| 1 | Australia and New Zealand lie remote from the places with which they have the strongest cultural and economic ties. |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand constitute a geographic realm by virtue of territorial dimensions, relative location, and cultural distinctiveness - not population size. |
| 3 | Australia has the lowest average elevation and the lowest overall relief of all the continental land masses. |
| 4 | Australia is marked by a vast arid and semiarid interior, extensive open plain lands, and marginal moister zones. |
| 5 | Australia, with a large and diverse natural resource base, is a continent of substantial untapped potential. |
| 6 | Australia's population has a very low arithmetic and a low physiologic density. |
| 7 | Australia's population distribution is decidedly peripheral as well as highly clustered. |
| 8 | A very high percentage of Australia's population is concentrated in a small number of major urban areas. |
| 9 | Australia's indigenous population was almost completely submerged by the European invasion, remains numerically small, and participates only slightly in modern society. |
| 10 | Australian agriculture is highly mechanized and produces large surpluses for sale on foreign markets. Huge livestock herds feed on vast pastureland. |