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VY_32_INOVACE_09.3/16 ZÁKLADNÍ ŠKOLA JABLONEC NAD NISOU, 5.KVĚTNA 76 PŘÍSPĚVKOVÁ ORGANIZACE AUSTRALIA
Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Lenka Wünšová. Dostupné z Metodického portálu ISSN: , financovaného z ESF a státního rozpočtu ČR. Provozuje Národní ústav pro vzdělávání, školské poradenské zařízení a zařízení pro další vzdělávání pedagogických pracovníků (NÚV).

2. Capital
Canberra
Largest city
Sydney
National language
English
Population
( )

3. Flag Australia ´s national flag comprises the UNION JACK
the COMMONWEALTH STAR
the SOUTHERN CROSS

4. History
Human habitation of the Australian continent is estimated to have begun between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago
These first inhabitants may have been ancestors of modern Indigenous Australians.
The first people were the Aborigines
Most of the people are descendants of British settlers
In recent years a lot of people have come from other European countries and from Asia

5. Exploration Exploration by Europeans till 1812 1606 Willem Janszoon
  1606 Luis Váez de Torres
  1616 Dirk Hartog
  1619 Frederick de Houtman
  1644 Abel Tasman
  1696 Willem de Vlamingh
  1699 William Dampier
  1770 James Cook
  1797–1799 George Bass
  1801–1803 Matthew Flinders

6. Government Government- Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Monarch- Elizabeth II
Governor-General-Quentin Bryce
Prime Minister – Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard-Prime Minister of Australia since 2010

7. States and territories
The federal parliament directly administers the following territories:
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Australian Antarctic Territory
Christmas Island and Cocos /Keeling/ Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Jervis Bay Territory, a naval base and sea port for the national capital in land that was formerly part of New South Wales
Government House - Canberra, also known as "Yarralumla", is the official residence of the Governor - General

8. Geography and climate The climate is usually very warm
Much of the northern part of the country has a tropical predominantly summer rainfall (monsoon) climate
the seasonal tropical low pressure system that produces cyclones in northern Australia
The southwest corner of the country has a Mediterranean climate
Much of the southeast is temperate
Australia's landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi)
The world's smallest continent
Sixth largest country by total area
it is sometimes considered the
world ´s largest island
Australia has 34,218 kilometres (21,262 mi) of coastline

9. Economy A rich country/hige farms with millions sheep and cattle/:
1.Farms produce:
meat
fruit
vegetables
wool
cereals
wine
2.Mines produce:
gold
silver
iron
diamonds
copper

10. Life in Australia
Nearly three quarters of Australians live in metropolitan cities and coastal areas
The beach is an integral part of the Australian identity
Australia is a rich country

11. Animals A lot of Australia ´s animals are unique: The koala
The kangaroo
The platypus
Poisonous snakes
spiders

12. The largest cities Sydney: 4,627,345mil.people Opera House
Harbour Bridge

13. Next large cities Melbourne: 4,137,432 mil.people Perth Adelaide
Brisbane
Alice Springs
Darwin
Hobart

14. Použité zdroje
Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:. Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: [online]. 13. května :05:18 [cit ]. Dostupné z: