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Welcome to Australia

BY:

Rahmatullin Rinat

Aimshiev Anuar

Ziambetov Marat

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Captain James Cook discovered Australia in 1770. He was sent to discover the huge land that many people believed was south of the equator. He landed south of present day Sydney in New South Wales. He claimed this part of the land for the King of England.

In 1851 gold was discovered about 300 km west of Sydney. People rushed to the gold fields to find their fortunes. This attracted robbers called bushrangers.

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The first Australians

The First people in Australia were Aborigines. They arrived there about 12,000 years before from southern Asia. They had very rich forms of art, painting, song, poetry and mythology. The lives of aborigines stayed almost the same for thousands of years until the Europeans came to live in Australia in 1778.

In 1770 J. Cook landed in eastern Australia and declared that it belonged to Britain. In 1778, the British government began sending the first prisoners to Australia. Overtime many people arrived from Britain and Europe. Life was difficult. There was very little water and the climate was very hard.

The Europeans suffered a lot in Australia but the Aborigines suffered a lot more. Europeans stole their land and killed thousand of Aborigines. They also brought new diseases with them. In parts of Australia, not one Aborigine survived. Today aborigines continue to live in Australia but there culture in under threat. In 1770, there were about 300,000 Aborigines. Now, there are 120,000. It is becoming harder and harder for them to continue their traditional way to live.

Today Australia is a modern, industrial country, independent from Britain since 1931. The Commonwealth of Australia consists of 6 states and two provinces. It is the world’s biggest producer of wool, bauxite and important producer of wheat, meat, sugar and fruit.

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The First Australians

The Aborigines are the Australian natives that had been living there for thousands of years before the first Europeans came to Australia in the 1600s.

About of Australia

The Land

Australia is the only nation that occupies a whole continent. It's an island of 7.7 million square kilometers. It is the sixth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil. It's located to the south of Asia, between the Pacific and Indian oceans. Australia is the flattest continent after Antarctica. It is also the world's driest continent.

Climate

The climate in Australia is varied, from tropical in the north to temperate in the south-east. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere. That's why it has summer when we have winter.

The People

Australia has a population of about 18 million people. 70 per cent of the population live in its 10 largest cities. Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is not the biggest city. Sydney and Melbourne are much bigger. Australia is a multicultural society. People from about 200 nations live there. The Aborigines, the Australian natives, represent about 1.5 per cent of the population.

Language

Australia's official language is English. Australian English does not differ significantly from other forms of English, although some expressions are unique to Australia.

Birds and Animals

Australia's best-known animals are the kangaroo, the koala and the dingo (a wild dog). There are 50 species of kangaroo. Some stand as tall as a man and some are as small as a cat. They can often be seen in many of the forests and parks. The koala is the best loved of all Australian animals. The koala lives on leaves alone. About 400 species of birds in Australia are found nowhere else in the world. There are 55 species of parrots in Australia. They are very colourful. The emu is the most interesting bird in Australia. It is big and cannot fly. The kangaroo and emu can be seen on Australia's coat of arms. The kookaburra is another interesting Australian bird. It cannot sing, but laughs like a human! You can see images of animals in the end of a slide.

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The flag of Australia is the only one to fly over a whole continent. The small Union Jack represents the historical link with Britain, the large seven-pointed star represents the six States and Territories, and the small stars from the Southern Cross – a prominent feature of the southern hemisphere night sky.

Australia's coat of arms – the official emblem of the Australian Government – was granted by George V in 1912. The arms consist of a shield containng the badges of the six states. The supporters are native Australian fauna – a kangaroo and an emu. A yellow-flowered native plant, wattle, also appears in the design.

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C

A N B E R R A

Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is very young city.

Population is about 310,000 people.

Capitol Hill

Canberra Fountain

Full preview Capitol Hill

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Sydney

Capital of New South Wales . Leading industrial city. Population: 3,200,000 people.

Sydney AMP Tower

St. Maria Cathedral

The Harbour Bridge

Sydney

Opera House

Brisbane

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Capital of Queensland . It is a year-round vocation place. Population is about 1,400,000 people.

Brisbane Skyscrapers

Brisbane Bridge

Brisbane

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Capital of South Australia . A pretty and industrial city. Population: 1,100,000 people.

Gold Beach

Adelaide

Victoria Square Fountain

Adelaide

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Capital of Western Australia . One of the best climates in Australia. Population: 1.200.000 people.

Perth Skyscrapers

Perth

King’s Park

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Capital of island-state Tasmania . Winters are very cold. Population of about 200,000 .

Bay of Fires

Hobart

Lavender Farm

Coles Bay

Remarkable Cave

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National Parks

Warumbungle NP

Crowdy Bay NP

Cockatoo NP

Crowdy Bay NP

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Great Barrier Reef

It’s the world’s largest coral reef (over 2000 km). It stretches along the east coast of Queensland. It’s made up of over 2900 individual

reefs very close

to each other.

Australians really love nature. They try to protect their nature and their animals.

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Literature

• Т. Клементьева, Дж. Шэннон Happy English-3 – Обнинск: Титул, 2005
• Д. Эттенбро Живая природа – М.:

Мир книги, 2001

• Britannica 2007 Ultimate Referense Suite DVD - энциклопедия, англоязычное издание: www.britannica.co.uk

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