Lesson one: Locating Australia

Where is Australia located?

How large is Australia?

Where is Australia located?

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UK

Australia

Where is Australia located?

Watch ‘Holey Moley’ dig through the centre of the Earth from the UK.

Play the game: look at a globe to help you work out where Moley might end up and pin possible locations.

Will he end up near Australia?

Where is Australia located?

Is Australia in the Northern or Southern

Hemisphere?

Which is closer to the

Equator, Australia or

the UK?

Australia: Country or continent?

Australia is a country and continent.

Australia is a large land mass like the continents of Africa and South America, but is only made up of one country.

How does the size of Australia compare with the UK?

At its widest point, Australia is 4100km wide, which is more than four times the length of the UK.

Comparing Area

Area of United Kingdom

243,610 km²

Area of Australia

7,692,024 km²

Relational size of Australia and Europe

Source: SeekingAlpha.com

What are the positives and negatives of Australia’s size?

Positives Negatives

The space is a great asset for agriculture and growing crops on a large scale.

The huge distances make it expensive to deliver resources such as water to people living inland.

The size of Australia means it has a lot of natural resources and is the world’s leading exporter of minerals and coal.

Many people are moving away from inland towns leading to closure of services and these places becoming run-down.

Australia has a range of diverse landscapes to explore and striking physical features.

Travel is expensive and in poor weather conditions rural communities can be cut off.

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.

How does the size of Australia compare with other countries?

1. Russia 17,098,2422. Canada 9,984,6703. United States 9,826,6754. China 9,596,9615. Brazil 8,514,8776. Australia 7,692,0247. India 3,287,2638. Argentina 2,780,4009. Kazakhstan 2,724,90010. Algeria 2,381,741

Rank Country Area (km²)

Main activity

Look at the bar chart showing the approximate size (area) of each continent.

Colour code each continent on the world map to match the colour on the bar chart.

If you finish, try the extension on page three.

Remember… The size is shown in millions of km² and is rounded up or down to the

nearest million. Area of Australia is shown as 8 million km² which is 8,000,000km².

Plenary

Which continent is the largest?

Which continent is the smallest?

Which continent is larger- Australia or Europe?

Is Australia in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?