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Australia is a land of contrasts: a very old continent with a variety of flora and fauna unique in the world: spreading eucalyptus trees, the living fossil of the duck-billed platypus and the 2,000-kilometre long Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world. In contrast, the nation itself is young, as is the culture of the white Australians who discovered and colonized the continent some two centuries ago. A fascinating land that was explored by gold diggers and opal prospectors has become a country famed for its sheep farming and its mineral wealth and which today is a nation of modern sprawling cities and distinctive leisure pursuits.