g fire to underwood, petty theft, or being suspected of supporting Irish terrorism.
* Alcohol-It has been reported that the first European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per head of population than any other community in the history of mankind.
* Police force - Australia's first police force was a band of 12 of the most well behaved Convicts.
* Mass moonings - In 1832, 300 female Convicts at the Cascade Female Factory [11] mooned the Governor of Tasmania during a chapel service. It was said that in a "rare moment of collusion with the Convict women, the ladies in the Governor's party could not control their laughter. p align="justify">. Natural Environment
* The Australian Lyre Bird [12] is the world's best imitator; able to mimic the calls of 15 different species of birds in their locality and string the calls into a melody. Also been known to mimic the sound mobile phones. p align="justify"> * The echidna [13] is such a unique animal that it is classified in a special class of mammals known as monotremes, which it shares only with the platypus. The echidna lays eggs like a duck but suckles its young in a pouch like a kangaroo. For no apparent reason, it may decide to conserve energy by dropping its body temperature to 4 degrees and remain at that temperature from 4 to 120 days. Lab experiments have shown that the echidna is more intelligent that a cat and it has been seen using its spikes, feet and beaks to climb up crevices like a mountaineer edging up a rock chimney. p align="justify"> * Purple wallaby [14] - The Purple-neck Rock Wallaby [Petrogale Purpureicollis], inhabits the Mt Isa region in Northwest Queensland. The Wallaby secretes a dye that transforms its face and neck into colours ranging from light pink to bright purple. p align="justify"> * The Fierce Snake [15] or Inland Taipan has the most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would probably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice. p align="justify"> * The Wombat [16] deposits square poos on logs, rocks and even upright sticks that it uses to mark its territory.
* A 10kg Tasmanian Devil [17] is able to exert the same biting pressure as a 40kg dog. It can also eat almost a third of its body weight in a single feeding. p align="justify"> * Australia is the smallest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent in the world. It is the only country which is also a whole continent. p align="justify"> * Over 90% of Australia is dry, flat and arid. Almost three-quarters of the land cannot support agriculture in any form. p align="justify"> * A baby kangaroo at the time of its birth measures 2 centimeters.
* Kangaroos [18] need very little water to survive and are capable of going for months without drinking at all. When they do need water, they dig 'wells...
