Australia
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Australia
The Flag
• Blue background.• Union Jack in the
upper left corner acknowledging the countries British history.
• Bellow that is the Commonwealth star with seven points to represent the six states and territories.
• To right side of the flag is the Southern Cross. This constellation of five stars can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere, a reminder of their geography.
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Money
• Different colored dollar bills called notes made of plastic.
• Coins worth 1, 2, 5 cents are copper colored.
• 10, 20, 50 cents are silver colored.
• $1 and $2 coins are gold colored.
Aborigines
• First people to live in Australia.
• Inhabited land for 70,000 years.
• There are 500 recorded tribes.
• Originated from Australia from an unknown date.
• Made out of sheep skin.
• Used by aviators in World War 1.
• Cost $50- $300 in the U.S. but only cost $20- $30 in Australia.
Sports
• Football (soccer)• Cricket• Rugby• Netball
Surfing
• A hobby or a sport for Australia’s east coast and west coast.
• Many professional surfers from Australia.
Poisonous Snakes
• Inland Taipan• Eastern Brown Snake• Coastal Taipan• Mainland Tiger Snake• Peninsula (Black)
Tiger Snake
Birds
• Little (Fairy) Penguin• Red-rumped Parakeet• Scooty Owl• Laughing Kookaburra • Masked Lapwing• Great Frigatebird• Purple Swamphen• Red-footed Booby• Emu
Exotic Mammals
• Platypus• Kangaroo• Wallaby• Koala• Numbat• Dingo
Flowers
• Kangaroo Paw• Wax Flower• Stuarts Desert Pea• Bottle Brush• Flannel Flower• Wattle• Waratah
Landscape
• Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
• The middle of the country “The Outback” is all desert.
• The southern part contains the Nullarbor Plaines.
• The Great Dividing Range is the countries longest mountain range and divides the West Coast and the Outback.
The Outback
• The inner desert that is in the middle of the continent.
• Not many people live there.
• Little water recourses.
Great Barrier Reef
• Worlds largest reef and about 1,250 miles long.
• 1,500 and still undiscovered species of fish alone.
• One of the seven wonders of the world.