Area: total area: 1,001,450 km2

12 Telecommunications: 63,000 telephones (1989); broadcast stations - 1 AM, 2 FM, 14 TV; submarine cables extend to Indonesia and Djibouti; 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 2 territories*; Australian Capital Territory*, New South Wales,, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria,, Western

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