1. Australia and New Zealand

2. south of Asia Indian and Pacific oceans
Australia
south of Asia
Indian and Pacific oceans
blue field Union Jack
seven-pointed star Commonwealth star
star representation Southern Cross 

3. Australia Capital city: Canberra Largest city: Sydney
Population: 24 million people
Official language: English
Area: km2
(6th in world, 100x CZ, 31,5x G. Britain)
six states and two territories: New South Wales (Sydney), Queensland (Brisbane), Victoria (Melbourne), Tasmania (Hobart), South A. (Adelaide), Western A. (Perth), Northern Territory (Darwin), Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
world’s largest island and smallest continent
only continent which is a single country

4. History settled Aboriginals (indigenous A.) 50,000 years ago
Dutch first Europeans 17th century
James Cook claimed 1770
originally settled prison colony
independent nation 1901 six colonies agreed
Canberra federal capital in 1927

5. Geography centre: hot, dry, desert Great Victoria desert Gibson desert
north: tropical regions with heavy rain
south: milder with hot summers and cool winters
Bushfires (droughts) common feature
famous landform Uluru (Ayers Rock) centre
Great Barrier Reef largest coral reef (coast Queensland)
tallest mountain Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m) located
in Australian Alps
longest river Murray River; Darling river, Lake Eyre

8. Flora and fauna
climate and geographical isolation unique animals like kangaroo, koala bear, Tasmanian devil
baobab and eucalyptus tree

9. States and cities Sydney largest city Melbourne capital Victoria,
second largest, cultural centre
Western Australia largest state,
natural resources (e.g. iron ore, diamonds, coal)
Victoria quite small state, many people live there
New South Wales oldest and most populous
South Australia quite dry and famous wines
Tasmania island smallest state, colder than Australia

10. System of Goverment federation of self‑governing independent states
official title: Commonwealth of Australia
Formally head UK, currently Queen Elizabeth II.
representative national level Governor General
state level governor
real power government
federal government led prime minister
government in individual states led premier
federal legislative body, the parliament, seat Canberra
two chambers : the Senate and the House of Representatives
voting is compulsory in Australia

11. New Zealand island nation located South Pacific
island is quite isolated
situated 2,000 km from Australia
blue field Union Jack
star representation Southern Cross 

12. New Zealand Capital city: Wellington (north island)
Largest city: Auckland (north island)
Population: 4,7 million people
Official language: English and Maori
Area: km2 (as UK, Italy)
two island: north and south island
Maori name for New Zealand: Aotearoa
= “land of the long white cloud”

13. History Maori first settled NZ 13th century, before no human
Dutchman Abel Tasman first European to reach the island
James Cook island 18th century
18th century whalers and sealers Britain, France and USA
1840 Maori chiefs and British officials Treaty of Waitangi
first country in the world women the vote, in 1893
In 1907, dominion status, so it was no longer a colony
participated in both World Wars

14. Geography two main islands, several small islands
North Island sub-tropical climate,
warm summers, cool mild winters
North Island a lot of volcanic activity
South Island much more mountainous
Southern Alps run through the middle
range includes NZ highest peak Mount Cook (Aoraki) 3,754m

15. Flora and fauna for millions NZ unique birds, animals and plants
well-known flightless birds – kiwi (symbol country)
kakapo unique flightless bird
tree kauri (north island)

16. Cities North Island boasts, Auckland (north), Wellington (south)
Christchurch
second largest city NZ
Dunedin
second largest city South Island - university town

17. System of Goverment NZ part of the British Commonwealth
constitutional monarchy , head of state monarch UK
representative Governor General
head of government prime minister
parliament single-chambered