D. History of AustraliaAustralia is a stable, culturally diverse and democratic society with a skilled workforce and strong economic and competitive. With a population of more than 21 million, Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent and country by land area is the sixth largest in the world. Australia's multicultural society includes the Indigenous population and migrants from some 200 countries.Australia is one of the oldest land masses in the world and human beings have inhabited around 60,000 years. Before the presence of European settlers, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander inhabit most areas of the continent. Australia's contemporary history is relatively short, with the first European settlement established by Great Britain on January 26, 1788. Australia has 10 per cent of the world's biodiversity and a large number of plants, animals and birds do not exist in other places in the world. Australia is committed to conserving the natural heritage and its unique environment and has a range of protection procedures, including World Heritage listings and many national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. Australia is one of the most resilient economy, high berpertumbuhan in the world. Australia has an efficient government sector, a flexible labor market and competitive business sector.With abundant natural resources, Australia has a high standard of living since the 19th century. Australia has made a major investment in social infrastructure, including education, training, health and transport.Australia's workforce, amounting to about 10 million highly trained. Many senior managers and technical staff have international experience, while almost half of Australia's workforce has a university qualification, vocational or diploma.

In a global economy, language skills are essential for the workforce. Although Australia is a country berpenutur English, more than 5 million people speak a second language.Australia offers the introduction of Western business culture with a workforce capable of operating in both Asian and Western business environments, because Australia has a large number of Asian language skills in the region. Language skills and other kemampuankemampuan attract foreign companies is partly a result of Australia's culturally diverse society.Migrants have a marked influence on all aspects of Australian society. For over 60 years of planned post-war migration, Australia has received more than 6.5 million migrants from over 200 countries, including more than 660,000 refugees. Australian population has increased from about seven million to more than 21 million.