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The Commonwealth of
Australia
Do you know....?
Australia is washed by
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The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Timor Sea
The Arafura Sea
Torres Strait
The Tasman Sea
The Coral Sea
Bass Strait
• In the North
• In the East
• In the West
• in the South
Australia has got six
states:
• New South Wales,
• Victoria,
• Queensland,
• South Australia,
• Western Australia,
• Tasmania
• two internal territories.
The flag of Australia
The flag of Australia
has six white stars.
Coat of arms
Coat of arms was
introduced in 1912.
• The Commonwealth
of Australia is a
federal state within
the Commonwealth.
• The official language
is English.
The area
The area of Australia
is 7,7 mln sq. km
From the history
• Australia was
discovered by J.
Cook in 1770;
• The new
constitution was
introduced on
January 1, 1901;
• The birth of the
new nation was
celebrated on
January 1, 1901;
The population
The population of
Australia is 20,4
mln people
• The first people in
Australia were the
aborigines.
• Ayers Rock is one of
their
sacred places.
• It’s a huge rock in the
desert.
• Ayers Rock is very
beautiful, and changes
colour during the day
as the sun moves round
it.
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The continent is
mostly a great plain
with mountains in the
east and south-east.
The western part of
the continent forms a
plateau which
occupies half of the
continent.
The Central
Lowlands is very dry.
Climate
• Australia has several
different climatic
regions, from warm to
subtropical and tropical.
• The winds from the sea
bring heavy rainfalls,
especially in tropical
summer.
• The climate in the west
is very dry and more
than half of Australia
gets very little rain.
• In the south-west and
east the winds bring rain
in winter.
• The tropical forests
in the north and
north-east are
displaced by
savanna or
grassland.
• In the south-east and
on the sides of the
mountains there are
forests of eucalyptus
and other evergreen
trees.
Deserts
There are two hot
deserts in the
central and western
parts of the
continent.
Strange and unusual world of
animals. Echidna and platypus
Australia was
separated from the
other continents
and her animals
developed
differently. Of these,
the strangest of all
are the water-loving
platypus and the
echidna
Kangaroo
The kangaroo is one
of Australia’s national
animals. Some of
them are two metres
tall and can jump nine
metres.
Koala
The koala is a treeloving, comicallooking animal that
lives on the leaves
of eucalyptus trees.
It will eat nothing
more.
Emu
The native birds of
Australia are very
interesting. The
emu, for example,
which with
kangaroo, is
represented on the
Australian coat-ofarms, is the nexttallest bird in the
world after the
ostrich.
The wild dog (Dingo)
The dingo (the wild dog)
is the only killer among
the native animals. Most
of them now live in
mountains or hills.
Spider
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Australia has two
of the most
poisonous
spiders in the world
– the black widow
and the Sydney
funnel web.
• All children
learn first aid for
spider bites at
school.
Water system
Main rivers
• the Murray
• the Darling
The greatest lakes
• Eir
• Torrens
• Gerdner
Australia – an industrial and
agricultural country
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Coal
Nickel
Zink
Gold
Wool products
Meat
Fruit
sugar
Metals
Minerals
The capital - Canberra
• The city became the
capital in 1927.
• The population of
Canberra is about
300,000 people
Sydney
is one of the biggest cities of
Australia
Melbourne
• Formally the head of the state is the king
or queen of England represented by the
Governor-General.
• The Federal Parliament consists of the
Senate and the House of
Representatives.
• The federal government of the country is
headed by the Prime Minister.
Questions
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By whom was Australia discovered and
when was it happened?
When was the birth of the new nation
celebrated?
What is the official name of Australia?
What landscape is typical of Australia?
Name the greatest rivers of Australia?
What animals live in Australia?
Name big cities of Australia.
What is the capital of Australia?