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Australia. Michal Matoušek, C3B. south of Asia continent country island southern hemisphere. History. Captain James Cook 1770 Sydney in New South Wales King of England prisoners from Britain. 1851 300 km west of Sydney f ortunes bushrangers. Aborigines. natives
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Australia Michal Matoušek, C3B
southofAsia • continent • country • island • southernhemisphere
History • CaptainJamesCook • 1770 • Sydney in New South Wales • King ofEngland • prisonersfromBritain • 1851 • 300 km westofSydney • fortunes • bushrangers
Aborigines • natives • thousandsofyears • 16thcentury • southernAsia • artlovers
Union Jack • link withBritain • sixStatesandTerritories • nightsky • officialemblem • George V • sixstates • kangaroo • emu • wattle
Canberra • capitalofAustralia • young city • 310,000 people CapitolHill CanberraFountain
Sydney Sydney AMP Tower • capitalof New SouthWales • industrial city • 3,700,000 people TheHarbourBridge Opera House
Melbourne • capitalofVictoria • the most livablecity • 3.200.000 people Old House Melbourne Bridge
Brisbane • capitalofQueensland • year-round vacation place • 1,400,000 people Brisbane Skyscrapers Brisbane Bridge Brisbane
Adelaide • capitalofSouthAustralia • industrial city • 1,100,000 people Victoria Square Fountain GoldBeach Adelaide
Perth • capitalof Western Australia • climate • 1.200.000 people Perth Skyscrapers King’s Park
Hobart - Tasmania Bay of Fires • capitalofTasmania • verycoldwinters • 200,000 people RemarkableCave Coles Bay
Nationalparks Warumbungle NP Crowdy Bay NP Cockatoo NP Crowdy Bay NP
Great BarrierReef • largestcoralreef • eastcoastofQueensland • 2900 reefs
Somefacts • OFFICIAL NAME : CommonwealthofAustralia • CAPITAL: Canberra • TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km • POPULATION: 20 millionpeople • LANGUAGE: english • HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General • FORM OF GVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy • PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane • LONGEST RIVER: theDarling (2,740 km) • HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m) • NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool • NATIONAL HOLIDAY: AustralianDay , 16 January (1788) • MONEY: basic unit – Australian dollar • NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangarooand Emu • NATIONAL ANTHEM: “WaltzingMatilda”