Australia Topic
cricket, field hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, and performs well in cycling
and swimming. Australia has participated in every summer Olympic Games of the
modern era, and every Commonwealth Games. Australia hosted the 1956 and 2000
Summer Olympics. The Australian Open is one of the four major tennis tournaments
played in the world each year.
Economy
Australia is leading producer of coal, copper, gold, silver, iron ore, managanese,
nicker, tin.
Mineral resources are: lead, zinc, bauxite, natural gas, petroleum, uranium,
diamonds.
Agriculture:
10% of cropland is irrigated
5% of workers are farmers
highly mechanized farms
Leading farm products: wool, wheat, sugar cane, cattle, meat, carves, fairy products,
fruit(grapes, pineapples, bananas, apples, pears).
Others are: barley, rice, oats, cotton, chicken and eggs, sheep and lambs.
Manufacturing.
Iron and steel production
Factory machinery
Farm machinery