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. He looked up from the card he was studying. 2. It hadn't been until Doreen actually left that Jan realized just how much she depended on her. 3. Bart was sleeping heavily, but Jan was lying sleepless in spite of the sedative he had given her. 4. All her anger went, the last traces of hysteria disappeared. Her mind was clear as it hann't been clear in many weeks. 5. The New Year would bring them luck, she thought. 6. He felt like a man who came out of a fog-filled tunnel where he had groped blindly for months. 7. He realized that he had not heard her laugh like that since before her illness. 8. Mrs Carlton had switched on the light above her bed and now lay back against her pillow with a thermometer between her lips.

Australia, or the Commonwealth of Australia, as it is officially called, is situated on the island continent. It also occupies the Island of Tasmania and some minor islands round the coast of the continent.

It is a highly developed industrial-agrarian country. Its area is about 8 million km2. It is the only state in the world that occupies the territory of a whole continent.

The capital of Australia is Canberra, which became the capital only in 1927.

From 1787 to 1867 Australia was a place where criminals were sent from Britain. That is why the official language of Australia is English.

Almost one half of Australian territory is occupied by deserts and semideserts. For quite a long period of time it was thought to be useless for economic development. But it is rich in coal, iron ore, bauxites, uranium, lead and many other mineral resources.