The Republic of Indonesia is one of Australia's closest neighbours. Its population of more than 240 million people live on five main islands and there are more than 17 500 islands in all. Like Australia, Indonesia is a democracy and both our countries have rich, interesting but different cultures. Many Australians' first experience of Indonesia is a visit to the beautiful holiday island of Bali. Although Indonesia and Australia are close to one another and good neighbours, many factors make the way we live quite different. This book explains some of them: climate, geography, history, culture and religious groups.Covering subjects from the Humanities curriculum the Mac Australia Topics books combine brilliant photography and visual literacy elements with authoritative text matched to students' reading ability.Text Type: Information Report & Reading age: 9.5-12 yrs .