Australia

Australia

The Flag

• Blue background.• Union Jack in the

upper left corner acknowledging the countries British history.

• Bellow that is the Commonwealth star with seven points to represent the six states and territories.

• To right side of the flag is the Southern Cross. This constellation of five stars can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere, a reminder of their geography.

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Money

• Different colored dollar bills called notes made of plastic.

• Coins worth 1, 2, 5 cents are copper colored.

• 10, 20, 50 cents are silver colored.

• $1 and $2 coins are gold colored.

Aborigines

• First people to live in Australia.

• Inhabited land for 70,000 years.

• There are 500 recorded tribes.

• Originated from Australia from an unknown date.

• Made out of sheep skin.

• Used by aviators in World War 1.

• Cost $50- $300 in the U.S. but only cost $20- $30 in Australia.

Sports

• Football (soccer)• Cricket• Rugby• Netball

Surfing

• A hobby or a sport for Australia’s east coast and west coast.

• Many professional surfers from Australia.

Poisonous Snakes

• Inland Taipan• Eastern Brown Snake• Coastal Taipan• Mainland Tiger Snake• Peninsula (Black)

Tiger Snake

Birds

• Little (Fairy) Penguin• Red-rumped Parakeet• Scooty Owl• Laughing Kookaburra • Masked Lapwing• Great Frigatebird• Purple Swamphen• Red-footed Booby• Emu

Exotic Mammals

• Platypus• Kangaroo• Wallaby• Koala• Numbat• Dingo

Flowers

• Kangaroo Paw• Wax Flower• Stuarts Desert Pea• Bottle Brush• Flannel Flower• Wattle• Waratah

Landscape

• Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

• The middle of the country “The Outback” is all desert.

• The southern part contains the Nullarbor Plaines.

• The Great Dividing Range is the countries longest mountain range and divides the West Coast and the Outback.

The Outback

• The inner desert that is in the middle of the continent.

• Not many people live there.

• Little water recourses.

Great Barrier Reef

• Worlds largest reef and about 1,250 miles long.

• 1,500 and still undiscovered species of fish alone.

• One of the seven wonders of the world.