australia a breif introduction

Study of

AUSTRALIA

April 2015 BC/JKBS 2

Shall Cover Location History Cities Flag Currency Sports Animals Tourist Attractions Economic System Exports Imports Natural Resources Culture Population/ Religion Literacy Rate Unemployment/ GDP Industries



• Oz• Down Under• It’s the 6th biggest country in the world. • It’s an island, surrounded by water. • It’s the smallest continent in the world.


Australia is in the Oceania Continent located in Southern Hemisphere.

Because it is south of the equator, the seasons in Australia are the opposite of those in Europe: it’s winter in Australia when it’s summer in Europe.

Australia is composed of 7 territories:

Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria +

Tasmania, and Papua New Guinea.


James Cook discovered Australia in 1770.

Britain sent prisoners

and criminals to Australia.

Europeans sold the land

of Aborigines and killed

thousands of them.

HISTORY


Native Australians. The Aborigines have lived in Australia for over 40,000 years. Now they only represent 1% of the population.


The capital city is Canberra.

CITIES

The biggest city is Sydney, where there is the famous

Sydney Opera House.


OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES

Melbourne

PerthAdelaide

Brisbane


THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG

Union Flag

6th British colony.

The Commonwealth 7 pointed star represents the 7 territories.

Southern cross symbolizes the constellation.


The currency is the Australian dollar.


In Australia it is usually very warm, so Australians love sport and other outdoor activities. The most popular are:

Surfing

Swimming

Scuba-diving

Cricket


TYPICAL ANIMALS

Koala Kangaroo


Dingo

Platypus

Sugar glider


Tasmanian devil

Wombat

Possum


Australia has also some very poisonous snakes and spiders. At school children have to learn first aid for snake and spider bites.



built by Danish architect Jorn Utzon

Tourist Attractions

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

World’s largest monolith. It is sacred for Aborigines.

It is very popular with tourists because of its beautiful colours.



• Mixed economy.•Trading partnersJapanSingaporeChinaUSAGermany

•Half of Australia’s exports go to Asia


• Minerals• Wool (produces 25% of the worlds wool)• Wheat• Meat• Wine


• Machinery• Computers• Crude oil• Petroleum


• Timber• Lead• Zinc• Uranium• Oil• Gold• Copper• Diamonds• Wheat• Grapes


• The culture of Australia is essentially a Western culture influenced by the unique geography of the Australian continent.• Diverse input of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples• The British colonisation of Australia began in 1788.• Various waves of multi-ethnic migration.


• 23,816,400 • 52nd most populous country in the world.

Religion• Roman Catholic (25.3%)• Anglican (17.1%)• Other Christian (18.7%)• Buddhism (2.5%)• Islam (2.2%)• Hinduism (1.3%)• Other Non-Christians (1.2%)• No Religion (22.3%)• Not stated or unclear (9.4%)


•Australia has one of the best education systems in the world

•Rate: 99%

•You must attend school until at least age 15


• 4.4%•Australia does not officially count the poverty level within their country.

GDP

• 1.56 trillion USD (2013)• GDP per capita: 67,458.36 USD (2013)


• Cars, clothing, food, airplanes, chemicals, paper, sugar.

• Tourism is also a huge money making industry.

australia a breif introduction

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