Guess the Country... (The information in this lesson is not required for the exam).

Guess the Country...Guess the Country...

(The information in this lesson isnot required for the exam).

Koala

Kangaroo

Marsupials

Emu

Echidna

Platypus

Mammals whichlay eggs.

AustraliaAustralia

Perth Sydney

Melbourne Canberra

Australian CitiesAustralian Cities

85% live in cities (very high)

more than 90% live on the coast

many families prefer houses to apartments

Climate and LandClimate and Land

Centre is desert: dry, hot days, cold nights

North is tropical: hot and humid

South is pleasant

HistoryHistory

40 000 years ago (or more): aboriginal people arrive

1788: British prisoner colony

1900: the states become a country

PoliticsPolitics

John Howard (Prime Minister)

Uluru

Sydney Olympic Games 2000Sydney Olympic Games 2000

Previous Australian Olympics were in Melbourne, 1956

Australians felt proud of the Games in Sydney

I hope Beijing 2008 will be a similar success!

Waltzing MatildaWaltzing Matilda

not the national anthem

words written by an Australian poet, Banjo Paterson in 1895

SwagmanSwagor “Matilda”

Billy

Billabong

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

Under the shade of a coolibah tree

And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Chorus:

Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda my darling,

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong

Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Jumbuck =sheep

Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred

Up rode the troopers one two three

With that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

squatter = land owner

thoroughbred = a good horse

trooper = policeman

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong

“You’ll never take me alive,” said he

And his ghost may be heard as you’re passing by that

billabong

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

Under the shade of a coolibah tree

And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Chorus:

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong

Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Chorus:

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorougbred

Up rode the troopers one two three

With that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Chorus:

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

With that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong

“You’ll never take me alive,” said he

And his ghost may be heard as you’re passing by that

billabong

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

And his ghost may be heard as your passing by that

billabong

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me