Australia

Australia

One continent = One country

20 million inhabitantsNative people =

the aboriginals

Captain Cook and the EnglishArrived at the east

coast of Australia 1770

Convicts from England and Ireland.

Ayers Rock in the outback

Kangaroo and Koala

The Emu and the platypus

the Emu and the kangaroo – share an interesting fact: neither can walk backwards.

Which is the largest kangaroo?

Males grow up to a body length of 1.4 metres long and weigh up to 85 kilograms

The males can leap over 9 metres in one leap.

The red kangaroo

The smallest kangaroo is the musky rat-kangaroo, with an average length of 23 centimetres. The musky rat kangaroo lives in the dampest parts of the tropical rainforests in north Queensland.

Hard men and women in a tough country

Oats

Oats

=Havre

Barley

Barley

=Korn

Corn / maize

Which is the largest city?

Sydney 4,5 million inhabitants

Sydney opera house

Bondi Beach and Manly

The capital is Canberra

Other large cities:

Melbourne 4 million

Brisbane 2 million

Perth 1.7 million

Adelaide 1,2 million

Great Barrier Reef

Interesting Facts About Australia

Criminals convicted of serious crimes were not sent to Australia. Those convicted of crimes like murder and rape were given the death sentence in England.

Interesting Facts About Australia

There are more sheep than people in Australia.

After Athens, Melbourne is home to the second largest population of Greeks in the world.

In 2007, it was estimated that 22 % of living Australians had a convict ancestor.

The fastest growing tree in the world is the Australian Eucalyptus, which can grow up to 10 metres in one year.

Wombats poop on top of rocks and logs near their burrows; not so much to keep intruders away, but to remind wombats how to get home. It seems they have terrible eyesight but an excellent sense of smell.

The Wombat has square poop

Another animal found only in Australia, the Tasmanian Devil, can also eat almost a third of its body weight in one go.