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Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere.

Because it is south of the equator, the seasons in Australia are the opposite of those in Europe: it’s winter in Australia when it’s summer in Europe.

LOCATION

- It’s the 6th biggest country in the world.

- It’s an island, surrounded by water.

- It’s the smallest continent in the world.

Australia is composed of 7 territories:

Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales,

Victoria + Tasmania, and Papua New Guinea.

James Cook discovered Australia in 1770.

Britain sent prisoners

and criminals to Australia.

Europeans sold the land

of Aborigines and killed

thousands of them.

HISTORY

Native Australians. The Aborigines have lived in Australia for over 40,000 years. Now they only represent 1% of the population. The total population of Australia is 22 million.

Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is very young city.

Population is about 310,000 people.

Capitol Hill Canberra Fountain

St. Maria Cathedral

The Harbour Bridge

Sydney

Sydney AMP Tower

Opera House

The biggest city is Sydney, where there is the famous

Sydney Opera House.

OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES

Melbourne

PerthAdelaide

Brisbane

Where are the majority of important cities in Australia?

GEOGRAPHYUluru (Ayers Rock) is the world’s largest monolith. It is sacred for Aborigines.

It is very popular with tourists because of its beautiful colours.

THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG

Union Flag

6th British colony.

The Commonwealth 7 pointed star represents the 7 territories.

Southern cross symbolizes the constellation.

The currency is the Australian dollar.

In Australia it is usually very warm, so Australians love sport and other outdoor activities. The most popular are:

surfing

swimming

scuba-diving cricket

TYPICAL FOOD

-ranking first in the consumption of honey

-large variety of honey products:

Honey wine Leatherwood-Honey Medi-Honey

Fish and Seafood

- large variety of fish: e.g Snapper,garfish, leatherjacket, jewfish, flathead,gemfish, John Dory and Barramundi

- Australians are quite partial to shellfish

Fruits and Vegetables

Granny Smith

Tropical Fruits: mangoes, paw paws and pineapples

Vegemite

Beverages

Victoria Bitter

Bundy

Cider

Billy Tea

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Lamingtons

Unique Australian Dishes

Damper

Pavlova

Anzac Biscuits (Australian and NZ Army Corps)

Meat Pie

Kangaroo meet

TYPICAL ANIMALS

Koala Kangaroo

Dingo

Platypus

Sugar glider

Tasmanian devil

Wombat

Possum

Australia has also some very poisonous snakes and spiders. At school children have to learn first aid for snake and spider bites.

- What is the capital of Australia? a. Sydney b. Melbourne c. Canberra- Which city is the oldest and largest?

a. Canberra b. Sydney c. Darwin - Which is a popular Australian animal?

a. bear b. kangaroo c. fox- Who are the Australian natives

a. Eskimos b. Aborigines c. Indians- Who discovered Australia?

a. Columbus b. Captain Cook c. Lewis and Clark

- What is the official Language in Australia? a. English b. German c. Spain