1. Lucie Syrová

2. * Basic facts * Flag & the Government * Landscape * Historical facts * Wildlife * Cities * Indigenous Australians

3. * Terra Australis – the land of the south * The Commonwealth of Australia * over 23,000,000 inhabitants * 6 states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia) * 2 territories (the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory) * sheep stations

4. * flag – the Union Jack flag + the Commonwealth star + the Southern Cross * constitutional monarchy * head of the state – Queen Elizabeth II * represented by the Governor General * parliamentary system, Prime Minister * compulsory voting

5. * huge central desert + semi-desert zone = the outback * the Great Dividing Range – Mt. Kosciuszko (2,228m) * subtropical rainforests in the north-east * the Great Barrier Reef (NE) – 2,000km long * temperate climate SE + SW corners * the Darling, the Murray

6. * 40,000BC the Aborigines arrived from Asia * 17th century – Dutch navigators – New Holland * 1770 – James Cook (Great Britain) * penal colony * 1850s – a gold rush – many immigrants * 1901 – the Commonwealth of Australia

7. * a great number of reptiles * Tasmania – Tasmanian devil * Kangaroo Island – unique species * koala + eucalyptus tree * bilby, platypus

8. * Canberra – built around an artificial lake * Sydney – Opera House, “Paris of the Pacific” * Perth – very isolated * Adelaide, Brisbane

9. * didgeridoo * boomerangs * Uluru (Ayers Rock) – sandstone, sacred to some aboriginal tribes

10. * Flag of Australia. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05- 01]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Australia * Australia. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

11. * POT. Sheep shearing. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_shearing.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_shearing.jpg * Flag of Australia. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg * BRAXMEIER. Reliefmap of Australia. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefmap_of_Australia.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefmap_of_Australia.png * BASEDOW. Showing method of attack with boomerang. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA- 15147.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Showing_method_of_attack_with_boomerang_-_NMA- 15147.jpg * DCOETZEE. Bilby at Sydney Wildlife World. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bilby_at_Sydney_Wildlife_World.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bilby_at_Sydney_Wildlife_World.jpg * Sydney Skyline. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Skyline.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Skyline.jpg * LEONARD G. Uluru. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-21]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UluruClip3ArtC1941.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UluruClip3ArtC1941.jpg