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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-19-023834
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190405
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190405

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:		N-CEN/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04438
		FILM NUMBER:		19734682

	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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<TEXT>

 Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund") as of and for the year ended October 31, 2018,
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we
considered the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting, including controls over safeguarding
securities, as a basis for designing our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on
the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we
express no such opinion.
Management of the Fund is responsible for establishing
and maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. A
company's internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A company's internal control over financial
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the Fund
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets
that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies
or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not
allow management or employees, in the normal course
of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or
detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material
weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of the Fund's annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely
basis.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting was for the limited purpose described
in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose
all deficiencies in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal
control over financial reporting and its operation,
including controls over safeguarding securities that we
consider to be a material weakness as defined above as
of October 31, 2018.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Directors of Aberdeen
Australia Equity Fund, Inc. and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and
should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 27, 2018


Information Classification: Limited Access

Information Classification: Limited Access



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