Noho ka ʻāpana o Australia i ka 7.7 miliona km2, a aia ia ma ka ʻāina nui o ka inoa like, ʻo Tasmanian, a me nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi he nui. No kahi manawa lōʻihi, hoʻomohala wale ka mokuʻāina i kahi ala agrarian, a hiki i ka waena o ke kenekulia 19 gula alluvial gula (nā waihona gula i lawe ʻia mai e nā muliwai a me nā kahawai) i loaʻa ma laila, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻomaka ai i nā lūlū gula a hoʻomoe i ke kumu no nā hoʻohālikelike nohona hou o Australia.
I ka wā ma hope o ke kaua, ua hāʻawi ke kālaihonua i kahi lawelawe waiwai nui i ka ʻāina ma o ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o nā waihona mineral, e like me ke gula, bauxite, hao a me nā manganese, a me nā opal, nā sapira a me nā pōhaku makamae ʻē aʻe, i lilo i mea hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana mokuʻāina.
Lānahu
Ua kuhi ʻia ʻo Australia he 24 biliona tona o nā mālama lanahu, ʻoi aku ma mua o kahi hapahā o (7 biliona tonnes) he antracite a i ʻole nā lānahu ʻeleʻele, aia ma ka Basin Sydney o New South Wales a me Queensland. Kūpono ʻo Lignite no ka hanauna mana ma Victoria. Mālama piha nā mālama lanahu i nā pono o ka mākeke Australia kūloko, a ʻae i ka lawe ʻana i ke koena o nā mea maka i hoʻouku ʻia.
Kinoea kūlohelohe
Hoʻolahalaha nui nā waiho kālā kūlohelohe i loko o ka ʻāina a ke hāʻawi nei i ka hapa nui o ko Australia mau pono home. Aia nā māla kinoea ʻoihana i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina a me nā paipu hoʻohui i kēia mau māla i nā kūlanakauhale nui. I loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki, ua hoʻonui ka hana ʻana o ka gas kūwaho Australia ma kahi o 14 mau manawa mai 258 miliona m3 i ka makahiki 1969, ka makahiki mua o ka hana ʻana, a i 3,3 biliona m3 i ka makahiki 1972. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, he mau miliona o nā tona o Austalia i kuhi ʻia ma ka ʻāina nui.
ʻAilā
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hana aila o Australia e kuhikuhi i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna mau pono ponoʻī. No ka manawa mua, ua ʻike ʻia ka aila ma ka hema o Kuiniselani kokoke i Mooney. Ke kū nei ka hana ʻaila Australia ma kahi o 25 miliona mau barela i kēlā me kēia makahiki a pili ia i nā kahua ma ke komohana ʻākau o Australia kokoke i ka Barrow Island, Mereeney a me ka ʻāina i lalo o ka Strait Bass. ʻO ka waihona Balrow, Mereeni a me Bas-Strait ke kūlike me nā mea o ka hana kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka ʻaukana Uranium
Nui nā waihona o ka uranium o Australia i mea e pōmaikaʻi ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana me he wahie no ka mana nukelea. ʻO Kuini Komohana, kokoke i Mount Isa a me Cloncurry, he ʻekolu biliona tona o nā reserves o ka uranium. Aia kekahi waiho kālā ma Arnhem Land, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Australia, a ma Queensland a me Victoria.
Mīkini hao
Aia ka hapa nui o nā mālama waiwai hao nui o Australia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka moku ʻo Hammersley a me nā wahi e pili ana. ʻO ka mokuʻāina he mau piliona o nā tona o nā mea hao e waiho ana, e lawe aku ana i ka hao magnetite mai nā mines a Tasmania a me Iapana, ʻoiai e unuhi ana i nā mea waiwai mai nā kumuwaiwai kahiko ma ka Eyre Peninsula ma South Australia a ma ka moku ʻo Cooanyabing ma ka hema o Western Australia.
Nui ka waiwai o ka Shield Western Shield i nā waihona nickel, i ʻike mua ʻia ma Kambalda e kokoke ana iā Kalgoorlie ma ke komohana hema o Australia ma 1964. Ua ʻike ʻia nā waihona nickel ʻē aʻe ma nā wahi maina gula kahiko ma Australia Komohana. Ua ʻike ʻia nā waihona liʻiliʻi o ka platinum a me ka palladium ma kahi kokoke.
Kiniki
Nui ka waiwai o ka mokuʻāina i nā zinc reserves, ʻo nā kumu nui o ia mau mauna ʻo Isa, Mat a me Morgan ma Queensland. ʻO nā mālama nui o ka bauxite (ore alumini), kēpau a me ka zinc i ka ʻākau.
Gula
ʻO ka hana gula ma Australia, kahi mea nui i ka huli ʻana o ke kenekulia, ua iho mai kahi hana kiʻekiʻe o ʻehā miliona auneke i 1904 a i mau haneli tausani. ʻO ka hapa nui o ke gula e ʻeli ʻia mai ka wahi ʻo Kalgoorlie-Northman ma Western Australia.
Kaulana ka ʻāina nui no nā pōhaku makamae, ʻo ia hoʻi nā opal keʻokeʻo a me nā ʻeleʻele mai South Australia a me ke komohana o New South Wales. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia nā waihona o nā sapira a me nā topazo ma Kuʻelani a me ka moku ʻEnelani ʻEnelani ma ka hikina hikina o New South Wales.
