1. Australia and Oceania Notes

2. Great Dividing Range Located: East Coast This is where most rivers begin

3. Central Lowlands Rivers: –Darling –Murray Why important?

4. Outback

5. Great Barrier Reef Location: NE Coast World’s largest reef National Park Made up of 2,500 small reefs of coral Length: 1,250 miles (Basically New York City to Miami) Coral are the limestone skeletons of tiny sea animals

6. Coral

7. Islands Melanesia –“Black Islands” Micronesia –“Little Islands” Polynesia –“Many Islands” New Zealand Photo of New Zealand

9. Climate and Vegetation Australia –Tropical Rainforest –Desert –Grassland Oceania –Tropical Rainforest Coconut Palms New Zealand –Marine West Coast (Temperate) Manuka: Small Shrub Kauri Tree Photo of Manuka and Kuari Tree

10. Native Cultures Aborigines in Australia –Means “from the beginning” –Came from SE Asia –Nomads at first –Traveled in Clans (means family group) Maori in New Zealand –Came from Pacific Islands of Polynesia by boat –Est villages where farmed and fished

11. Aborigines

12. Maori

13. European Settlement Colonization –Why?

14. Natural Resources Australia –Only 10% Farming Wheat Barley Fruit Sugarcane –Ranching: Cattle, Sheep, Chickens –Minerals: Bauxite –Coal and Petroleum New Zealand –Fertile Soil (55%) –Sheep and Wool –Timber –Hydroelectric Power (75%) –Geothermal Energy (Water heated underground by volcanoes) –Fishing Industry