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8469 MILES FROM AUSTIN TO SYDNEY
24 TIME ZONES
AUSTRALIA
MAJOR CITIES
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
GREAT BARRIER REEF
BONDI BEACH
CAN YOU NAME THESE FAMOUS AUSSIES?
WHY DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE STRANGE ANIMALS?
BRIEF FACTS ON AUSTRALIA• Smallest & flattest
continent-as big as USA, but only
20 million people
• Only inhabited continent
completely in southern
hemisphere
• A desert continent with
fertile edges /
coastlines
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA
• Little arable land &
few rivers / lakes
• Great Dividing Range
-in east, near the coast
-creates a rain shadow
making the interior arid
-source of Australia’s 2
major rivers
THE OUTBACK
• The dry interior, covers 70% of Australia-mainly hot desert
-few people live here
CAPE YORK PENINSULA• Has rainforests!
• Up to 150 inches of rain per year
-Austin, TX gets 34 inches
AYERS ROCK• Considered very sacred
to the Aborigines -touching it can put you in
contact with the spirit world
• One of the oldest rocks on Earth
GREAT BARRIER REEF• World’s largest coral reef -can be seen from space
• Home to more species
of marine life than
anywhere else of Earth
• Produces almost as much oxygen as the rainforest
SURFING CAN BE DANGEROUS
CLIMATE• “Outdoorsy” along east coast
-nice, like southern California
-soccer, tennis, beaches,
boating, surfing, rugby
AUSTRALIAN CULTURE• Reflects English heritage
-drink tea, play cricket,
drive on left side of road,
speak English, mainly
Christian
AUSSIES LOVE THEIR PRO SPORTS
AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
• FREE MARKET WITH MORE SAFETY NET PROGRAM THAN U.S.A-HIGHER TAXES
• 13 LARGEST ECONOMY IN WORLD
• INFLATION 4.0%• UNEMPLOYMENT 9.5%• MAJOR EXPORT PARTNERS CHINA 25% JAPAN 19% U.S.A 4 %GDP- THE MARKET VALUE OF
ALL FINAL GODS/SERVICES
NATURAL RESOURCES• Energy Resources
-coal, oil, and natural gas
• Mineral Resources
-diamonds, gold, silver, and copper
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY• Began as an English
penal colony -prisons in England were
getting overcrowded
• Gold Rush of 1851 brought
many non-convict settlers
from England & Ireland
ABORIGINALS• Original Australian
inhabitants
-for at least 40,000 yrs.
-hunter / gathers
-closely tied to the land
• Clashed with first
English Settlers
-many murdered or died
of European diseases
STOLEN GENERATION• Aboriginal kids taken
from parents & given to white families
-to destroy Aboriginal culture
AUSTRALIAN WORDS• barbie = barbeque pit
• bloke = a guy
• dummyspit = temper tantrum
• grog = an alcoholic drink,
usually beer
• jumbuck = a sheep
• lollies = candies
• Oz = Australia
• sticky beak = a nosy person
• yakker = hard work
DRUMMONS, MUCK, GEORGE, AND RUBY