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Title: The Land Down Under Australia


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The Land Down UnderAustralia
2
Australia
  • Australia is the smallest continent. It is also
    the only continent in the world that consists of
    a single country.

3
Australia
  • The tail of the tape. USA v. Australia.
  • - Australia is the same size as the contiguous
    United States.
  • -The word contiguous means continuous/ attached.

4
Australia
  • Q What is the largest structure ever created by
    an animal?
  • A The Great Barrier Reef
  • -1,196 miles long
  • -82,800 square miles.

5
Australia
  • Odd Animals
  • -Marsupials
  • -Kangaroo
  • -Wallabe
  • -Koala
  • -Ducked Bill Platypus
  • -Dingo

6
Australian Activity
  • This comes from the reading on page 302-307
  • You will draw a political cartoon of one of the
    following events.

7
Australian Activity
  • The use of Australia as a prison for the British
  • The 51 ers
  • Bias towards the Aborigines by Europeans
  • Environmental concerns
  • -overgrazing, intensive mining,
  • lack of water

8
Australian Activity
  • Immigration policies
  • Nuclear Free zone of New Zealand

9
Cook not Hook
  • Go directly to jail pass Africa but dont
    collect 200.00.
  • -Captain Cook
  • -Prison, over crowded jails in England
  • -Elizabeth, the two James boys
  • and Irish whores.

10
Australia
  • Aborigines
  • -Hey there white boy!
  • -the English said no one lived in Australia
    when they arrived.
  • -However, there were over
  • 300,000 Aborigines
  • -What did they give the world?
  • -Cremation? Hunting Dogs?
  • -boomerang

11
Aboriginal People
  • Q Why were the Aborigines so backward compared
    to most of the rest of the world when the English
    arrived?
  • A They had not experienced much diffusion.

12
Australia
  • Whats the deal with England?
  • - English Common Wealth
  • We got your back.
  • -We English speaking people have to stick
    together!
  • -WWI, -WWII, PGW, What ever we want to call
    this.

13
Australia
  • Election Day
  • -Australia is a democracy where all adult
    Australians have a vote.
  • -You must use that vote or
  • You will be fined!

14
Australia
  • Economy
  • -Coal
  • -Aluminum
  • -Gold
  • -Tourism
  • -Australias economy has to find new ways to make
    money so they do not deplete their natural
    resources.

15
Australia
  • A population much like ours.
  • A melting pot.
  • -One of every three people is an immigrant or
    has parents who were.
  • Australia is very urban.
  • -Sydney and Melbourne both have well over 3
    million people!

16
Activity 2Debate
  • We will be debating this question
  • Is modernization beneficial or harmful to the
    island people of Oceania?
  • All of the information that you will need to
    debate this issue can be found from your reading
    last night on pages 307-310.

17
Australia
  • Dad Hey Dan happy 16th birthday.
  • Dan Thanks Dad. So what did you get me?
  • Dad A new set of luggage.
  • Dan Why?
  • Dad It is about time you move out.
  • -Most Australians move out by 16 and start dating
    around 12.

18
Australia
  • -Their typical school day goes from 900-330.
  • - You only have to go to school in Australia till
    you are 15! (If you want to go to college you go
    two more years.)

19
Australia
  • -Christianity is the overwhelming (87) choice
    for Australians.
  • -There are over 80 different religions in
    Australia.

20
Australia
  • Famous Aussies-
  • - Mel Gibson
  • -Nicole Kidman
  • -Paul Hogan
  • -Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter
  • -Russell Crow

21
Australia
  • Sports
  • -Crocodile wrestling
  • -Surfing
  • -Sailing
  • -Fishing
  • -Swimming
  • -Cricket
  • -Golf
  • -Football (S)
  • -Rugby

22
Australia
  • Seasons are opposite of ours.
  • Australians eat more meat then any other nation.
    (USA 2)

23
Outback
  • Not the steakhouse but the hot dry humid interior
    of Australia.
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