2.  Australia is the smallest and flattest continent.

3.  Australia broke free from Antarctica 150 million years ago. Today, Australia is located completely within the Southern Hemisphere-- between the Pacific and Indian oceans.

4.  Four great deserts cover the center of Australia: the Simpson, Gibson, Great Sandy, and Great Victoria deserts.

5.  The first people to live in Australia were Aborigines.

6.  They lived on this continent for thousands of years before settlers England arrived in the 17oos.