NATIONAL FLAG COAT OF ARMS (The national symbol of Australia)

Do you know that: Australia is the biggest island It’s the 6 th large country in the world It’s low and flat The climate is hot and dry

The history of Australia Aborigines The first people in Australia were the Aborigines, who came more than 40,000 years ago.

The Aborigines British people came to Australia in ,000 Aborigines lived in Australia.

Chinese and Dutch sailors discovered Australia first. Abel Tasman

Captain James Cook, the British sailor, when landed there in 1770 said Australia belonged to Britain.

The Relief Two-thirds of Australia, mostly in the centre and the west, is a desert.

Uluru Ayers Rock in the middle of the desert 3 kms long and 348 metres high 600 mln years old

 The Climate is sunny and dry. Australia's longest river, the Murray

The Great Barrier Reef the world's longest coral reef 2,000 kms long 15,000 years old 1,500 kinds of fish

Canberra is the capital of Australia. It means a 'meeting place‘.

Flying Doctors People in the outback can speak to a doctor by radio and get help by air.

6 states 2 territories VICTORIA NEW SOUTH WALES QUEENSLAND WESTERN AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA TASMANIA NORTHERN TERRITORY AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

3 DESERTS THE GREAT SANDY DESERT THE GREAT VICTORIA DESERT THE GIBSON DESERT

THE GREAT SANDY DESERT

THE GREAT VICTORIA DESERT

THE GIBSON DESERT

STATES AND TERRITORIES

VICTORIA

MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE SOUTH SHEEP AND WHEAT ARE THE MAIN PRODUCTS CITRUS FRUITS, GRAPES, PEACHES ARE GROWN ALONG THE MURRAY RIVERVictoria

MELBOURNE THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

NEW SOUTH WALES

LEADING INDUSTRIAL STATE MOST PEOPLE LIVE ALONG THE EAST COAST, AND MOST OF THEM ARE IN SYDNEY New South Wales

SYDNEY THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

Opera House

HARBOUR BRIDGE

QUEENSLAND

THE SECOND LARGEST STATE HAS LONG BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACHES TROPICAL CORNER OF AUSTRALIA MOST OF THE LAND IN THE SOUTH IS TOO DRY FOR FARMING QUEENSLAND

BRISBANE THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Western Australia DRY AND INHOSPITABLE EXCEPT THE SOUTHWESTERN PART STATE’S FARMS, SHEEP STATIONS, FRUIT GARDENS ARE SITUATED HERE THE REST OF THE STATE IS DRY DESERT LAND

PERTH THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

South Australia THE THIRD LARGEST STATE FARMS AND INDUSTRY ARE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART MOST OF THE STATE IS TOO DRY FOR FARMING WHEAT AND FRUIT ARE GROWN ALONG THE LOWER PART OF THE MURREY RIVER

ADELAIDE THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

TASMANIA THE ISLAND STATE

Tasmania IS CALLED THE APPLE ISLE IT PRODUCES MOST OF AUSTRALIA’S APPLES HAS ENOUGH RAIN ALL YEAR LEADING PRODUCER OF PEARS AND BERRIES

HOBART THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

NORTHERN TERRITORY

CROCODILES LIVE IN SOME OF THE SWAMPS ALONG THE COAST THE LEAST POPULATED AND LEAST DEVELOPED ALICE SPRINGS IS THE ONLY TOWN IN THE SOUTH Northern territory

DARWIN THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

Extraordinary world If you want to see extraordinary animals, birds and plants, Australia is a good place to go.

Kangarooland The biggest of the fifty different kinds is the red kangaroo. They can jump more than four metres and travel at seventy kilometres an hour. Kangaroos eat grass and leaves and live in groups of about twelve.

Echidna and platypus The platypus has a wide bill like a duck's and a wide flat tail.

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