November 11, 2022
Wanting to represent a nation moving forward, Australia chose an emu and a kangaroo for its coat of arms because it was thought neither could move backward. Science has since determined emus can move backward; kangaroos can also, with some difficulty.
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Is Australia an Island?
At about 3 million square miles (7.7 million square km), Australia is the smallest continent on Earth. In fact, it’s closer in size to Greenland than it is to South America. Does that make Australia an island like Greenland? Although Australia is sometimes called an “island continent,” most
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