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Australia The Land "Down Under"
  • only country that is also a continent
  • smallest continent
  • between South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean
  • "down under-lies entirely within the Southern
    Hemisphere
  • Latin word australissouthern

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Geographical Features
  • Mostly low and flat
  • Highest point in Mt. Kosciuszko (7310 feet) in
    Australian Alps
  • Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) is a huge
    loaf-shaped red rock formation (sacred area for
    Aborigines)
  • Deserts cover 1/3 of land (Gibson, Great Sandy,
    and Great Victoria Deserts)

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  • Longest riverDarling River
  • Great Barrier Reef (off NE coast)-worlds largest
    coral reef

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Major RiversMurray River Darling River
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  • Climatetropical in north cool temperate in
    south
  • 2nd driest continent
  • two largest citiesSydney and Melbourne
  • Canberranational capital
  • most Australians live in urban or suburban areas

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Climate in Australia
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Climate in January
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Climate in July
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Annual Precipitation
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Animals Indigenous to Australia
  • Kangaroos
  • Koalas
  • Platypuses
  • wombats
  • Wallabies
  • Emu
  • Cassowary
  • Echidna
  • Black swan
  • Taipan
  • Kookaburra
  • Tiger snake

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  • one of the world's most developed countries
  • leading producer exporter of wool bauxite
  • chief trading partners are Japan U.S.
  • Imports more manufactured goods than it exports
  • Tourism
  • is strong

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Mining Manufacturing
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  • Rich mineral resources, but foreign investors own
    or control about half of the mining industry
  • Farming is mechanized, so little human labor is
    needed
  • 60 is farmland
  • Self-sufficient
  • Cattle, wheat, wool, fruits, and vegetables

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Indigenous Australians
  • The Aborigines (1) lived for at least 40,000
    years before the first white settlers arrived
  • Torres Strait Islanders (2)
  • James Cook, first European to explore Australia
  • Great Britain settled it as prison colony in 1788
  • After colonization, the number of whites
    increased while Aborigines decreased
  • (diseases weapons)
  • Aborigines2 of population

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  • majority of Aborigines live in urban areas
  • some live in traditional community settlements
  • 80 live in SE cities
  • vast interior of Australia is too dry to support
    a large population

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  • Canberra is largest inland city
  • English is official language
  • most Australians are of British or Irish ancestry
  • 1945-govt. began special program to encourage
    Europeans to immigrate

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Housing in Cities
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Australias Government
  • Parliamentary democracy
  • 3 branches
  • Legislative (makes laws)-parliament, which
    consists of 2 sections (House Senate) with a
    Prime Minister as its leader
  • Executive (enforces laws)-Queen of England
    (symbol) with the Governor-General being the
    actual person with power
  • Judicial (interprets laws)-High Court of
    Australia
  • People vote for their leaders have free speech,
    religion, etc.

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Ayers Rock
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