2. Chapter 31 Australia

3. Sydney Opera House

4. Country Profile Population: 22,506,617 Gov’t: Parliamentary Democracy Capital: Canberra Time Difference: +15 Language: English (Aussie), Aboriginal, Mandarin

5. Aussie Slang Hello = G’day Goodbye = Hooroo Great! = Bonza Gum = Chewie Bathroom = Dunny or Leu Friend = Mate Good for you = G’donya McDonald’s = Maccas

6. History and Culture Aborigines – Australia’s indigenous (first people) Came from Southeast Asia 40,000 years ago Hunted with spears, nets, and boomerangs (curved throwing sticks).

7. European Settlers 1769 – Captain James Cook claims it for Britain. 1788 –British prison colony (Sydney). By 1830’s – 60,000 prisoners Farmers  raise sheep 1851 – gold discovered

8. Many settlers forced Aborigines off their land. Aborigines died of European diseases. In Tasmania = no aborigines

9. Tasmanian devil NOT!

10. The REAL Tasmanian Devil! Tasmanian devils are meat-eating marsupials that live only on the island of Tasmania, off Australia's southern coast.

11. Landform Regions Great Dividing Range Mt. Kosciusko (7, 310 ft) is the highest elevation on the continent “The Australian Alps”

12. Sacred site of aborigines (Dreamtime) Ayers Rock (Uluru)

13. LAKE HILLIER

14. Natural Environments of Australia Water Resources Darling and Murray River Artesian wells—water naturally flows to surface

15. Natural Environments of Australia Climates OUTBACK – 2/3 of the continent is arid & semiarid Avg temp 85 ℉ +

16. Australia Strange biome--isolation Marsupials  mammals with pouches Kangaroo Koala Wallaby

17. Australia is home to most of the world's marsupials, or pouched mammals. Perhaps the most famous is the kangaroo. A mother kangaroo carries her baby, called a joey, in her pouch.

18. A baby koala spends the first seven months of its life in its mother's pouch, then climbs out and clings to her back.

19. The platypus is an egg-laying mammal. It has webbed feet for swimming and a flat, broad bill like a duck's. The bill is covered with soft leathery skin, which has sensitive nerves that help the animal locate food.

20. Water Resources Great Barrier Reef 2,500 km = 1.600 miles Largest living thing in the world

21. Great Barrier Reef http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbNeIn3vVKM

22. Australia History & Culture Shaped as a British Colony, Australia still has one of the world’s oldest continuing cultures. Aborigines  lived nomadic lifestyle – Hunted with spears, nets, and boomerangs. Didgeridoo

23. Australia History and Culture Became independent in 1901 Surprisingly, many Australians fought alongside the British in BOTH World Wars!

24. Australia Today Importing and Exporting –Mainly trade with U.S. and Asia Mining, Agriculture, and Tourism are key to Australia’s economy Issues and Challenges: Protecting aboriginal culture, protecting the environment, introduction to exotic species. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgK d7oghLIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgK d7oghLI

26. New Zealand North Island Forests Volcanoes Geysers Hot Springs Hills Mts

27. New Zealand North Island Ngauruhoe, New Zealand

28. New Zealand: South Island Mountains Glaciers Lakes Plains Southern Alps

29. New Zealand Biome 30% Forest Animals: – Kiwis – Moas – Bats

30. New Zealand Biome Kiwi Moa

31. New Zealand Biome

32. New Zealand Natural Resources Hydroelectricity= power generated from water Fertile Soil = Good for agriculture (farming)

33. New Zealand History and Culture Maori- indigenous people of New Zealand Colonized by Britain Maori Wars 1845-1872 (Maori lost  European disease) – Independent in 1907

34. New Zealand Maori Culture http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=3BoNmpv kavo&feature=related

35. New Zealand People Language: Maori, English Settlement: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch Jobs: tourism, farming (sheep) Food: lamb, sweet potatoes, pavlova, tea

36. New Zealand Economy and Issues Farming, manufacturing, tourism –Exports: wool, meat, fish, dairy, kiwi small country = hard to develop economy of scale Relies on exports –Australia, U.S.A, Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh- 0knDpn5g&NR=1&feature=endscreen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PfsA3FbQws