Australia By Anna Reiffenstuel

Where is Australia?

Famous People Evener Goolagong Cawley Aboriginal Tennis player Captain James Cook British Captain who discovered and claimed Australia for Britain Margaret Court Professional Tennis player William Dampier British navigator who explored Australia Edward Eyre British explorer who explored Australia’s wastelands Mathew Flinders British mariner who named Australia Howard Walter Florey Won noble prize for discovering penicillin Errol Flynn Famous actor Mary Gilmore First female member of Australia Work Union Arthur Phillip Founded New South Wales

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Climate Weather and Climate Seasons in Australia are the opposite of those in Europe. Summer runs from November through to March while winter is from May to August. There are, however, huge variations throughout the country: New South Wales, the centre of Western Australia and Queensland have hot summers and mild winters but Victoria and Tasmania can experience chilly winters, combined with short days. The dry interior is hot year-round during the day but come nightfall it can become very cold. In the north, as the country enters the tropics, there are just two seasons - the dry from May to September and the wet from December to March.

Religion Christians: 12,575,675 Non-Religious: 2,948,891 Islam:202,925 Buddhist:199,812 Judaism: 79,805 Hinduism: 67,278 Sikhism: 12,017 Baha‘i: 8,947 Spiritualism: 8,140 Traditional Australian Religion:7,356

Animals   There are many different species of wildlife in Australia. Marsupials are the most successful group in Australia. This group includes kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, Tasmanian wolves, Tasmanian devils, wombats, and many others. The platypus and the echidna are egg-laying mammals. There are also numerous different species of birds. Some of them are cockatoo, kookaburra, lyrebird, the flightless emu, and several types of parrots.  Bandicoot Brolga, Cuscus, Dingo, Dunnart, Echidna, Emu, Frilled, Lizard, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Kultarr, Lyrebird, Marsupial, Mole, Nabarlek, Numbat, Owl, Platypus, Possum, Potoroo, Quokka, Rabbit, Rat, Snakes, Tasmanian, Devil, Tasmanian Tiger, Wallaby, Wombat

Plants Musa basjoo coconut trees Piper Methysticum (Kava)                           Plants Musa basjoo coconut trees Piper Methysticum (Kava) Thunbergia mysorensis aka Lady Slipper Creeper cycads -full sun

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State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania State Faunal (Animal) Emblems: Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum New South Wales: Platypus Queensland: Koala South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat Western Australia: Numbat Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil Note: The state of Tasmania does not have an official faunal emblem. Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo   State Faunal (Bird) Emblems: Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga South Australia: Piping Shrike Western Australia: Black Swan Tasmania

Facts Population:30.628.million Money: Australian Dollar Language: English Main City:Canberra Highest Mountains: NAMEHEIGHT (m)Mount Kosciuszko2228 Mount Townsend:2209m Mount Twynam:2195m Rams Head:2190m Unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge:2180m Rams Head North:2177m Alice Rawson Peak:2160m Unnamed peak south-west of Abbott Peak:2159m Abbott Peak and Carruthers Peak:2145m Mt Northcote:2131m Length: 7,741,220 km

Dingo

Dingo Brief Description Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Mammalia Order:Carnivora Family:Canidae Genus:Canis Species:C. lupus Subspecies:C. l. dingo'

History 17th CENTURY 1606The first European sightings of Australia were made by a Dutchman called Willem Janszoon on the Duyfken (Little Dove). Janszoon sailed into the Australian waters charting 300 km of the coast on the journey. Janszoon also met with the Aboriginal people on the journey. Janszoon was the first recorded European to achieve such feats. Later that year Louis Vaez de Torres sailed through the Torres Strait, named after himself. Both Captains have been recorded as having sighted the Cape York Peninsula. 1642Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman‚s, first journey to Australia. It was in 1644 that Abel Tasman established that Australia was made up of four coasts North, West, East and South. The Australian state of Tasmania was named after this famous explorer.   18th CENTURY 1770 Captain Cook lands in Botany Bay on the Eastern side of Australia in the ship named HM Bark Endeavour. and claims New South Wales for Britain.1788The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove under Captain Arthur Phillip to establish the first settlement in Australia. This was to be a penal colony - Sydney was founded. The date of his arrival, 26 January, went on to mark Australia Day.   19th CENTURY 1801 - 1899The great age of exploration: coastal surveys (Bass, Flinders), interior (Sturt, Eyre, Leichhardt, Burke and Willis, McDouall Stuart, Forrest). Also the era of the bushrangers, overlanders, and squatters, and individuals such as William Buckley and Ned Kelly.1803Mathew Flinders completes the first voyage around Australia in the 'Investigator'.1804Castle Hill Rising by Irish convicts in New South Wales.1813Barrier of the Blue Mountains Crossed.1825 Tasmania seceded from New South Wales.1829Western Australia formed.1836South Australia formed.1840 - 1968Convict transportation ended. 1851 - 1961 Gold rushes (Ballarat, Bendigo).1851Victoria seceded from New South Wales.1855Victoria achieved government.1856New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania achieved government.1859Queensland formed from New South Wales and achieved government.1890Western Australia achieved government.1891Depression gave rise to the Australian Labor Party.1899 - 1900South African War - forces offered by the individual colonies.  

Food Australian cuisine has the most diverse range, quality, and inventiveness than many others in the world. However, it took Australia some time to evolve from the scenes of meat pies, Vegemite sandwiches, and sausage rolls to the scene of dishes such as "seared kangaroo fillet with wilted beetroot greens and roasted onions". The culinary art of Australia only luxuriated in the 1990s. But at that time, it was already considered the most adventurous in the world. Each capital city has seen a swarm of new restaurants within the genre 'Modern Australia cuisine, with inventive chefs at the helm and an audience of willing hedonists at the ready. This culinary reawakening is due to two factors: the wealth of superlative Australian produce, including native food, and the plethora of international cuisine brought to Australia by its immigrants from all over the world.

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