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Australia

Australia. Michal Matoušek, C3B. south of Asia continent country island southern hemisphere. History. Captain James Cook 1770 Sydney in New South Wales King of England prisoners from Britain. 1851 300 km west of Sydney f ortunes bushrangers. Aborigines. natives

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Australia

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  1. Australia Michal Matoušek, C3B

  2. southofAsia • continent • country • island • southernhemisphere

  3. History • CaptainJamesCook • 1770 • Sydney in New South Wales • King ofEngland • prisonersfromBritain • 1851 • 300 km westofSydney • fortunes • bushrangers

  4. Aborigines • natives • thousandsofyears • 16thcentury • southernAsia • artlovers

  5. Union Jack • link withBritain • sixStatesandTerritories • nightsky • officialemblem • George V • sixstates • kangaroo • emu • wattle

  6. Canberra • capitalofAustralia • young city • 310,000 people CapitolHill CanberraFountain

  7. Sydney Sydney AMP Tower • capitalof New SouthWales • industrial city • 3,700,000 people TheHarbourBridge Opera House

  8. Melbourne • capitalofVictoria • the most livablecity • 3.200.000 people Old House Melbourne Bridge

  9. Brisbane • capitalofQueensland • year-round vacation place • 1,400,000 people Brisbane Skyscrapers Brisbane Bridge Brisbane

  10. Adelaide • capitalofSouthAustralia • industrial city • 1,100,000 people Victoria Square Fountain GoldBeach Adelaide

  11. Perth • capitalof Western Australia • climate • 1.200.000 people Perth Skyscrapers King’s Park

  12. Hobart - Tasmania Bay of Fires • capitalofTasmania • verycoldwinters • 200,000 people RemarkableCave Coles Bay

  13. Nationalparks Warumbungle NP Crowdy Bay NP Cockatoo NP Crowdy Bay NP

  14. Great BarrierReef • largestcoralreef • eastcoastofQueensland • 2900 reefs

  15. Somefacts • OFFICIAL NAME : CommonwealthofAustralia • CAPITAL: Canberra • TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km • POPULATION: 20 millionpeople • LANGUAGE: english • HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General • FORM OF GVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy • PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane • LONGEST RIVER: theDarling (2,740 km) • HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m) • NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool • NATIONAL HOLIDAY: AustralianDay , 16 January (1788) • MONEY: basic unit – Australian dollar • NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangarooand Emu • NATIONAL ANTHEM: “WaltzingMatilda”

  16. Thankyouforyourattention

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