A U S T R A L I A Adrian CZARNECKI Klasa I „B” Gimnazjum nr 30 im. Felicjana SYPNIEWSKIEGO w Poznaniu STYCZE Ń 2015
Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Australia is the sixth biggest country in the world and at the same time the smallest world’s continent. Australia have got about 20 milion people. The capital of Australia is Camberra.
CAPITAL: Canberra TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km POPULATION: 20 million people HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General FORM OF GVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane LONGEST RIVER: the Darling (2,740 km) HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m) NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool MONEY: basic unit – Australian dollar NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu NATIONAL ANTHEM: “Waltzing Matilda” FACTS
BIGGEST CITIES IN AUSTRALIA SYDNEY PERTH Capital of Australia CANBERRA MELBOURNE ADELAIDE
The Aborigines are the Australian natives that had been living there for thousands of years before the first Europeans came to Australia in the 1600s. FIRST AUSTRALIANS
ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA
Elevation: 2,228 meters Location: Great Dividing Range, New South Wales, Australia. Coordinates: 36° 27′ 0″ S, 148° 16′ 0″ E First Ascent: First ascent by an expedition led by Polish explorer Count Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, MOUNT KOSCIUSZKO
AUSTRALIA’S BEST ATHLETES Ian THORPE - swimming Nickname „TORPEDO” Cathy FREEMAN - athletics Lleyton HEWITT - tennisChris HOLDER - speedwey
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