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Pipelines

Gas 27,105 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,258 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2008)

Railways

Total: 37,855 km

Broad gauge: 142 km 1.600-m gauge

Standard gauge: 24,409 km 1.435-m gauge (1,094 km electrified)

Narrow gauge: 13,304 km 1.067-m gauge (1,193 km electrified) (2008)

Roadways

Total: 812,972 km

Paved: 341,448 km

Unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)

Merchant Marine

Total: 50

By type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, container 1, liquefied gas 4, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 5

Foreign-owned: 24 (Canada 9, France 1, Germany 2, Japan 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Singapore 1, UK 5, US 2)

Registered in other countries: 28 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Belize 1, Bermuda 1, Dominica 2, Fiji 1, Marshall Islands 1, NZ 1, Panama 4, Singapore 12, Tonga 1, US 1, Vanuatu 2) (2008)

Ports and Terminals

Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney

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Airports

464 (2009)

Heliports

1 (2009)

Waterways

2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)

Airports with Paved Runways

Total
325
Over 3,047 m
11
2,438 to 3,047 m
13
1,524 to 2,437 m
145
914 to 1,523 m
142
Under 914 m
14 (2009)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

Total
139
1,524 to 2,437 m
17
914 to 1,523 m
110
Under 914 m
12 (2009)

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