
                                        southeastern coasts; regular,
                                        tropical, invigorating, sea breeze
                                        known as "the Doctor" occurs along
                                        the west coast in the summer
  
   People Australia
   ----------------
                            Population: 19,546,792 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.4% (male 2,046,052;
                                        female 1,949,725)
                                        15-64 years: 67% (male 6,610,840;
                                        female 6,480,354)
                                        65 years and over: 12.6% (male
                                        1,078,506; female 1,381,315) (2002
                                        est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.96% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 12.71 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 7.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 4.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80 years
                                        female: 83 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 77.15 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.15% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 14,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 100 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Australian(s)
                                        adjective: Australian
                         Ethnic groups: Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal
                                        and other 1%
                             Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%,
                                        other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian
                                        11%, other 12.6%
                             Languages: English, native languages
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 100%
                                        male: 100%
                                        female: 100% (1980 est.)
  
   Government Australia
   --------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Commonwealth
                                        of Australia
                                        conventional short form: Australia
                       Government type: democratic, federal-state system
                                        recognizing the British monarch as
                                        sovereign
                               Capital: Canberra
              Administrative divisions: 6 states and 2 territories*;
                                        Australian Capital Territory*, New
                                        South Wales, Northern Territory*,
                                        Queensland, South Australia,
                                        Tasmania, Victoria, Western
                                        Australia
                       Dependent areas: Ashmore and Cartier Islands,
                                        Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling)
                                        Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard
                                        Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk
                                        Island
                          Independence: 1 January 1901 (federation of UK
                                        colonies)
                      National holiday: Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
                          Constitution: 9 July 1900, effective 1 January
                                        1901
                          Legal system: based on English common law; accepts
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with
                                        reservations
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and
                                        compulsory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II
                                        (since 6 February 1952), represented
                                        by Governor General Rt. Rev. Dr.
                                        Peter HOLLINGWORTH (since 29 June
                                        2001)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        John Winston HOWARD (since 11 March
                                        1996); Deputy Prime Minister John
                                        ANDERSON (since 20 July 1999)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet Parliament
                                        nominates, from among its members, a
                                        list of candidates to serve as
                                        government ministers; from this
                                        list, the governor general makes the
                                        final selections for the Cabinet
                                        elections: none; the monarch is
                                        hereditary; governor general
                                        appointed by the monarch; following
                                        legislative elections, the leader of
                                        the majority party or leader of a
                                        majority coalition is usually
                                        appointed prime minister by the
                                        governor general for a three-year
                                        term
                                        note: government coalition - Liberal
                                        Party and National Party
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Parliament
                                        consists of the Senate (76 seats -
                                        12 from each of the six states and
                                        two from each of the two mainland
                                        territories; one-half of the members
                                        elected every three years by popular
                                        vote to serve six-year terms) and
                                        the House of Representatives (150
                                        seats - this is up from 148 seats in
                                        2001 election; members elected by
                                        popular vote on the basis of
                                        preferential representation to serve
                                        three-year terms; no state can have
                                        fewer than five representatives)
                                        elections: Senate - last held 10
                                        November 2001 (next to be held by
                                        November 2004); House of
                                        Representatives - last held 10
                                        November 2001 (next to be held by
                                        November 2004)
                                        election results: Senate - percent
                                        of vote by party - NA%; seats by
                                        party - Liberal Party-National Party
                                        coalition 35, Australian Labor Party
                                        28, Australian Democrats 8, Green
                                        Party 2, One Nation Party 1, Country
                                        Labor Party 1, independent 1; House
                                        of Representatives - percent of vote
                                        by party - NA%; seats by party -
                                        Liberal Party-National Party
                                        coalition 82, Australian Labor Party
                                        65, independent and other 3
                       Judicial branch: High Court (the chief justice and
                                        six other justices are appointed by
                                        the governor general)
         Political parties and leaders: Australian Democrats [Natasha STOTT-
                                        DESPOJA]; Australian Labor Party
                                        [Simon CREAN]; Country Labor Party
                                        [leader NA]; Green Party [Bob
                                        BROWN]; Liberal Party [John Winston
                                        HOWARD]; National Party [John
                                        ANDERSON]; One Nation Party [leader
                                        NA]
          Political pressure groups and Australian Democratic Labor Party
                               leaders: (anti-Communist Labor Party splinter
                                        group); Australian Monarchist League
                                        [leader NA]; Australian Republican
                                        Movement [leader NA]
             International organization ANZUS, APEC, ARF (dialogue partner),
                         participation: AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner),
                                        Australia Group, BIS, C, CCC, CP,
                                        EBRD, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM
                                        (guest), NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, PCA,
                                        Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMEE, UNTAET, UNTSO,
                                        UNU, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
                                        WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Michael
                                        J. THAWLEY
                                        consulate(s) general: Atlanta,
                                        Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New
                                        York, and San Francisco
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 797-3168
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 797-3000
                                        chancery: 1601 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20036
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador J.
                                    US: Thomas SCHIEFFER
                                        embassy: Moonah Place, Yarralumla,
                                        Canberra, Australian Capital
                                        Territory 2600
                                        mailing address: APO AP 96549
                                        telephone: [61] (02) 6214-5600
                                        FAX: [61] (02) 6214-5970
                                        consulate(s) general: Melbourne,
                                        Perth, Sydney
                      Flag description: blue with the flag of the UK in the
                                        upper hoist-side quadrant and a
                                        large seven-pointed star in the
                                        lower hoist-side quadrant; the
                                        remaining half is a representation
                                        of the Southern Cross constellation
                                        in white with one small five-pointed
                                        star and four, larger, seven-pointed
                                        stars
  
   Economy Australia
   -----------------
                    Economy - overview: Australia has a prosperous Western-
                                        style capitalist economy, with a per
                                        capita GDP on par with the four
                                        dominant West European economies.
                                        The Australian economy has been
                                        resilient in the face of the global
                                        economic downturn in 2001 chalking
                                        up 2.3% GDP growth, as the domestic
                                        economy is offsetting the external
                                        slump and business and consumer
                                        confidence remains robust.
                                        Canberra's emphasis on reforms is a
                                        key factor behind the economy's
                                        strength, and Australia is expected
                                        to outperform its trading partners
                                        in 2002, with GDP growth projected
                                        to be 3% or better. Australia
                                        probably will experience some
                                        weakness in mid-2002 as its business
                                        cycle tends to lag the US by about
                                        six months, and larger problems
                                        could emerge if Australia's trade
                                        position worsens.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $465.9
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.3% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $24,000
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3%
                                        industry: 25%
                                        services: 72% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 35.2 (1994)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.3% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 9.2 million (December 2001)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 73%, industry 22%,
                                        agriculture 5% (1997 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 6.7% (2001)
                                Budget: revenues: $86.8 billion
                                        expenditures: $84.1 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY00/01 est.)
                            Industries: mining, industrial and
                                        transportation equipment, food
                                        processing, chemicals, steel
     Industrial production growth rate: 0.4% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 202.676 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 89.79%
                                        hydro: 8.47%
                                        other: 1.74% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 188.489 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits;
                                        cattle, sheep, poultry
                               Exports: $68.8 billion (2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina,
                                        iron ore, wheat, machinery and
                                        transport equipment
                    Exports - partners: Japan 19%, US 9%, South Korea 7%,
                                        China 6%, New Zealand 5.8%,
                                        Singapore 4% (2001 est.)
                               Imports: $70.2 billion (2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
                                        computers and office machines,
                                        telecommunication equipment and
                                        parts; crude oil and petroleum
                                        products
                    Imports - partners: US 20%, Japan 13%, China 7.7%, UK
                                        6%, Germany 5%, South Korea 4%, NZ
                                        4%, Malaysia 3.6% (2001 est.)
                       Debt - external: $168.7 billion (2001 est.)
                  Economic aid - donor: ODA, $894 million (FY99/00)
                              Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
                         Currency code: AUD
                        Exchange rates: Australian dollars per US dollar -
                                        1.9354 (January 2002), 1.9320
                                        (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497
                                        (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
  
   Communications Australia
   ------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 10.05 million (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 8.6 million (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: excellent
                                        domestic and international service
                                        domestic: domestic satellite system;
                                        much use of radiotelephone in areas
                                        of low population density; rapid
                                        growth of mobile cellular telephones
  
                                        international: submarine cables to
                                        New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and
                                        Indonesia; satellite earth stations
                                        - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6
                                        Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat (Indian
                                        and Pacific Ocean regions) (1998)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: 25.5 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 104 (1997)
                           Televisions: 10.15 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .au
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 603 (2001)
                        Internet users: 10.06 million (2001)
  
   Transportation Australia
   ------------------------
                              Railways: total: 33,819 km (2,540 km
                                        electrified)
                                        broad gauge: 3,719 km 1.600-m gauge
                                        narrow gauge: 14,506 km 1.067-
                                        m gauge
                                        standard gauge: 15,422 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge
                                        dual gauge: 172 km NA gauges (1999
                                        est.)
                              Highways: total: 913,000 km
                                        paved: 353,331 km (including 1,363
                                        km of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 559,669 km (1996)
                             Waterways: 8,368 km (mainly used by small,
                                        shallow-draft craft)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km; petroleum
                                        products 500 km; natural gas 5,600
                                        km
                     Ports and harbors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin,
                                        Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle,
                                        Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania),
                                        Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay,
                                        Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
                       Merchant marine: total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 1,469,362 GRT/1,869,262 DWT
  
                                        ships by type: bulk 26, cargo 5,
                                        chemical tanker 4, container 1,
                                        liquefied gas 4, passenger 2,
                                        petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off
                                        6, includes some foreign-owned ships
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: France 2, United
                                        Kingdom 2, United States 14 (2002
                                        est.)
                              Airports: 421 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 282
                                        over 3,047 m: 10
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 128
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 124
                                        under 914 m: 9 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 139
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 111
                                        under 914 m: 12 (2001)
  
   Military Australia
   ------------------
                      Military branches: Royal Australian Army, Royal
                                         Australian Navy, Royal Australian
                                         Air Force
       Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age (2002 est.)
       Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 5,013,406 (2002
                                         est.)
    Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 4,321,387 (2002
                                service: est.)
            Military manpower - reaching males: 142,686 (2002 est.)
                  military age annually:
          Military expenditures - dollar $9.3 billion (FY01/02 est.)
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of 2% (FY01/02)
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Australia
   ------------------------------
              Disputes - international: Australia-East Timor-Indonesia are
                                        working to resolve maritime boundary
                                        and sharing of seabed resources in
                                        "Timor Gap"; Australia asserts a
                                        territorial claim to Antarctica and
                                        to its continental shelf
                         Illicit drugs: Tasmania is one of the world's major
                                        suppliers of licit opiate products;
                                        government maintains strict controls
                                        over areas of opium poppy
                                        cultivation and output of poppy
                                        straw concentrate
  
                                       



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