· At the northwest corner of the continent is the sandstone cliffs and gorges of The Kimberley · Australia has the longest coral reef - The Great Barrier Reef. · At 2,228 metres Mount Kosciuszko on the Great Dividing Range is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=avLWMHZR5dk Australian animals · Although most of Australia is semi-arid or desert, it includes a diverse range of habitats from alpine heaths to tropical rainforests. · The wildlife in Australia has evolved in isolation and so has a unique and individual appearance. This also means that the animals have adapted well to the varying and often harsh climatic differences around Australia. · About 85% of flowering plants, 84% of mammals, more than 45% of birds, and 89% of in-shore, temperate-zone fish are endemic...
I slaid I am going to talk about strange animals that live in Australia. II slaid Australian kangaroos are the most famous Australian animals, and they belong to the most recognisable icons in the world. Australians call them 'roos' and they can be found in all parts of Australia, not just in the Outback. Their young are called joeys. All kangaroos are herbivores and only eat plants. The biggest enemies of kangaroos are humans. III slaid The Koala is one of Australia's best known animals. It is an icon represented when promoting Australia to the tourist industry. Koalas are mainly found in the south east Australia...
Western australia § Western Australia is state of Australia § The states´s capital is Perth § Western Australia is bounded by South Australia and the Northern Territory to the east, and the Indian Ocean to the west and north. § Highest moutain is Mounth Meharry § The population is about 2,2 miljon inhabitants. History Australian Aboriginal were the original inhabitants of Australia (60000 years ago). The first European visiter was Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog in 1616. On 1 January 1901, Western Australia joined the other Australia states. 1890 the population started to grow due to discovering gold. Coat of arms Flag Australian aboriginal culture According to Australian Aboriginal culture belief, spirit ancestors breathe life and energy into traditional dance, song and design and play a crucial role. Australian Aboriginal culture is widely seen as one of th...
The present coat of arms was granted by King George V in 1912. It consists of a shield containing the badges of six Australian states, enclosed by an ermine border. The shield is a symbol for the federation of the states, which took place in 1901. The crest, which is above the shield, is a seven-pointed gold star on a blue and gold wreath. The seven points of the star represent exactly the same thing that they do on the flag. The supporters of the shield are native Australian animals : the red kangaroo and the emu. Usually the coat of arms is depicted on the background of sprays of golden wattle with a scroll beneath it containing the word `Australia'. Australia's national anthem is `Advance Australia Fair', which replaced `God Save the Queen' in 1984. It was written by a Scottish-born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick. The unofficial anthem of Australia is `Waltzing Matilda'. It tells a story about a swagman, who has named his sleeping blanket Matilda...
Australia Australia is surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas. Australia presents an enormous range of climatic conditions, since it covers thirty degrees of latitude. It is mostly temperate, but one third of the continent is tropical, and there are large desert areas. The two largest cities are Sydney and Melbourne. The capital of Australia is Canberra. It is a small city and was built in the early 1900s. History. Two hundred years ago there were no white people in Australia. The only inhabitants were dark-skinned people who were still living in a Stone Age. Their only weapons were stone knives and boomerangs. But their tribes had very well-worked- out customs. A few aborigines still live in the emptier part of the continent. In 1770, the British explorer Captain Cook raised the British flag. Cook found there a pleasan...
· It is the only continent in the world to still have all three of the major groups of mammals: monotremes, marsupials and placentals. · Some of the best-known animals are the kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat. · Monotremes - egg-laying mammals (nowadays found only in Australia and New Guinea) Marsupials - babies born in embryonic condition and kept firmly attached to a teat in a pouch or nestled behind a protective skin-flap while developing further Placentals - unborn young are nourished by a placenta and born at a more advanced stage, some still naked, blind and unable to walk for a week or two, others able to run on their day of birth Monotremes: Marsupial: Placentals: Echidna Kangaroo Dugong Dingoes The Dingo is Australia's wild dog. It is found in Australia, in all states but Tasmania. The...
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It is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world and is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. The surrounding circular, earth bank and ditch, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Stonehenge was produced by a culture with no written language. Many aspects of Stonehenge remain subject to debate. There is little or no direct evidence for the construction techniques used by the Stonehenge builders. *The Celts in Britain and their legacy The Cets lived in Britain in The Iron Age. They were warring tribes who were battleful amongst themselves as well as inter-tribal war. They were not centrally governed. The Celts brought iron working, iron ploughs and metal swords, horses, wheels and chariots - all these things gave them an instant superiority over the native tribes. The Celts built a number...
Introduction The name Australia is derived from the Latin Australis, meaning of the south. In land area, Australia is the sixth largest nation, its territory is 7,686,850 sq km and its population reaches today over 20,5 million people. It is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. Australia's capital is Canberra, the only city with its own territory. It was built in the early 1900s just to be the capital. The official language is English and the official name of Australia is the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia is located on the Southern Hemisphere (because of that Australia is also called "A land down under"). 2 . Geographical position Australia is an island continent and...
There are two houses of Parliament: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Australia is still closely tied to its mother country. It is an independent nation, but it belongs to thee British Commonwealth of Nations. Nature Since Australia separated from the rest of the world nearly 60 million years ago, it has plants and animals that are found nowhere else in the world. The kangaroo is the best known of Australian animals. The biggest of the 50 different kinds is the red kangaroo. They have srong back legs and tails, they can jump more than 4 meters and travel at 70 kilometers an hour. Tke koalas live in eucalyptus trees, sleeping for 18 hours, and eating one kilo of leaves, each day. They drink almost nothing. Like kangaroos, they have a pouch on their front for their babies. Two very strange animals are the echidna and the plantypus. Their babies are born from eggs but drink milk from their mothers...
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There are million of kangaroos in Australia. Another Australian marsupial is the wombat. It lives in burrows in grassland areas of Australia and Tasmania. It has short strong legs and long claws for digging burrows.Wombats live in groups and come out to look for food at night. They have poor eyesight but they can smell and hear very well. Their nearest living relatives are koalas. The koala is one of the best known Australian animals . They live in eucalyptus trees,sleeping for 18 hours and eating 1 kilo of leaves each day. They drink almost nothing they get water from the leaves of the trees.They eat leaves of only five of 500 different kinds of eucalyptus trees.Baby koalas spend the first three months of their life in their mother's pouch,which opens to the back. They come out when they are about six months old. The possum is a furry animal that lives in the trees of Australia. It is a marsupial and a very good climber...
The most numerous among marsupials is the 4 kangaroo. There are more that 50 different species of them. Kangaroo is a furry and quite long animal who is known for its jumping. They can jump more than 4 meters and achieve 70 km/h. Kangaroos eat grass and leaves. The koala is one of the best-loved Australian animals . It is a small marsupial that lives in eucalyptus trees and it can sleep for 18 hours straight. The aborigines named it "the animal that does not drink", but it eats leaves and bark. The wombat is a small animal that has short, but strong legs and claws, which it uses for digging burrows. It lives on Tasmania, but also in burrows in grasslands of Australia. They do not see well, but they can hear and smell very well. The platypus is a strange-looking marsupial that lays eggs. It has a...
Malestrom Major Rivers N am e Continent Out fl o w T o tal Lengt h (mi.) Nile Africa Mediterran ean Sea 4,1 60 Am azo n South Am erica Atlantic Oce an 4,000 Ch ang (Yangtze) Asia East China Sea 3,964 M ississippi-M iss o u ri N o rt h Am eri ca Gul f of Mexico 3,710 Major Deserts Name...
Very rarely does the Australian continent get a mention, which is a shame, because the Dog Fence, or Dingo Fence, is the longest structures on earth. The Dingo Fence is a barrier that was built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885.This fence was built only on one purpose: to stop dingoes (Australia’s wild dogs) from killing sheep. It is one of the longest structures on the planet, and the world's longest fence. it’s 3,307 miles long. That makes about 5,320 km. That is about two and a half times longer than the Great Wall of China. The fence starts near the coast of Great Australian Bight and ends up in the eastern part of Queensland in the Bunya Mountains, not far from the Pacific Ocean. At the time, it was the longest man-made structure in the world. It was...
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Its name means ,,Southland". The official name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia. It's capital is Canberra. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world but the smallest continent. Australia has 6 states and 2 territories (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia , South Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). The Australian people are culturally the same as the Anglo Americans. There also live aborigines. Aborigines are the ancestors of the people. Like the US and Canada, Australia was an English speaking colony of Great Britain. Today Australia is a modern developed country with a diversified economy. Australia is an island continent of 7.7 million square kilometres, which ma...
Mustamäe College AUSTRALIA Report Compiled by Denis Doborovits 5A Tallinn 2009 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Australia 3. Animals 4. Cities 5. Economy 6. Summary Introduction I'll tell you a little about Australia. Australia is a continent In the southern hemisphere. The area is 7.7 million square km. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The population is 17 million. The official language is English. Australia The Outback is more than two-thirds of Australia, but its population is less than 100,000. Many people live on sheep or cattle stations which are enormous farms. There are a few catt...
If someone wants to make clear, that he is speaking of the country, he may call it by its full name of Commonwealth of Australia. Australia's name means "southland."It is south of the equator. Sometimes it is also called the island continent because it is an island. There are about twenty million people in Australia.It is 1,800 miles from the mainland of Asia and almost half way round the world from Europe. More than 600 miles of ocean separate it from Americas. Since Australia is south of the equator, its seasons are just the opposite of ours. It has summer while we have winter, and the other way round. States and Territories. Australia consists of six states, two territories and eight external territories. The six states are: Western Australia (capital Perth), South Australia (capital Adelaide), Queenslnd (capital Brisbane), New South W...
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It is below the equator. The first people to live in Australia were aborigines. Today there are still aborigines in Australia. Some live on reservations, some live on ranches or in cities. You can see some examples of their beautiful art if you visit Australia. Most people live in or near cities.The largest cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide. Monetary unit is australian dollar. Australians speak English. Australia is made up of six states and two territories. It is about the size of the United States (not including Alaska.) 21.3 million people live there, about as many people as in New York. Canberra is the capital of Australia. The weather in Australia is warm and pleasant. January and February are the warmest months, with average temperatures between 65° and 70° F. June and July are the coldest months, with an...