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Meet
Australia
Who
discovered
Australia?
• The first Europeans
visited the shores
of Australia in
1606. It was the
Spanish ship of
Luis Vaez de
Torres.
• In 1770 the English captain James Cook discovered the
east coast of Australia. He raised the British flag and
New South Wales as British Colony.
Physical
features
• Australia is located south of Asia, between the
Pacific and Indian Ocean. Australia, Tasmania
and a number of smaller islands, Cocos Islands
and Kangaroo Island form the Commonwealth of
Australia.
Europe can be
placed on
Australia
• Australia’s area of 7, 706, 168 sq. km is nearly
as large as the United States excluding Alaska
and Hawaii. It is about 25 times larger than
Britain and Ireland.
The longest river
is the Darling
(2,740 km).
Climate
• The climate of Australia
ranges from the tropical
regions of the Nothern
Territory to the cool
temperature conditions
in Tasmania, Victoria,
where it snows in winter.
• In January you can find
most people at the
beach.
Population
• Australia’s population is
only 22 903 182.million
people. Australia is a
land of immigrants.
• Its population is
subdivided into “original
Australians” or
Aborigines, “old
Australians” and “new
Australians”.
Australia’s territories and states
• There are six states and two territories in Australia. The
two territories are Northern Territory and Australian
Capital Territory. The six Australia’s states are New
South Wales; Tasmania is the only island state, Victoria
which is the smallest state, South Australia which is the
driest state, Queensland, and Western Australia.
Australia’s cities
• More than 80 per cent
of Australia’s
populations live in the
capital cities of the six
states (Sydney,
Brisbane, Adelaide,
Hobart, Melbourne, and
Perth).
• Sydney and Melbourne
are modern seaports.
Canberra is not one of Australia’s
largest cities, but it is a capital
city of Australia.
The first things most people think of are the strange
native animals. Australia’s best-known animals are the
kangaroo, koala, dingo, Tasmanian devil, wombats,
opossum, echidna, and platypus. There are also
crocodiles in the north.
Koala
• The koala is one of
the most famous
animals. The koala
lives on the leaves
of eucalyptus trees.
It eats only
eucalyptus leaves
and it sleeps in the
day.
Platypus
• When the English
scientists first saw
the platypus they
said that such
animal couldn’t
exist.
Some of Australia’s best known birds are the emu
(which cannot fly), lyrebird, bower-bird, and
kookaburra - the bird which laughs.
Australia’s symbol
• The Kangaroo, and
the emu are the
symbols of
Australia
Australian food
• Among very popular
products in Australia is
vegemite. Vegemite is
a vegetable extract
used as a spread on
the bread.
• There is the cake
named in honor of the
great Russian Ballerina
Anna Pavlova. It is now
a very popular desert
and it is called the pav.
• Kangaroo Fillet is a
past of the Australian
food choices, and it is
not popular with all
Australians.
• Damper is traditional
Australian bread, made
without yeast
(дрожжи), and
commonly made on a
campfire in a cast iron
camp oven.