Australia is a Cuban village and consejo popular of the municipality of Jagüey Grande, Matanzas Province. It has an estimated population of 8,850. The village, founded in 1862, is in a sugar growing area and "dominated by the old, out-of-service sugar factory's chimney, with "Australia" written prominently down its length." The village is named …
Australia is a Cuban village and consejo popular of the municipality of Jagüey Grande, Matanzas Province. It has an estimated population of 8,850. The village, founded in 1862, is in a sugar growing area and "dominated by the old, out-of-service sugar factory's chimney, with "Australia" written prominently down its length." The village is named after the factory, the Central Australia, which like others in the area were named after continents.