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Some facts :
Area : 7,617,930 square kilometres
 Population : 23,216,108 ( in 2013)
 National language : English
Currency : Australian Dollar AUD
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Largest cities
Canberra
Melbourne
Sydney
Newcastle
There are lots of strange and unusual animals in
Australia. Many of them- the kangaroo, the dingo, the
koala, the echidna, the platypus are found nowhere in
the world.
dingo
cockatoo
echidna
kookaburra
emu
Tasmanian
devil
kangaroo
platypus
wallaby
koala
When it's threatened, it rolls
into a spine ball. A kind of a
hedgehog. (?)
The large Australian bird
that cannot fly. A smaller
version of an ostrich. (?)
The feathery bird with a
hooked bill. A relative of a
parrot. (?)
All people think wrong that
it's a bear. It is a marsupial!
It mostly sleeps. (?)
The babies are called joeys.
It's the symbol of Australia
too. (?)
The duck-billed animal which
lays eggs. It lives in rivers
and lakes. (?)
The Australian wild dog, which
came from Asia 5000 years
ago.(?)
Fill in the right word:
fly run long toes feathers rainforests
ground
Emus can’t_______but they can______very fast. They
have___legs and three_____on each foot. They have shaggy
grey – brown______.Emus do not live in_______.An emu
makes its nest on the_______.
Label the parts of the possum:
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claws
snout
whiskers
eye
ear
back
tail
The Numbat
Label these parts of the numbat:
tail
tongue
ears
The Numbat comes from
claws
back
America
China
Australia
The numbat eats
insects
leaves
flowers
The numbat is about
20 cm long
41 cm long
60 cm long
At night, they hide in hollow
boxes
gardens
Crossword "Australian animals"
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a marsupial similar in
appearance to bears
the largest bird native to
Australia
a duck-billed mammal
a short-legged, muscular
marsupial
a bird whose tail
resembles a musical
instrument
a spiny egg-laying
mammal
a marsupial similar to
kangaroo but smaller in
size
a wild dog
the marsupial with
powerful hind legs that
can jump very well
Crossword "Australian animals"
Answer Key
emu
cockatoo
koala
kangaroo
platypus
dingo