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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) 
As of January 31, 2023
abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. 

Shares Description Industry and Percentage
of Net Assets
Value
COMMON STOCKS—106.2%
AUSTRALIA—97.6%  
  289,813 ANZ Group Holdings Ltd. Banks—3.7% $  5,157,625
   95,000 Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.7%   2,293,606
   54,800 ASX Ltd. Capital Markets—1.9%   2,681,645
1,765,800 Beach Energy Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—1.4%   1,897,505
  464,600 BHP Group Ltd. Metals & Mining—11.7%  16,271,282
  221,300 Charter Hall Group, REIT Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.6%   2,179,048
   25,210 Cochlear Ltd. Health Care Equipment & Supplies—2.7%   3,808,642
  163,200 Commonwealth Bank of Australia Banks—9.2%  12,739,729
   54,300 CSL Ltd. Biotechnology—8.3%  11,465,468
  157,100 Elders Ltd. Food Products—0.8%   1,081,580
  511,100 Endeavour Group Ltd. Food & Staples Retailing—1.7%   2,399,900
  292,340 Goodman Group Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—3.0%   4,169,813
  172,300 IDP Education Ltd. Diversified Consumer Services—2.8%   3,834,268
  571,700 Insurance Australia Group Ltd. Insurance—1.4%   1,985,384
   62,590 James Hardie Industries PLC Construction Materials—1.0%   1,404,427
   43,250 Macquarie Group Ltd. Capital Markets—4.2%   5,769,936
972,600 Medibank Pvt Ltd. Insurance—1.5% 2,026,201
234,200 Megaport Ltd.(a) IT Services—0.7% 974,094
534,700 Metcash Ltd. Food & Staples Retailing—1.1% 1,584,540
1,643,100 Mirvac Group Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.9% 2,654,606
376,600 National Australia Bank Ltd. Banks—6.1% 8,497,651
482,400 Northern Star Resources Ltd. Metals & Mining—3.1% 4,298,435
108,200 OZ Minerals Ltd. Metals & Mining—1.5% 2,143,101
875,500 Pilbara Minerals Ltd.(a) Metals & Mining—2.2% 2,978,379
51,700 Pro Medicus Ltd. Health Care Technology—1.8% 2,469,125
666,600 Region RE Ltd. Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.9% 1,279,135
77,980 Rio Tinto PLC Metals & Mining—4.4% 6,105,930
1,833,200 Telstra Group Ltd. Diversified Telecommunication Services—3.8% 5,298,283
84,080 Wesfarmers Ltd. Multiline Retail—2.1% 2,964,383
281,205 Woodside Energy Group Ltd. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—5.2% 7,281,486
225,440 Woolworths Group Ltd. Food & Staples Retailing—4.2% 5,761,670
  Total Australia 135,456,877
NEW ZEALAND—7.0%  
554,840 Auckland International Airport Ltd.(a) Transportation Infrastructure—2.2% 3,041,122
499,400 Mercury NZ Ltd. Electric Utilities—1.4% 1,935,233
620,400 Spark New Zealand Ltd. Diversified Telecommunication Services—1.5% 2,108,629
48,000 Xero Ltd.(a) Software—1.9% 2,645,590
  Total New Zealand 9,730,574
UNITED STATES—1.6%  
97,400 ResMed, Inc., GDR Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.6% 2,226,182
  Total Common Stocks 147,413,633
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—0.0%
UNITED STATES—0.0%  
21,628 State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 4.18%(b) 21,628
  Total Short-Term Investment 21,628
  Total Investments—106.2% (cost $122,614,562) 147,435,261
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(6.2%) (8,560,640)
  Net Assets—100.0%   $138,874,621
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Registered investment company advised by State Street Global Advisors. The rate shown is the 7 day yield as of January 31, 2023.
    
See accompanying Notes  to Portfolio of Investments.

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)  (concluded)
As of January 31, 2023
abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. 

GDR Global Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
 
See accompanying Notes  to Portfolio of Investments.

Notes to Portfolio of Investments 
January 31, 2023 (unaudited)

1.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
a.    Security Valuation:
The Fund values its securities at current market value or fair value, consistent with regulatory requirements. "Fair value" is defined in the Fund's Valuation and Liquidity Procedures as the price that could be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants without a compulsion to transact at the measurement date. Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Board of Directors (the "Board") designated the abrdn Australia Limited (formerly, Aberdeen Standard Investments Australia Limited), the Fund's investment adviser (the "Investment Adviser"), as the valuation designee ("Valuation Designee") to perform the fair value determinations relating to Fund investments for which market quotations are not readily available.
Equity securities that are traded on an exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price or the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded at the “Valuation Time” subject to application, when appropriate, of the valuation factors described in the paragraph below. Under normal circumstances, the Valuation Time is as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). In the absence of a sale price, the security is valued at the mean of the bid/ask price quoted at the close on the principal exchange on which the security is traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) are valued at the market price of the security at the Valuation Time. A security using any of these pricing methodologies is determined to be a Level 1 investment.
Foreign equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges that close prior to Valuation Time are valued by applying valuation factors to the last sale price or the mean price as noted above. Valuation factors are provided by an independent pricing service provider. These valuation factors are used when pricing the Fund's portfolio holdings to estimate market movements between the time foreign markets close and the time the Fund values such foreign securities. These valuation factors are based on inputs such as depositary receipts, indices, futures, sector indices/ETFs, exchange rates, and local exchange opening and closing prices of each security. When prices with the application of valuation factors are utilized, the value assigned to the foreign securities may not be the same as quoted or published prices of the securities on their primary markets. A security that applies a valuation factor is determined to be a Level 2 investment because the exchange-traded price has been adjusted. Valuation factors are not utilized if the independent pricing service provider is unable to provide a valuation factor or if the valuation factor falls below a predetermined threshold; in such case, the security is determined to be a Level 1 investment.
Short-term investments are comprised of cash and cash equivalents invested in short-term investment funds which are redeemable daily. The Fund sweeps available cash into the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, which has elected to qualify as a “government money market fund” pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, and has an objective, which is not guaranteed, to maintain a $1.00 per share net asset value (“NAV”). Registered investment companies are valued at their net asset value as reported by such company. Generally, these investment types are categorized as Level 1 investments.
In the event that a security’s market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable (for reasons other than because the foreign exchange on which it trades closes before the Valuation Time), the security is valued at fair value as determined by the Investment Adviser as Valuation Designee, taking into account the relevant factors and surrounding circumstances using valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. A security that has been fair valued by the Investment Adviser may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the nature of the inputs. 
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