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Australia is the
smallest continent of the world. The capital city of
Australia is Canberra and the largest city is Sydney. The
population is mainly concentrated in Sydney, Adelaide,
Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. Australia comes from the
Latin “Australis” which means “Southern”.
Australia is divided in three time zones which are Central,
Eastern and Western.
Australian Central Standard Time is UTC +1/2. The regions
that follow the ACST are: Broken in New South Wales, South
Australia and Northern Territory.
In the Eastern part which is known as the AEST (Australian
Eastern Standard Time) is equal to the UCT (Coordinated
Universal Time) plus ten hours often written UCT +10. The
regions with AEST time are: Australia Capital Territory,
Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales except
Broken Hill.
The Australian Western Standard Time is UTC +8.
The Australian Western Standard Time is only followed in
Western Australia.
Daylight Saving is also observed in the different regions of
Australia. From October to March the daylight saving time is
observed by the Australian Capital Territory, New South
Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria.
Since December 2006 Western Australia started a three year
trial of daylight saving.
Daylight saving time is not observed by Northern Territory
and Queensland.
When daylight saving time is observed the time is as
followed:
Australian Central Standard Time becomes Australian Central
Daylight Time and the time is then GMT +101/2.
Australian Western Standard Time becomes Australian Western
Daylight Time and the time is then GMT +9.
Australian Eastern Standard Time becomes Australian Eastern
Daylight Time and the time is then GMT+11. |
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