1. AUSTRALIA
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2. Welcome to Australia

3. Australia in the world

4. Australia is an island located in the Southern Hemisphere
It’s the world’s smallest continent but the sixth largest country in the world. It’s about the same size as the USA
However, it has the lowest population density in the world (only 2.6 people per square kilometer)

5. THE WEATHER

6. THE WEATHER The climate can vary due to the size of the continent
The Northern States typically experience warm weather much of the time, with the Southern States experiencing cooler winters.
Australia is also one of the driest continents on earth with an average annual rainfall of less than 600 millimeters.
The North as tropical weather, with wet (November to April) and dry (May to October) seasons. Storms, floods and some cyclones are common in wet season

7. Some facts OFFICIAL NAME : Commonwealth of Australia CAPITAL: Canberra
TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km
POPULATION: 24 million people (Italy 60 million)
HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy
LONGEST RIVER: the Darling (2,740 km)
HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m)
NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Australian Day, 16 Jan (1788)
COIN: Australian dollar
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu
NATIONAL ANTHEM: “Waltzing Matilda”

8. HISTORY
Captain James Cook discovered Australia in He was sent to discover the huge land that many people believed was South of the equator
He landed south of present day Sydney, in New South Wales
He claimed this part of the land for the King of England
In 1851 gold was discovered about 300 km west of Sydney
People rushed to the gold fields to find their fortunes
The 1850s gold rush attracted many Chinese and European migrants to Australia in search of a fortune

9. Aborigines
The Aborigines are the Australian natives that had been living there for thousands of years before the first Europeans came to Australia in the XVIII century

10. The large seven-pointed star represents the seven States
The flag of Australia with the Union Jack on top (the national flag of the UK) represents the historical link with Britain
The large seven-pointed star represents the seven States
The small stars form the Southern Cross – a prominent feature of the Southern Hemisphere night sky
Australia’s coat of arms is the official emblem of the Australian Government and its monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II
It was granted by George V in 1912
The arms consist of a shield containing the badges of the States
The supporters are native Australian fauna – a kangaroo and an emu. A yellow-flowered native plant, also appears in the design

11. Population is about 310,000 people
Canberra is in New South Wales. It is the capital of Australia. It is a very young city.
Population is about 310,000 people
Canberra
Capitol Hill
Canberra Fountain

12. Capital of New South Wales. Leading industrial city
Capital of New South Wales. Leading industrial city. Population: 3,200,000 people
Sydney
Sydney AMP Tower
St. Maria Cathedral
The Harbour Bridge
Sydney
Opera House

13. Capital of Victoria. The world’s most livable city. Population: 3. 200
Old House
Melbourne
Melbourne Bridge
Flinders Train Station

14. Capital of South Australia. A pretty and industrial city
Capital of South Australia. A pretty and industrial city. Population: 1,100,000 people
Gold Beach
Adelaide
Victoria Square Fountain
Adelaide

15. Capital of Western Australia. One of the best climates in Australia
Capital of Western Australia. One of the best climates in Australia. Population: people
Perth Skyscrapers
Perth
King’s Park

16. Capital of Northern Territory. Population: 136.245 people
Perth Skyscrapers
Darwin

17. Brisbane Capital of Queensland. It is a
year-round vocation place. Population is about 1,400,000 people
Brisbane
Brisbane Skyscrapers
Brisbane Bridge
Brisbane

18. Capital of island-state Tasmania. Winters are very cold
Capital of island-state Tasmania. Winters are very cold. Population of about 200,000
Bay of Fires
Hobart
Lavender Farm
Remarkable Cave
Coles Bay

19. National Parks Warrumbungle NP, NSW Crowdy Bay NP, NSW
Cockatoo NP, NSW
Crowdy Bay NP

20. Great Barrier Reef
It’s the world’s largest coral reef (over 2000 km). It stretches along the east coast of Queensland. It’s made up of over 2900 individual reefs very close to each other

21. Australians really love the environment
Australians really love the environment. They try to protect their nature and their animals

22. The Australian outback (the desert) Ayers Rock Uluru (aboriginal name)

23. The first Australians The First people in Australia were Aborigines
They arrived there about 12,000 years before from southern Asia
They had very rich forms of art, painting, song, poetry and mythology. The lives of aborigines stayed almost the same for thousands of years until the Europeans came to live in Australia in the XVIII century

24. Captain Cook
In 1770 J. Cook landed in eastern Australia and declared that it belonged to Britain.
In Australia was used as a penal colony: convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government (overcrowded UK prisons)
After War World II many people arrived from Britain and Europe attracted by gold and the new land. Life was difficult. There was very little water and the climate was very hard.

25. Results of European colonisation
The Europeans suffered a lot in Australia but the Aborigines suffered even more.
Europeans stole their land and killed thousand of Aborigines. They also brought new diseases with them.
: the stolen generation
the children of Australian Aboriginal were removed from their families by the Australian federal government and the church missions, motivated by the supposed superiority of European civilization and child protection
Today aborigines continue to live in Australia but there culture is under threat. In 1770, there were about 300,000 Aborigines.
Now, there are 120,000. It is becoming harder and harder for them to continue their traditional way to live.

26. TODAY
Today Australia is a modern, industrial country, independent from Britain since 1931.
It is the world’s biggest producer of wool, bauxite and important producer of wheat, meat, sugar and fruit.
Tourism is very important
It’s a rich nation and it had been invested by a new contemporary wave of immigration

27. The End