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Australia – Basic facts

Australia – Basic facts. The official name : The Commonwealth of Australia T otal area: 7,686,850 sq km Population : 20 million Capital : Canberra Major cities : Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth Nickname : Oz ( Aussie is a nickname for an Australian )

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Australia – Basic facts

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  1. Australia – Basic facts Theofficialname: TheCommonwealthofAustralia Total area: 7,686,850 sq km Population: 20 million Capital: Canberra Major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth Nickname: Oz (Aussieis a nicknameforanAustralian) Flag:dark blue, withthe Union Jack (the flag ofthe UK) in theupperleft hand corner and a sevenpointedstarknown as theCommonwealth Star, whichrepresentsthefederationofcolonoieofAustralia in 1901 in thelowerlef hand corner. The rest ofthe flag istheSoutherCrossconstelation (canonlybeseen in thesouthernhemisphere)

  2. The Flag Zdroj: [cit. 2013-05-02]. Dostupný pod licencí public domain na WWW: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFlag_of_Australia.svg

  3. Government • constitutional monarchy – Britsihmonarchisstilltheofficialheadofthe country • in practice: theheadofthe country isthegovernor-general • a federalstateconsistingofsixstates and twoterritories: Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, SouthAustralia, Tasmania, NorthernTerritoryand AustralianCapitalTerritory • eachstate has itsowngovernment and itsowncapital city

  4. Map Zdroj: [cit. 2013-05-02]. Dostupný pod licencí creativecommons na WWW http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAustralia_map_(English).svg

  5. Questions • The full nameofthe country known as Austaliais: a) TheAustralian Union b) The Republic ofAustralia c) The United StatesofAustralia d) TheCommonwealthofAustralia • WhatisthecapitalofAustralia? • WhatisthenicknameofAustrali? • Whichofthefollowingis not anAustralianstate? a) New South Wales b) Nova Scotia c) Queensland d) Tasmania

  6. AnswerKey • d. • Canberra • Oz • b.

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