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South Australia Local Map - Maps of SA (303 words) |
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 | It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory and Queensland, to the east by Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, and along the south by the Great Australian Bight and the Southern Ocean. |
 | The aim was to establish the province as a centre of civilisation for free immigrants, promising civil liberties and religious tolerance. |
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Policy Discussion Paper - Australia Defence Association (2644 words) |
 | Australia has the 16th largest economy in the world, it is the 13th largest trading nation in the world by tonnage (seventh if the calculation is on a tonne/mile basis) and has the 15th highest per capita Gross Domestic Product. |
 | Australia is one of a small number of industrialised nations and an even smaller number moving into the post-industrial age. |
 | Australia is not merely an island continent (with the world’s sixth largest land area and 11th longest coastline); it lies at the junction of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, one of the most heavily traversed waterways in the world. |