SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA

GEOGRAPHY

Sydney, Australia is located in a coastal basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean

to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the

north and the Woronora Plateau to the south. The population of Australia

is estimated to be 22,852,973 as of 9 March 2012.Australia is the 50th most

populous country in the world. Its population is concentrated mainly in

urban areas and is expected to exceed 28 million by 2030.

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Each state government manages the school system within their state. This

means that they provide funds and regulation for their schools. Both public

schools and private schools exist in each state. The curriculum taught in schools and private schools exist in each state. The curriculum taught in

each state or school may vary but the learning areas are the same in all.

SPORTS

Australia has a sporting history dating back to the mid 1800s. By the 1920s,

a number of sports were being played by both men and women, including

cricket, badminton, judo, swimming, tennis, netball, lacrosse, golf, hockey

and various codes of football.Many Australians participate in sport,

including association football (soccer), athletics, Australian rules football,

baseball, basketball, cricket, cycling, golf, gymnastics, horse racing, motor baseball, basketball, cricket, cycling, golf, gymnastics, horse racing, motor

racing, netball, rugby league, rugby union, shooting, swimming, tennis and

tenpin bowling. Australia's climate lends itself to some sports, such as

swimming, more than others, such as snowboarding.

ARTS

Australian art incorporates art made in Australia or about Australian

subjects since prehistoric times. This includes Australian Aboriginal art,

Australian Colonial art, Landscape, Atelier, Modernist and Contemporary

art. The visual arts have a long history in Australia, with evidence of

Aboriginal art dating back at least 30,000 years. Australia has produced Aboriginal art dating back at least 30,000 years. Australia has produced

many notable artists from both Western and Indigenous Australian

traditions including the late 19th century Heidelberg School impressionists,

central Australian Hermannsburg School watercolourists, Western Desert

Art Movement, Heide Circle of Modernists, and the expatriates who

worked in London in the nineteen sixties.

LEISURE TIME

If you wonder about their free time...here is the answer.

Sports like cricket, soccer,rugby union, rugby league, touch Sports like cricket, soccer,rugby union, rugby league, touch

football, tennis, Australian rules football, basketball and beach

volleyball.

Surfing, fishing, and shopping are also up there.

Playing pool, watching sports and drinking are pretty popular. ANIMALS

There's another thing that Australia is famous. Here is the animals who lives There's another thing that Australia is famous. Here is the animals who lives

there: BandicootBilby, Blue Mountains Tree Frog, Blue -Tongued Lizard,

Boobook Owl, Boyd's Forest Dragon (lizard), Cassowary, Crown of Thorns

Lizard, Cuttlefish, Dingo, Dugong, Echidna, Emu, Fairy penguin, Frilled Neck

Lizard, Gecko, Goanna Lizard, Kangaroo, Kinkajou, Koala (marsupial

animal),Kookaburra, Platypus, Potoroo (marsupial(animal),Quokka, Quoll,

Red-bellied Black Snake, Red-bellied Black Snake, Sea Dragon (relative of

sea horse),Sea Dragon (relative of sea horse)

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Pantelis Iliadis & Ilias Trandos

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