1. Australia
“The land down under”

2. Where is Australia? Australia is south of Asia.
Australia is called “The land down under”
Australia is between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

3. Countries in Australia
Australia is made up of just one country, which is also called Australia!

4. People in Australia Native people in Australia are called Aborigines
Other people who live in Australia are the relatives of prisoners who were sent to Australia from Europe as a punishment long ago!

5. More about people in Australia
Some people in Australia live in the Outback and take care of sheep or cows
There are ten times more sheep than people in Australia!
Other people in Australia live in big cities like Sydney or Melbourne

6. Weather in Australia
Australia’s weather is the opposite of our weather – warm in the winter and cold in the summer
The Outback is a dry, hot area of Australia

7. Animals in Australia Many unique animals live in Australia
Kangaroos and Koalas are marsupials – they carry their babies in a pouch
The platypus is a monotreme – it has a bill like a bird and lays eggs, but it is a mammal!

8. Cool facts about Australia
The Great Barrier Reef is in Australia
This is the largest coral reef on earth
Many interesting water creatures live in the Great Barrier reef
Visitors to Australia love to scuba dive and visit the Great Barrier Reef

9. Are you ready for a quiz?

10. 1. Find Australia

11. 2. Which person looks ready for a visit to the Great Barrier Reef?

12. 3. We learned that a Platypus is a monotreme
3. We learned that a Platypus is a monotreme. Which animal looks like it might be another example of a monotreme?

13. 4. What would you pack to visit the Outback?

14. 5. Which sentence is true? There are no sheep in Australia
There are more people than sheep in Australia
There are less people than sheep in Australia
There are equal amounts of sheep and people in Australia

15. 6. Find Australia

16. 7. The biggest country in Australia is ___
Asia
Outback
Great Barrier Reef
Australia

17. 8. Which person might live in the Outback?

18. 9. Europeans sent prisoners to Australia as a punishment
9. Europeans sent prisoners to Australia as a punishment. Why do you think they thought this was a good punishment?
Australia was dry and hot.
Australia was far away from home.
Neither
Both

19. 10. What is a marsupial? A kangaroo
An animal that carries its baby in a pouch
A mammal
All of the above

20. Great job!!!