AUSTRALIARenee Veldman-Tentori

WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT AUSTRALIA?

WHO AM I?

Dual national Dutch Australian

Lived in NL from 2002-2007

and from 2012-now

Born in Australia, married to a

Dutch man in 2005

Two Dutch Australian children

Social media trainer/teacher

LEARNING GOALS

Geography of Australia: States, Territories and Capitals

Interesting connections and differences between

The Netherlands and Australia

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND AUSTRALIA

1606 - DUTCH IN AUSTRALIA

On 23 April 1601, Duyfken

sailed from Texal. In 1606, it

charted parts of Australia.

Dutch East India Company

Replica now docked in

Australia, part of 200 year

relationship in 2006

TV: FREEK VONK IN AUSTRALIE

1ST DUTCH MAP OF AUSTRALIA

STATES AND TERRITORIES

CAPITAL CITIES

BRISBANE

Capital of Queensland

Hot, tropical weather

Floods in 2011

Population around 2 million

Situated on the Pacific Ocean

SYDNEY

Capital of New South Wales

Population of about 4.8 million

Famous for Opera House and

Harbour Bridge

First place Captain Cook

landed in 1788

MELBOURNE

Capital city of Victoria

Population of around 4.7 million

City “most like Europe”

Situated on Port Phillip Bay

ADELAIDE

Capital city of South Australia

Population about 1.2 million

“City of Churches”

DARWIN

Capital city of Northern

Territory

Population of about 1.2 million

Situated on the Timor Sea

Rebuilt after Japanese Air-raids

in WWII

PERTH

Capital city of Western

Australia

Population of about 2 million

Isolated - a long trip from other

capital cities

Situated on the Indian Ocean

HOBART

Capital city of Tasmania

Population of about 218,000

Tasmania is an island, named

after Dutch explorer Abel

Tasman. First reported

European sighting 24

November 1642.

CANBERRA

Capital city of A.C.T. and of

Australia - seat of government

Population of about 380,000

Located between Sydney and

Melbourne

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