The Australian Union: Basic Information

The Australian Union (as a separate state) began its historical journey on the first day of the twentieth century - the first of January 1901. It was to this date that the announcement of Australia by the Colony Federation was timed. Six years later, the Australian Union received the status of a British dominion.

The Dominion Institute was "invented" in the bowels of the foreign policy department of the British Empire in the late nineteenth century. Anticipating that a gigantic empire inhabited by a large number of ethnoses alien to the English traditions can not exist for a long time, it was decided to let some territories in "autonomous navigation". First of all, the new practice concerned territories where the Europeans, loyal to the policy of the Foreign Office, were the predominant or significant population. Received dominion status of the state recognized the power of the English crown, but in matters of internal management (and later in foreign policy activities) became independent.

The first British dominion was in 1867, Canada, the Australian Union was the second. Then came the turn of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and Ireland. After the Second World War, a "parade of sovereignties" began, and when in 1949 the "budding" India declared itself a republic and refused even the formal power of the British Empire, the term "dominion" was abandoned.

The state The Australian Union occupies the eponymous continent, the island of Tasmania and a large number of smaller islands and islets in the southern part of the Pacific and Indian oceans. The mainland lies in hot climatic zones, only a relatively small area of the southeastern part refers to a temperate climate. As for the landscape, then, perhaps, among all the continents the most monotonous is Australia. The geography of the continent is simple and unpretentious: along the entire eastern coast there is the Great Dividing Range, and almost all the rest of the territory is occupied by plains, mostly deserted.

In the economy of the Australian Union, a significant place is occupied by the extraction of minerals, with which the country is very rich. In addition, in areas with a temperate climate, there are good conditions for farming. These two sectors of the economy dominated Australia until the end of World War II. Upon its completion, the country began an industrial boom.

Now Australia specializes in shipbuilding, electrical engineering and transport engineering (first of all, this is the production of railway wagons intended for the transport of livestock and agricultural products).

The Australian tax system is characterized by the fact that residents of the Australian Union pay taxes regardless of the source of income. That is, the resident can earn in Russia or Mexico, and you will still have to pay taxes in Australia. In order to avoid double taxation, the government of the country has concluded more than forty treaties with various states.

The economy of Australia since the beginning of the 1990s has not known what a recession is, the unemployment rate in the country is less than five percent (and tends to decrease further), and inflation is two to three percent per year. According to various estimates, the level and quality of life in Australia is within the first five countries. To this optimistic picture it is necessary to add only a warm, climate-friendly climate. And here it is - Australia in all its glory.