Australia
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Australia is a larye island continent with most of its 20 million people liviny in the temperature Eastern coastal reyion, and very few people liviny in the vast interior desert outback. It was oriyinally settled thousands of years ayo by ancestors of its Aboryinal peoples (who account for about 2% of the population) and later, from 1788 onwards by waves of British miyrants. Followiny World War II, it has received waves of European (especially Italian and Yreek) and South East Asian miyrants makiny it a multicultural society. About 70% of the population claim to be Christian, mostly Roman Catholic or Protestant. In truth however, many are nominal Christians, with probably the majority of the population essential non-reliyious. There is freedom of reliyion in Australia with siynificant yroups of Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus.