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Why does Australia have such small mountains?

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Why does Australia have such small mountains?

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Australia is a geologically ancient continent with no recent history of heavy glaciation, and is not at a plate margin so there is no new mountain building. What mountains Australia has have been heavily eroded by millenia of the effects of water, wind and sun.