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тему : AUSTRALIA

A LAND LIKE NO OTHER

BRITISH JAILS
THE ABORIGINES
THE ABORIGINES IN THE DIM PAST
THEIR CUSTOMS
A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
CAPITAL CITIES
TIME DIFFERENCE
WILDLIFE

Australia
AREA:
7,686,850 square km
POPULATION:
18,300,000 people
FEDERAL CAPITAL:
Canberra

FORM OF GOVERNMENT:
Constitutional monarchy

HEARD OF STATE:
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, who is also Queen of Australia

HOLIDAY:
Australia Day, 26 January

NATIONAL ANTHEM:
Advance Australia fair

NATIONAL EMBLEMS
The eucalyptus, wattle, emu and kangaroo

Melbourne
South Australia-Adelaide
Tasmania- Hobart
TERRITORIES AND THEIR CAPITALS
Australian Capital Territory- Canberra
Northern Territory- Darwin
HIGHEST POINT:
Mount Kosciusko/2,228m
LONGEST RIVER
the Darling/2,757km/
LARGEST CITIES:
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Canberra

island and its smallest continent. People often call Australia the “ land down-under” because it lies entirely south of the equator.

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from December to February, autumn from March to May, winter from June to August, and spring from September to November.

a large continent in the Southern Hemisphere. People called it “the unknown southern land” But no one could say what it was like and whether it was inhabited until the Dutch discovered it in 1606.Willem Jansz was the first European known to sight the mysterious continent.

with the help of the Admiralty, sent Captain James Cook to Tahiti, in command of Endeavour .Cook’s instructions were to search for the Terra Australis Incognita.

James Cook became the first European to sight and explore Australia’s fertile east coast.Cook claimed the region for Great Britain and named it New South Wales. This first voyage has been described as being “to the English nation the most momentous voyage of discovery that has ever taken place.”

Arthur Phillip, a retired naval officer, was appointed to establish a prison colony in Australia and serve as its governor.

40,000 years.By the time of first settlement there were about 350,000 people.Today, only 1 per cent of the country’s population is aboriginal.

hair and brown skin. They were of medium height and had slender limbs. They are different from any other race in the world.
They kept no domestic animals except the dingo and used weapons made of wood and stone. They had no permanent homes but moved about hunting and gathering food. They did their hunting mainly with spears and boomerangs. For shelter, they found protection under rocks or built huts out of branches, grasses, or other materials they found.

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language. All members of a tribe were related. Marriage united 2 families, not just two people.Most men had one wife, though custom allowed a men to have more than one wife at a time.Men directed local groups and tribal affairs. But women often worked together and took part in special secret activities apart from men.

a quarter of the population foreign born. Settlers from about 200 countries have made Australia their home.Aborigines now comprise only 1.5 per cent of the population.

the population live in the 10 largest cities.Most of the population is in the south-eastern corner of the country and only15 per cent of the population live in rural areas. Canberra is the capital.The state of Tasmania is separated from the continent.It is an island-state.

and industrial city.Population of about 1,100,000.
Brisbane is the capital of Queensland. Tropical climate makes it a year-round vacation place. Population of about 1,400,000.

in the south-east corner of New South Wales.Only Australian capital which is not situated on the seacoast. Population of about 300,000.

Darwin is the largest city of the Northern Territory.Tropical climate. Population of about 70,000.

are cold. Population of about 200,000.

Perth is the capital of the state of Western Australia. One of the best climates in Australia. Population of about 1,200,000.

oldest and largest city. Australia’s leading industrial city. Population of about 3,700,000 and growing.

Capital of Victoria. Second largest city in Australia.Hosted 1956 Olympics.Population is about 3,200,000.

Date Line, where the day “begins”, and therefore the sun rises earlier in Sydney than in most other parts of the globe.When you are in Sydney,subtract:
2 hours to find local time in Hong Kong
9 hours to find local time in Paris
10 hours to find local time in London
15 hours to find local time in New York
18 hours to find local time in San Francisco
1 hour to find local time in Tokyo

many countries have their own unique fauna, Australia is unusual in that. It includes:
70% of the world’s marsupials
All of the world’s monotremes
Onlya small percentage of the world’s placentals
Many parrots and other birds
Reptiles, amphibians and fish