Australia Katrin Aibast General · Australia is the sixth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China, USA and Brazil. · The mainland is the largest island and the smallest, flattest and driest continent on Earth. · The Australian federation consists of six States and two Territories. · The largest State, Western Australia, is about the same size as Western Europe. · Australia was the second country to give women the vote. Great victoria desert Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level
Fifth level foreign born v Since 1945 more than six million people from across the world have come to Australia to live GEOGRAPHY v Sixth largest country in the world v Australia's coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometres and is linked by over 10,000 beaches v The mainland is the largest island and the world's smallest, flattest continent v Australia is located between the Indian and South Pacific Oceans PLACES WHERE I WENT IN AUS Click to edit Master text style v PERTH Second level Third level ALBANY v Fourth level v ESPERANCE Fifth level v ADELAIDE v BENDIGO v MELBOURNE v
The daffodil is the symbol of Wales. Ireland is a big island. The bagpipes are popular in Ireland too. The shamrock is the symbol of Ireland. Canada is north of the USA. The maple leaf is the symbol of Canada. Ottawa is the capital of the country. New Zealand is east of Australia. There are more sheep than people in New Zealand. The people of New Zealand speak English. The kiwi, a bird which cannot fly, is the symbol of New Zealand. Australia is the smallest, flattest, hottest and driest of the continents. It is nearly 3 million square kilometres smaller than Europe. Australia has over 700 different kinds of birds. Most people,s favourites are parrots and cockatoos, eagles, kookaburras, and emus, which can run at 50 kilometres per hour. Kangaroos and koalas live there. The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. In Australia the summer months are December, January and February and the winter months are June, July and August
sun, multikilometer beaches with snowwhite sand and ocean up to horizon. Australia's landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometers is on the IndoAustralian Plate. Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas. It the sixth largest country in area after Russia, Canada, China, the United States and Brazil. It is the flattest and (after Antarctica) the driest of continents, yet it has extremes of There are rainforests and vast plains in the north, snowfields in the south east, desert in the center and fertile croplands in the east, south and south west. About one third of the country lies in the tropics. Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (2,228 m).
Since it 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. Sometimes Australia is called the island continent. There is a good reason why. It is an island. It is 1800 miles from the mainland of Asia and almost half way round the world from Europe. More than 6000 miles of ocean separate it from the America. Australia is the world's smallest, flattest and driest continent. It is also the oldest some of the rocks are more than 3,000 million years old. It is the 6th largest country. Its territory is 7 700 000 km2. Australia is an island continent, washed by the South Pacific Ocean, The Australia Sea, the Timor Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean and the Tasman Sea. As a result, its seasons are the opposite of ours.
The continent it fills is called Australia too. So, Australia is both a country and a continent. If you want to make clear that you are speaking about the country, you may call it the Commonwealth of Australia. It’s the official name of the country. Australia is the smallest continent, but one of the largest countries on Earth. It’s 6th largest country. Its area is about 7.6 million sq km. One third of it is occupied by deserts. It’s both the flattest and, except for Antarctica the driest. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea in the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu in the northeast, and New Zealand in the southeast. Its capital is Canberra. Other big cities are Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. National language in Australia is English. Monetary unit is Australian dollar. Their national holiday is on the 26th of January. In 1788 on the 26th of January the first fleet arrived at Botany Bay
bushlands and rainforests. The wet forests occupy the narrow region in the east. Most of the animals, birds and insects live in that region, because there is enough food. The savannas which are grasslands with some trees are mostly in the west. Farther west are the bushlands. The real deserts occupy the centre of the Western Plateau. In the very south west there are thin forests of evergreens trees. Australia is the driest inhabited continent, the flattest, and has the oldest and least fertile soils. Only the south-east and south-west corners of the continent have a temperate climate. The northern part of the country, with a tropical climate, has vegetation consisting of rainforest, woodland, grassland, mangrove swamps and desert. Climate is highly influenced by ocean currents, including the El Niño southern oscillation. 4. Land regions Mountains The Great Dividing Range runs along the Pacific ocean
65 Use the superlative form of an adjective to compare three or more nouns. Lots of superlatives end in -est. dark darker darkest thick thicker thickest clean cleaner cleanest easy easier easiest fat fatter fattest flat flatter flattest heavy heavier heaviest hot hotter hottest narrow narrower narrowest noisy noisier noisiest simple simpler simplest thin thinner thinnest wet wetter wettest long longer longest m ar H am Gr elp You often add the before the superlative form. For example, you say: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the
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