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Other pages in this profile of Australia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 9.94 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 482.5 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 19.76 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 959.2 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: excellent domestic and international service domestic: domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile cellular telephones international: country code - 61; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Southern Cross fiber optic submarine cable provides links to New Zealand and the United States; satellite earth stations - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 104 (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .au |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 9.458 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 459.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 15.3 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 742.7 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 461 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 317 over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 138 914 to 1,523 m: 143 under 914 m: 13 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 144 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 109 under 914 m: 16 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate/gas 469 km; gas 26,719 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,720 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 38,550 km broad gauge: 3,727 km 1.600-m gauge standard gauge: 20,519 km 1.435-m gauge (1,877 km electrified) narrow gauge: 14,074 km 1.067-m gauge (2,453 km electrified) dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 812,972 km paved: 341,448 km unpaved: 471,524 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 52 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,296,383 GRT/1,490,539 DWT by type: bulk carrier 13, cargo 6, chemical tanker 1, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5 foreign-owned: 24 (Canada 9, France 1, Germany 2, Japan 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Singapore 1, UK 5, US 2) registered in other countries: 34 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Bahamas 1, Bermuda 2, Dominica 2, Fiji 1, Marshall Islands 2, NZ 1, Panama 4, Singapore 11, Tonga 1, Tuvalu 1, UK 3, US 2, Vanuatu 2) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney |
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