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Australia & New Zealand. Kamila Lupínková V8A. CONTENT. Austalia. New Zealand. General information Geography History Economy Nature Places of Interest. General information Geography History Economy Nature Places of Interest. AUSTRALIA. PACIFIC OCEAN. INDIAN OCEAN.
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Australia & New Zealand Kamila Lupínková V8A
CONTENT Austalia New Zealand • Generalinformation • Geography • History • Economy • Nature • PlacesofInterest • Generalinformation • Geography • History • Economy • Nature • PlacesofInterest
PACIFIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN
Generalinformation CommonwealthofAustralia English 7,69 million km2 23 millionpeople currency: australian dollar
Generalinformation *descendant - potomek constitutional monarchy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom David Cameron europeandescendants*, Asians, thecountriesofMiddleEast ant the Indian subcontinent, Indonesians, Aborigins
Geography • betweentheSouthPacificand Indian oceans • mostlyflat • Great DividingRange • The Murray, theDarling • Mt. Kosciuszko (2 228 m) • LakeEyre (16 m belowsealevel) • a semi-desert zone (central), tropical(north), hotanddry (southwest)
HISTORY • Aborigines • 1606 • WillemJanszoon(dutchsailor) • 1642 • Abel Tasman • (dutchexporer) 1770 JamesCook theeasterncoast → theBritishCrown
HISTORY • 18th centuryprisoners’area • 1851 goldrush • 1901 CommonwealthofAustralia • 1967 – theAboriginesgottheright to vote
ECONOMY • Agriculture: sheep, cattle, wheat, wool, milk, eucalyptus, pine timber • Manufacturing: food, beverages, iron, steels, chemicals, textiles • Mining: coal, oil, naturalgas, gold, zinc, cattle – skot, beverages - nápoje
ECONOMY Export Import • coal • petroleumproducts • wool • wheat • industrialmachinery • electricalappliances • telecommunicationsequipment
NATURE Separation → endemicanimals Kangaroo – greyorred Koala Emu Blackswan Echidma Tasmaniandevil
NATURE eucalyptus acacia melaleuca (teatree)
PLACES OF INTEREST Great BarrierReef– world’slongestcoralreef (2000 km) Kakadu national park – eastof Darwin, aboriginal rock paintings, crocodiles
PLACES OF INTEREST Ulurunational park – sandstoneabove desert floor Sydney – „the Paris ofthePacific“, Opera house
Generalinformation 268 000 km2 4 millionpeople EnglishandMaori Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Constitutional monarchy, parliamentarydemocracy Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
GEOGRAPHY SouthPacificOcean 2 island – NorthandSouth volcanos, hotspringsandgeysers lakes, fjords 2 000 km by Australia mildoceanclimate thehottestmonths – JanuaryandFebruary thecoldest – July
HISTORY • Maori (9th century) – Polynesia • 1642 Abel Tasman • 1769 JamesCook
HISTORIE 19th century – battlesbetweenMaoriandinhabitants 1840 Treaty of Waitangi – equalityfor Maori People 1907 → British dominion 1931 fullindependance, Commonwealth
ECONOMY Tourism Agriculture – fruit, wool, sheep, meal, milk Manufacturing - wine, sport clothes (IceBreaker)
NATURE Moa Kivi takahe (hen) kakapo (parrot) Mamaku cabbagetree Kauri
Placesofinterest National park Mount Cook– lakes Wai-o-tapu Glenorchy – small settlement, lakeWakatipu