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Australia

PresentationJoshua White



INTRODUCTION



Australia is in the continent of Australasia

or Oceania. Australia is located south of the

equator.

Australia





Oceans

Australia is surrounded by 3 oceans which are South pacific

ocean Indian ocean and north pacific ocean. Of the cost of the

Bondi beach people go surfing and swimming but…they have to

be careful from dangerous predators what lurk in the sea..



Famous people

kylie Minogue and Dannie Minogue singers

Rolf Harris -artist, entertainer and singer

Mel Gibson -actor.



City's

The capital of Australia is Canberra and the biggest city is

Sydney. its important city's are: Sydney because of its opera

house.



Population/people

It's population in 2011 is approximately 22,714,818 people.Australia has a diverse culture and life style due to the closeness

of the Asia pacific region.

The country's original inhabitants are they aboriginal and

Torres strait islander and have been living in Australia for at least

40 thousand years.The rest of Australia's people are migrants who have arrived in

Australia since Great Britain opened the first settlement in 1788.

Australia needed convict labour to improve its economy and for

cheap labour. In 1858 the first seventy five convicts arrived fromEngland, in all over 9 thousand British convicts were sent to

Australia between 1850 and 1868. Australian's still call the

English Pohms today. This stands for prisoners of her majesties

service.



Animals

There are many different species of wildlife in Australia. Other

popular animals are Marsupials

Animals: Kangaroo's can jump about higher than 2 meters. they

have a pouch to hold there new born.

Koala bears can climb as high as a tree. They are capable of

climbing and jumping on your face and rip your eyes out!



Sport

Australian Sport

sport in Australia is popular particularly in water sports and

team sports.

Rugby: Rugby union is a well known sport in Australia and the

world. The first game of rugby played in Australia was on 25 July1839. The first club was formed 1864.

Cricket: cricket is Australia's national summer sport. The first

Australian cricket team witch played over seas was 1868

Aboriginal cricket tour of England.



Human made land marks

• Sydney opera house is on Sydney harbour. the building wasdesigned by a Danish architect Jorn Utzon. it is a famousvisitor attraction. you can listen to opera and watchperformances

• Sydney harbour bridge. it was open march the 19 1932 andtook 6 years to build. the bridge is made of steel and contains6 million rivets. when painted the surface area is about thesize of 60 sports field



Natural land marks

Ayres rock is in the heart of Australia. it is a large sandstone rockformation. there are some aboriginal drawings somewhere onthe rock. it is 9.4 km to climb/walk up it. It changes colour everyday.

The Great barrier reef is along the cost line of Queensland. It isthe worlds biggest Coral reef and is over 200 km long. lots of people go diving to see the wonderful sea creatures.



climate

Climate: Australia has a variety of climates due to its size. The

weather ranges from below zero temperatures in the snowy

mountains to the intense heat in the north west. It is one of the

driest continents in the world. It can suffer bush fires and also

flooding.

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