1. Australia ● Téma hodiny: Australia ● Předmět: English language ● Ročník: 3. - 4. střední škola ● Klíčová slova: Australia – places of interest - continent ● Jméno autora: Mgr. Monika Vermachová ● Škola: Gymnázium Sokolov, Husitská 2053

2. Basic information ● on the southern hemisphere – the seasons are opposite to ours ● the driest continent ● the flattest continent ● host of the Olympic Games 2000 ● nickname: DOWN UNDER

3. History ● First inhabitants are called aborigines ● They arrived by watercraft ● They had complex structure including cave art still preserved today

4. History ● For Europeans Australia was discovered by James Cook in 1770 ● He claimed the land for King George III. And called it New South Wales (the east part)

5. History ● The whole are was a penal colony (for criminals) and from 1793 first free settlers came ● In 1901 six British colonies formed a federation

6. Government ● Australia is a constitutional monarchy ● The Queen who resides in the UK is represented by the Governor General ● Australia has 6 states and two territories

7. Nature ● isolation led to creation of unique wildlife ● kangaroo, koala, ● emu, cockatoo (papoušek kakadu) ● wombat, platypus (ptakopysk) ● tasmanian devil ● echidna (ježura) bandicoot

8. Animals

9. Countryside ● home to 15 top poisonous snakes ● venomous spiders ● inner land is dry and sandy ● along the shoreline – evergreen plants ● The Great Barrier Reef: coral reef

10. Free time ● beaches: surfing, swimming, lying on the beach ● adventurous trips to the bush ● outdoor grill: barbecue

11. Schools ● six grades (high school is longer) ● absence of schoolbooks ● children wear uniforms ● compulsory between 5 - 15/17 depending on the state or territory

12. Resources http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Famous_Bondi_Beach_%286644010871%29.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Aborigines_112.jpg?uselang=cs http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Cook_portrait.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_states_named.png?uselang=cs http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aus_coins_queen_elizabeth_1966.jpg?uselang=cs http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Wallaroo_001.jpg?uselang=cs www.wildliferesearchmanagement.com.au/wbb.htm http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/WombatSideView.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutest_Koala.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tasmanian_devil_head_on.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_clam_or_Tridacna_gigas.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barbecue_DSCF0013.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thorpdale_primary_school.JPG