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

4. 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

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

6. The Aborigines British people came to Australia in 1788. 300,000 Aborigines lived in Australia.

7. Chinese and Dutch sailors discovered Australia first. Abel Tasman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 6 states 2 territories VICTORIA NEW SOUTH WALES QUEENSLAND WESTERN AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA TASMANIA NORTHERN TERRITORY AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

17. 3 DESERTS THE GREAT SANDY DESERT THE GREAT VICTORIA DESERT THE GIBSON DESERT

18. THE GREAT SANDY DESERT

19. THE GREAT VICTORIA DESERT

20. THE GIBSON DESERT

21. STATES AND TERRITORIES

22. VICTORIA

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

24. MELBOURNE THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

26. NEW SOUTH WALES

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

28. SYDNEY THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

29. Opera House

30. HARBOUR BRIDGE

31. QUEENSLAND

32. 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

33. BRISBANE THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

35. WESTERN AUSTRALIA

36. 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

38. PERTH THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

41. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

42. 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

45. ADELAIDE THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

47. TASMANIA THE ISLAND STATE

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

50. HOBART THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

53. NORTHERN TERRITORY

54. 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

56. DARWIN THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE

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

60. 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.

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

69. Thanks for attention