Show third of australia in tropics more than one third of australia or square miles lies within the tropics the remainder square miles is within the temperate zone australia being an is island 1 and is less sub subject eject to weather extremes than are regions of similar area in other parts of the world latitude for latitude it is more temperate the extreme range of temperatures in the shade in summer and winter over a very large area over the greater part of the commonwealth the climate is similar to that of california southern france or italy I 1 |