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Chris Palmer 3rd. Australia. History. The Aboriginals were the firs people in Australia They were believed to arrive to the island by boat and settled down there in the ice age 50,000 years ago The first British to arrive were all convicts

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Australia

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  1. Chris Palmer 3rd Australia

  2. History • The Aboriginals were the firs people in Australia • They were believed to arrive to the island by boat and settled down there in the ice age 50,000 years ago • The first British to arrive were all convicts • By the 1820s more settlers had come and made farms with the land • By 1851 the British had found gold and a gold rush began • The gold rush had brought money and expensive goods to it majors cities like Sydney. • By the 1880s they were very modern cities • In 1901 Australia and its six states became one nation

  3. Geography • Australia is located 32.3456 degrees south and 141.4346 degrees east • Australia is considered an island nation including Australia, Tasmania, Hinchinbrook island, and many more • Australia has over 8000 islands

  4. Did you know? • Australia has a population of 22 million • Australia capital is Canberra • National language is English • There are more kangaroos than people in Australia • Australia is the lowest continent in the world

  5. Sydney Opera House the opera house was open in 1973 and represents Australia It cost 120,000,000 to build.

  6. Rain forest/Euclyptus forest Emu Sugar glider

  7. The outback

  8. The island of Tasmania

  9. The Ghan

  10. Plane ticket It would cost 1,803$ for a ticket per person from Detroit to Sydney Their would be two stops in Chicago and Los Angeles. It is a 26 hour trip Flight numbers. 16 and 1806

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