Hemisphere. · The capital of Australia is Canberra Facts about Australia · It is the smallest countinent in the world, but it's the largest island. There are six states and two territories in Australia. It has a population of 20.3 million. The currency is Australian Dollars. Animals in Australia Sea Habitat · Just off the coast of North Easr Australia you will find the Great Barrier Reef. · Lots of different types of animals live here. Aboriginals · Native Australians are called Aborigines. · They were the first people to live in Australia. · One of their most famous hunting weapons is the boomerang. · The didgeridoo is an old musical instrument that the Aborigines play. Uluru · Uluru also called Ayers Rock is the most famous landmark in central Australia. · It rises 348 meters above the surrounding plains and the base measures 9 km. · The rock appears to change colour during sunset. The Outback
season. In Western Australia, the Queen's Birthday holiday is celebrated in late September or early October. Aborigines The Aborigines probably came to Australia as modern human beings 40,000 to 60,000 years ago. Some people beleive that the Aborigines have existed on Australia for 120,000 to 150,000 years, but have not been able to find conclusive evidence to support their theories. It is not known from where the Aboriginals began their journey, but it is certain that people with some kind of water craft crossed the 100 - 160 kilometres stretches of water between the islands to the north; and reach the southern continent. This sea voyage is the earliest evidence of sea travel by prehistoric man. Religion The Aborigonal religion is based heavily on the Dreaming. The Dreaming is the Aboriginal creation story. Aborigines believe that at the beginning of time the
Music Aboriginal music is often recognizable for its most famous instrument, the didgeridoo. A wind instrument typically made from bamboo, it extends about five feet and produces a low, vibrating hum. Aborigines use didgeridoos in formal ceremonies at such events as sunsets, circumcisions, and funerals. Stor ytelling The oral tradition of storytelling informs aboriginals' vibrant cultural life. Songs illustrate the Dreamtime and other tales of the land, while dances and diagrams drawn in the sand accompany oral tales. Art In the Northern Territory, aboriginal art includes sculpture, bark and rock paintings, and baskets and beadwork. Rock carvings and paintings can be found in such places as Arnhem Land, Ubirr, and Nourlangie.
The word was first used in Italy and Greece to describe people who live there. 6 More than 30 000 years ago the population of the world was small. People lived in family groups. There were no cities or anything like that. There were no cultivated crops, animals were not herded for food and metalworking was yet to be discovered. It is not known from where the aboriginals bean their journey, but it is certain that they used some kind of a craft to cross the water between the islands to the north and reach the southern continent. This voyage is the earliest evidence of sea travel by prehistoric man. The firs Aboriginals found an Australia with a better environment than today. Large animals now extinct provided more meat than the animals which we are familiar with. Some parts of the continent were richer in vegetable food, but there were no cultivated
They arrived there about 50 000 years ago. The word `aboriginal' means `the first' or `earliest known'. The word was first used in Italy and Greece to describe people who lived there. More than 30 000 years ago the population of the world was small. People lived in family groups. There wereno cities or anything like that. There were no cultivated crops, animals werenot herded for food and metalworking was yet to be discovered. It is not known from where the aboriginals began their journey, but it is certain that they used some kind of a craft to cross the water between the islands to the north and reach the southern continent. This voyage is the earliest evidence of sea travel by prehistoric men. The first aborigines found an Australia with a better environment than today. Large animals now extinct provided more meat than the animals which we are familiar with. Some parts of the continent were richer in vegetable
seeds or collect the plant food. However, the Aborigines were very clever in making things out of noting, like fishing lines for example. They were made out of hair and strings. Bones were used as weapons and as needles. The "Dreamtime", the mythological past, is very important to the Aborigines. They believe that it was the time, when spirit ancestors had traveled throughout the land, giving it its physical form, and setting down the ruled to be followed by the Aboriginals. There are also many different stories or legends about powerful beings like the "Fertility Mother", the "Great Rainbow Snake". The story about Pemulwuy is also famous. As there were shortages of food and water, the Aborigines blamed supernatural forces for those and all the other problems. Magic and rituals were used to correct the situation. A man called either the "medicine man" or the "doctor", who was a powerful man, cured physical ills that occurred quite often.
More than 30,000 years ago the population of the world was small, and people lived in family groups, hunting, fishing and food gathering. There where no cultivated crops, animals were not herded for food and metalworking was yet to be discovered. At that time, known as the last great Ice Age, Australia was joined to New Guinea. Islands such as Java and Borneo were larger than today, sea passages between them narrower. This made it possible for the ancestors of the people now called Australian Aboriginals to reach Australia from lands to the north. It is not known from where the Aboriginals began their journey, but it is certain that people with some kind of water craft crossed the 100 - 160 kilometres stretches of water between the islands to the north; and reach the southern continent. This sea voyage is the earliest evidence of sea travel by prehistoric man. As the ice flows of the Ice Age began to melt, the sea level rose, isolating Australia, and
In the High Court of Australia, Australian Aborigines have been specifically identified as a group of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of the continent. History The first people of Australia were nomadic people who came to Australia from south-east Asia. Scientists don't know exactly when they arrived but it is somewhere between 40000 and 60000 years ago. When British came to Australia in 1788, they called these native people “aboriginals”, meaning people who had lived there since the earliest times. Captain James Cook set the colonization of Australia into motion by exploring and mapping the fertile eastern coast of Australia, but he was not the first to visit Australia. There is evidence suggesting Aborigines in northern Australia maintained trade with some of the Indonesian islands closest to the coast. Chinese and Arab's may have had contact with the Aborigines in the 15th century.
There are more than 50 species of them. It's a furry animal that hops on its hind legs. An adult can measure 2,4 metres high. They can jump more than 4 metres and travel 70 km/h. The biggest are red kangaroos, grey kangaroos and wallaroos. The smallest are the kangaroos that belong to the group called rat kangaroos. They eat grass and leaves and live in groups of about twelve. The koala is one of the best loved Australian animals. The aboriginals named it "the animal that does not drink". They live in eucalyptus trees, sleeping for 18 hours, and eating 1 kilo of leaves and bark each day. Baby koalas are about the size of a bean when they are born. They move into their mother's pouch, which opens to the back. It comes out at the age of 6 months. The wombat lives in burrows in grassland areas of Australia and Tasmania. It has short strong legs and claws for digging burrows. They live in groups and come out to look for
constitutional and ceremonial duties. The Governor General is appointed by the monarch on advice from the Australian Prime Minister. The term length is usually around five years. The Prime Minister is the head of government. 7. The Australian referendum in 1999? The 1999 referendum proposed establishing a republic. 55% voted against the measure. 8. Who are the native people of Australia? Where do most of them live? The Aborigines are the native people. In 2011, there were 670K Aboriginals in Australia, comprising 3% of the total population. Three-fourths of natives live in urban areas, but some do live in remote areas. New Zealand 1. The two large islands of New Zealand, their main geographic landforms. New Zealand is a country of snowcapped mountains and scenic landscapes - north to south. 2. Who are the native people of New Zealand? What is their origin? When did they arrive in New Zealand? Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people who settled on New Zealand aroun 1300 AD
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