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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. MARKÉTA HAVRÁNKOVÁ, C4A. AUSTRALIA. officially the Commonwealth of Australia continent between the Indian and the South Pacific Ocean the smallest continent in the world 6th largest country in the world.
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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND MARKÉTA HAVRÁNKOVÁ, C4A
AUSTRALIA officially the Commonwealth of Australia continentbetweenthe Indian andtheSouthPacificOcean thesmallestcontinent in theworld 6th largest country in theworld
headofstate: theQueenElisabeth II. represented by TheGovernor-General - Quentin Alice Bryce
AUSTRALIA of 6 statesand 2 territories: states: New South Wales, Queensland, SouthAustralia, Tasmania, Victoria,Western Australia territories: AustralianCapitalTerritory NorthernTerritory
THE ABORIGINES havelivedthereforover 50 000 years represent 1% ofthetotalpopulation thetotalpopulation - 22 million
HISTORY JamesCookdiscovered Australia in 1770 Britainsentprisonersand criminals to Australia newillnesses -> thousandofAboriginesdied 1901 – Australiabecame a federation
CITIES Capital – Canberra Sydney – Sydney Opera House
THE CURRENCY Australian dollar:
MOUNT Kosciuszko the highest mountain in Australia 2,228 metres
RIVERS: The Murray River- Australia's longest river TheMurrumbidgeeRiver The Darling River- the third longest river in Australia
ULURU also known as Ayers Rock theworld's largestmonolith 348 metres high 3.6 km long
ANZAC DAY 25 thApril to rememberAustralianand New Zealandsoldierskilled in thetwoworldwars
NEW ZEALAND Officialnames: New Zealand x AOTEAROA AOTEAROA= theLandofLongWhiteCloud Wellington English, Maori Population – 4,4 millionpeople 70% - Europeanorigin 14% - theMaori 9% - inhabitantsofAsia 7% - thePacificIslanders
HISTORY 1642 - Abel Tasman- discoveredtheIslands 1769- JamesCook- his first visit to NZ 6th February 1840- theTreatyofWaitangiwassigned, Queen Victoria tookoverpowerandCapitanHobsonbecameGovernor 1893- womengrantedtheright to vote 1907- thecolonybecame a British dominion 1947- NZ- memberoftheCommonwealth
THE EMBLEM KIWI:
CITIES: Capital: WELLINGTON
CITIES: Auckland: Christchurch:
LAKE TAUPO the largest lake in New Zealand situated in the North Island
THE WAIKATO RIVER the longest river in New Zealand
AORAKI/MOUNT COOK the highest mountain in New Zealand 3,754 metres lies in the Southern Alps
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waikato_river_750px.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Taupo.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_taupo_landsat.jpg http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/CHCartel/Night-Christchurch.jpg http://content.bookyourgolf.net/Images/Region/1/229-849.jpg http://www.coolagent.cz/upload/img/kiwi.jpg http://www.ipsproperty.co.nz/Portals/4/City.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Aoraki_Mount_Cook.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Cook_from_Tekapo_Canal.JPG http://www.beautifulholidays.co.nz/new-zealand/maps/new-zealand.gif http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Governor-General_of_Australia,_Quentin_Bryce.jpg
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Bryce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington