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.