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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-11-016619
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110325

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000779336
		IRS NUMBER:				133304681
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1735 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		215-405-5700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1735 MARKET STREET
		STREET 2:		32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST AUSTRALIA FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;25, 2011</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">VIA EDGAR</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ed Bartz,&nbsp;Esq.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen   Australia Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Post-Effective Amendement No.&nbsp;2 to the   Registration Statement Filed on February&nbsp;23, 2011</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities   Act File No.&nbsp;333-164092; Investment Company Act File No.&nbsp;811-04438</font></u></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Bartz:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter responds to comments on the above-referenced Post-Effective Amendment (the &#147;Amendment&#148;) that you provided in a telephone conversation with the undersigned on March&nbsp;18, 2011.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For your convenience, the substance of your comments has been restated below.&#160; The Registrant&#146;s responses to each comment are set out immediately under the restated comment.&#160; Defined terms, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meanings given them in the Amendment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;1</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant did not include in its Form&nbsp;N-SAR filing for the period ended April&nbsp;30, 2009 a letter from its prior auditor as required by Item 4 of Form&nbsp;8-K, which is referenced in Item 77K of Form&nbsp;N-SAR.&#160; Please file such letter as an exhibit to Form&nbsp;N-SAR.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant requested the letter required by Item 4 of Form&nbsp;8-K at the time that it transitioned to its current auditor, however it did not receive it.&#160; The Registrant has contacted its prior auditor to request the letter and has stated that it will file the letter as an exhibit to its Form&nbsp;N-SAR next filed after receipt of the letter.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;2</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please include disclosure in the Fact Sheets posted to the Fund&#146;s website stating the components of Fund distributions.&#160; For example, the Fund&#146;s January&nbsp;2011 Fact Sheet does not indicate that a large portion of the Fund&#146;s distributions described therein was a return of capital.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NEW YORK WASHINGTON PARIS LONDON MILAN ROME FRANKFURT BRUSSELS</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund intends to include the following disclosure in its Fact Sheets on a going-forward basis:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Under U.S. tax rules&nbsp;applicable to the Fund, the amount and character of distributable income for each fiscal year can be finally determined only as of the end of the Fund&#146;s fiscal year. &nbsp;The Fund anticipates that sources of distributions to shareholders may include net investment income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized long-term capital gains and return of capital. &nbsp;The estimated composition of the distributions may vary from quarter to quarter and may be impacted by future income, expenses and realized gains and losses on securities.&#160; For more detailed information related to the composition of the Fund&#146;s distributions, see http://www.aberdeeniaf.com.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;3</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please delete the references to &#147;borne by the Fund&#148; in the third row of the fee table and in footnote (1)&nbsp;to the fee table.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The requested deletions have been made.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;4</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The first paragraph under the &#147;Investment Policies&#148; section lists several criteria that will be considered in determining whether a company is &#147;tied economically&#148; to Australia.&#160; Please explain how certain of these criteria (e.g., headquartered in Australia) expose a company to the economic risks and fortunes of Australia.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A similar comment was provided in connection with Pre-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Fund&#146;s Registration Statement.&#160; In response, the Fund added the following disclosure, which appears immediately after the list of the several criteria considered in determining if a company is &#147;tied economically&#148; to Australia: &#147;Certain of these criteria can be considered on their own in determining whether a company is &#147;tied economically&#148; to Australia, while others are only considered in combination with other criteria.&#160; Most of the Fund&#146;s holdings meet several of the above-listed criteria.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accordingly, the Fund does not believe that each of the criteria listed is required to, on its own, expose a company to the economic risks and fortunes of Australia.&#160; The Fund believes that each of the companies in which it will invest will be exposed to the economic risks and fortunes of Australia because it will either meet several of the above-listed criteria or meet one criterion which by itself exposes the company to the economic risks and fortunes of Australia.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;5</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please consider the letter from Barry Miller of the Staff to the Investment Company Institute regarding derivatives disclosure as it relates to the disclosure included under &#147;Options Strategies&#148; on page&nbsp;16 of the Prospectus.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund does not currently intend to use options in the manner described in the above-referenced section.&#160; Therefore, the Fund has moved such disclosure to its Statement of Additional Information.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;6</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the &#147;Dividends and Distributions&#148; section on page&nbsp;28 of the Prospectus, please include disclosure explaining that a return of capital is a return of a shareholder&#146;s initial investment and disclose the tax implications of returns of capital.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant submits that the first sentence second paragraph of the above-referenced section currently explains returns of capital.&#160; In addition, the Registrant has added the following disclosure to such section to address the Staff&#146;s comment:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Distributions in excess of the Fund&#146;s current and accumulated earnings and profits will first reduce a shareholder&#146;s basis in his shares (thereby increasing any realized gain or decreasing realized loss upon ultimate disposition of the shareholder&#146;s shares, possibly increasing such shareholder&#146;s income tax liability at such time) and, after the shareholder&#146;s basis is reduced to zero, will constitute capital gains to a shareholder who holds his shares as capital assets.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment No.&nbsp;7</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the section discussing the Fund&#146;s charter and Maryland Law, please include a statement that the Fund has not opted-in to the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund has added the following disclosure to the relevant section:&#160; &#147;The provisions of the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act do not apply to any shares stock of the Fund, now or hereafter outstanding, and all such shares and the voting rights thereof shall be exempt from the provisions of the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Should you have any questions concerning the above, please call the undersigned at (212) 728-8138.</font></p>
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