1. G’day! This is our project on Australia. We hope you enjoy it. Lauren researched the geography of the country. Chloe researched the flag. Abbie researched the history of the island. Neha researched animals and Roann researched features. This is our project on Australia. Hope you enjoy it.....

2.  Great Barrier Reef is over 2,000 km long and it is the largest structure ever made by living creatures  Tallest mountain: Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m tall) in the Great Dividing Range  Nicknamed ‘Land Down Under’  Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the world

3.  Sydney Opera House  Ayers Rock or Uluru  Great Barrier Reef  Sydney Harbour Bridge

4.  The Australian flag is known as the Commonwealth Blue Ensign.  The flag consists of The Crux constellation, the 7 pointed star and the Union Jack.  It is the only flag in the world that represents a whole continent.

5.  The Commonwealth of Australia is a democracy.  Leaders are elected by the adult population.  The Queen of England has the title ‘Chief of State’.

6.  Blue Tongued skink has a life span of up to 20 years.  Kangaroo is a marsupial whose tail helps it balance.  It can hop up to 9 metres long.  The Tasmanian Devil gets its name from its ability to scream loud.  The koala lives in trees and eats leaves.

7.  Aborigines arrived over 40,000 years ago.  The Europeans arrived in 1788.  In 1851 gold was found.  The Dutch first landed in 1606.

8.  Rainforest=Eastern coast  Desert=1/3 of Australia is desert  Second largest monolith=Uluru also known as ‘Ayers Rock’

9. arvo: afternoon barbie: a barbecue billabong: waterhole in a dry riverbed bluey: a red-haired person chook: a chicken Chrissie: Christmas crook: broken or sick, as in "I'm crook. I think I have the flu." drongo: a foolish person fair dinkum: really, honestly garbo: garbage man grizzle: to complain jumbuck: sheep lollies: candy, sweets mate: a best buddy mozzie:a mosquito she'll be apples: It will be all right. snags: sausages stickybeak: a busybody