Filosoofia moodle test nr.5: Juri Lotman (0)

Australia  and New  Zealand
Triin Tens
Tartu Veeriku School
2016
General facts about Australia
• Commonwealth of Australia
• Capital:  Canberra
• Population: 21 507 717 (2011)
• Area: 7 692 024 km²
•  Anthem : Advance Australia Fair
•  Currency : Australian  dollar
•  Language :  English
Location
• Bigger cities:  Sydney , 
Melbourne, Brisbane
• Regions
•  Geography
History of Australia
• Aborigines: 50 000  years  ago
•  Dutch  explorers: 1600s
• Captain James  Cook : 1770
• The  British  settlers: 1788
• 26 January – Australia day
• Free settles from  Europe  (19 th  century )
Gold  Rush
• Edward  Hammond  Hargraves
•  1851
•  Blue   Mountains , New  South   Wales
• Rushing to Australia
• Population growth
• The end of the  prison
Natural  sites  in Australia
• Kangaroo  Island
Third-largest island
Many  animals
• Bungle Bungles
Purnululu National Park
Last unexplored lands
• Simpson  Desert
Red  sand
Largest sand dune desert
Cultural sites
• Melbourne  Hidden  Laneways
Food, buskers and  street  artists
• Salamanca Place
Tasmania
Food, art,  shopping  and music
• The Rocks
Museums and galleries
Cul-de-sacs
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Melbourne hidden laneways
General facts about New Zealand
• Capital: Wellington
• Population: 4 596 700
• Area: 268 021 km²
• Anthem: God Defend New Zealand
• Currency: New Zealand dollar
•  Languages :English, Maori and
New Zealand sign language
History of New Zealand
• Last  major  landmass settled by  humans
•  Abel  Tasman: 1642
• James Cook: 1769
• Musket wars: 1801-1840
•  Treaty  of Waitangi: 6  February  1840
Sites in New Zealand
• Tongariro National Park
Emerald  lakes,  alpine  meadows, hot 
springs  and volcanos
Skiing,  hiking
• Bay of Plenty
Tauranga
• Fox glacier
13 km long
One of the most accessible
Sources
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
•  http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2012/05/11/12-amazing-natural-wo
nders-of-australia/
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_Island
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_Desert
•  http://www.australia.com/en/articles/cultural-attractions.html
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand
•  http://www.newzealand.com/int/nature-and-wildlife/
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Glacier
• Kariis, M;  Peets , M. (2009). English  step  by  step  6. Kirjastus 
Koolibri
THANK YOU!

Document Outline

• Slide 1
• General facts about Australia
• Location
• History of Australia
• Gold Rush
• Natural sites in Australia
• Cultural sites
• Melbourne hidden laneways
• General facts about New Zealand
• History of New Zealand
• Sites in New Zealand
• Sources
• THANK YOU!