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  • GeorgeTH
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    • Jul 2002
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    #1

    QUIZ: how big is Australia? [Quick reply - no looking up...]

    Recent discussions with some Americans revealed that they underestimate this little continent. I will reveal the answer tomorrow - so go ahead and post you guess...
    95
    No [i]fu@#in[/i] idea
    0%
    2
    about the size of Texas
    0%
    9
    about the size of Alaska
    0%
    9
    a little smaller than Canada
    0%
    15
    about the size of Central Europe
    0%
    14
    not much smaller than the USA (minus Alaska and Hawaii)
    0%
    46

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  • JulianSosa
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    • Aug 2003
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    #2

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    • Krome
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      • Jul 2001
      • 2851

      #3
      not big enough to find any decent rugby players there....

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      • mojobatron
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        • Oct 2002
        • 84

        #4
        Originally posted by Krome
        not big enough to find any decent rugby players there....
        sorry, we're too busy training the best athletes in every other sport.

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        • playa
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          • Feb 2001
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          #5
          lol

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          • buddyjuf

            #6
            pretty big
            but nowhere close to Canada

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            • Raf1
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              • Oct 2003
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              #7
              I think it's just a little smaller than Canada
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              • Krome
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                • Jul 2001
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                #8
                Originally posted by mojobatron


                sorry, we're too busy training the best athletes in every other sport.
                How is the colonial prison these days? Remember you still have to bow to the queen....

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                • mojobatron
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                  • Oct 2002
                  • 84

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Krome


                  How is the colonial prison these days? Remember you still have to bow to the queen....
                  Her Magesty can suck my balls good sir.

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                  • Krome
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                    • Jul 2001
                    • 2851

                    #10
                    Originally posted by mojobatron


                    Her Magesty can suck my balls good sir.
                    Shame Diana is dead...she could have definitely sucked a sparkle into my eye!

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                    • mojobatron
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                      • Oct 2002
                      • 84

                      #11
                      Fergie would be a goer though, ugly girls always suck a mean cock. Call it natural selection....they do what they must to further their genes.

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                      • MetaformX
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                        • Mar 2002
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                        #12
                        australia is australian for beer

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                        • bhutocracy
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                          • Dec 2001
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by mojobatron
                          Fergie would be a goer though, ugly girls always suck a mean cock. Call it natural selection....they do what they must to further their genes.
                          hahah.

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                          • Oracle Porn
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                            • Oct 2002
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                            #14
                            about the size of texas


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                            • Living For Today
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                              • Feb 2002
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by mojobatron


                              sorry, we're too busy training the best athletes in every other sport.
                              so true

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                              • GeorgeTH
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                                • Jul 2002
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                                #16
                                interesting - keep on guessing!

                                Would be more interesting if we'd know how many Australians participated...
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                                • OAEN
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                                  • Nov 2003
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                                  #17
                                  I chose the usa size without alaska or hawaii
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                                  • evilregis
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                                    • Oct 2003
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                                    #18
                                    About the size of the continental US. It's obviously nowhere near being close to the size of Canada. I can't imagine that it is about the same size as a state as they are relatively small.

                                    I think the reason people seem to think it's so small is because of map projections making it look so much smaller, but that's just a distortion from taking a 3D globe and projecting it onto a 2D surface. Northern Canada "shrinks" as well on maps of this kind so it would stand to reason Australia would do the same.
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                                    • IMP^or^SNiTL.e
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                                      • Aug 2003
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                                      #19
                                      meh the queen will go soon enough we had a referendom just before and we rejected it because it was a shitty deal, we will have another one soon enough, but honetsly who gives a flying fuck

                                      we are not losing out by it one bit, it is providing links in the commonwalth heads of goernments meetings to differnt trade negotiations, its all +'s, which we need since we are in the middle of a shitwhoel they call the south pacific

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                                      • spooky181
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                                        • Jul 2003
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                                        #20
                                        Who cares...Fair fuckin dinkum..

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                                        • Smokey The Bear
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                                          • Oct 2003
                                          • 786

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Raf1
                                          I think it's just a little smaller than Canada
                                          Canada is the biggest country on earth australia is 5th

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                                          • BlueDesignStudios
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                                            • Feb 2003
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                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by GeorgeTH
                                            interesting - keep on guessing!

                                            Would be more interesting if we'd know how many Australians participated...
                                            I'd say tasmania is about the size of texas

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                                            • zentz
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                                              #23
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                                              • GeorgeTH
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by BlueDesignStudios
                                                I'd say tasmania is about the size of texas
                                                My guess is you could be right... Haven't looked it up.

                                                Here are the figures:
                                                Texas 267,277 square miles
                                                Alaska 615,230 square miles
                                                Canada 3,849,676 sqm (or 9,970,610 sq kms)
                                                Australia 2,966,133 sqm (or 7,682,292 sq kms)*)
                                                USA incl. Alaska + Hawaii 3,618,770 sqm (or 9,372,571 sq kms)

                                                [I bloody lost the figure for mainland US, and Google is no use at all at the moment - sorry]

                                                *) not bad for size to share with only 20 million inhabitans (not counting the roos and snakes) compared to ~250 million in the US...
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                                                • Tipsy
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                                                  • Jul 2001
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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by GeorgeTH
                                                  My guess is you could be right... Haven't looked it up.

                                                  Here are the figures:
                                                  Texas 267,277 square miles
                                                  Alaska 615,230 square miles
                                                  Canada 3,849,676 sqm (or 9,970,610 sq kms)
                                                  Australia 2,966,133 sqm (or 7,682,292 sq kms)*)
                                                  USA incl. Alaska + Hawaii 3,618,770 sqm (or 9,372,571 sq kms)

                                                  [I bloody lost the figure for mainland US, and Google is no use at all at the moment - sorry]

                                                  *) not bad for size to share with only 20 million inhabitans (not counting the roos and snakes) compared to ~250 million in the US...
                                                  So how does central Europe compare?
                                                  Ignorance is never bliss.

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                                                  • BlueDesignStudios
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                                                    • Feb 2003
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                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by GeorgeTH
                                                    My guess is you could be right... Haven't looked it up.

                                                    Here are the figures:
                                                    Texas 267,277 square miles
                                                    Alaska 615,230 square miles
                                                    Canada 3,849,676 sqm (or 9,970,610 sq kms)
                                                    Australia 2,966,133 sqm (or 7,682,292 sq kms)*)
                                                    USA incl. Alaska + Hawaii 3,618,770 sqm (or 9,372,571 sq kms)

                                                    [I bloody lost the figure for mainland US, and Google is no use at all at the moment - sorry]

                                                    *) not bad for size to share with only 20 million inhabitans (not counting the roos and snakes) compared to ~250 million in the US...
                                                    Australia is 99% uninhabitable really

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                                                    • GeorgeTH
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                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Tipsy
                                                      So how does central Europe compare?
                                                      Sorry - forgot:
                                                      All of Europe is 3,618,770 sqmiles or 9,372,571 sq kilometers (roughly the size of Canada) - Germany alone is 356,958 sq kilometres = Central Europe would be roughly equal to AUS.
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                                                      • Ic3m4nZ
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                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by bdjuf
                                                        pretty big
                                                        but nowhere close to Canada

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                                                        • silentkey
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                                                          • Nov 2003
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                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by evilregis
                                                          About the size of the continental US. It's obviously nowhere near being close to the size of Canada. I can't imagine that it is about the same size as a state as they are relatively small.

                                                          I think the reason people seem to think it's so small is because of map projections making it look so much smaller, but that's just a distortion from taking a 3D globe and projecting it onto a 2D surface. Northern Canada "shrinks" as well on maps of this kind so it would stand to reason Australia would do the same.

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                                                          • Zorgman
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                                                            #30
                                                            Australia Size: 18,945,430 people BIG. :D
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                                                            • Teen Angel
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                                                              #31
                                                              We woudl belucky if most US peopel had even heardof Australia! I get soem really interesting questions on icq sometimes... and that is IF they have even heard of the country! It amazed me!
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                                                              • beemk
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                                                                #32
                                                                is it true that austrailia has a 2:1 girl to guy ratio or something like that?
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                                                                • Sausage
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                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by beemk
                                                                  is it true that austrailia has a 2:1 girl to guy ratio or something like that?
                                                                  Nope not really, but we have some of the best looking and outgoing girls in the world. The Gold Coast and Brisbane are a guy's dream.

                                                                  Still not quite as nice as Canada from what i have been told though
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                                                                  • spooky181
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by beemk
                                                                    is it true that austrailia has a 2:1 girl to guy ratio or something like that?
                                                                    I think The state of Western Australia has that sort of girl guy ratio..

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                                                                    • konduct
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                                                                      #35

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                                                                      • mryellow
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]?OpenDocument

                                                                        SEX RATIO

                                                                        In June 2002, the sex ratio (number of males per 100 females) for Western Australia was 100.1, with 964,300 males and 963,000 females. This compares with a sex ratio of 98.4 at the national level. Only the Northern Territory, with 109.9, had a higher sex ratio.

                                                                        Males outnumbered females in all statistical divisions except Perth where there were 714,500 females and 699,200 males. The sex ratio ranged from 97.9 in Perth to 121.2 in the Pilbara. Within the Perth Statistical Division, the statistical local area of Peppermint Grove had the lowest sex ratio (72.6) and Perth - Inner had the highest (183.9). Outside the Perth Statistical Division, Wiluna had the highest sex ratio (223.4) and Albany - Central the lowest (91.9).

                                                                        For people in the 15-64 "working age" group, the highest ratio of males to females was in statistical local areas dominated by the mining and pastoral industries, such as Yalgoo, Wiluna and Sandstone (all above 210). The lowest ratios for this age group occurred in Perth, in the established residential areas of Peppermint Grove (70.5) and Mosman Park (91.4), and in the south of the state in Albany - Central (93.7).

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