Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Australia

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Australia and the island of Tasmania in the South. It is located between the Pacific and the Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Commonwealth of Australia is formed of Australia, Tasmania and several smaller islands.

by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait, in the east by the Tasman Sea and the Coral Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, in the South by Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean.

New Guinea in the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia in the north-east and New Zealand in the south-east.

rocks are more than 3 million years old.

Australia is the driest continent of all after Antarctica. Most of it is a semi-desert. South-east is not so dry compared to the rest of the land, so it is good for living.

Australia is the flattest continent of all. But still it has mountains.

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

North, to cool temperate in the south-east where it even often snows in winter.

There is not much rain in many parts of the country and they are vey dry. South Australia is the driest state of the driest continent of the Earth.

on its fauna and flora. That is why many animals and plants developed differently from those on other continents.

Australia is a land of birds and animals which can not be found anywhere else in the world.

an animal that carries babies in the pouch for eight months. It is the largest marsupial in the world. It can weigh 85 kgs.

The koala is a small bear-like animal which lives in the eucaliptus trees. Most of its time the koala spends in these trees sleeping. However, they like to eat only some kinds of eucaliptus trees that grow in Australia.

egg-laying mammals in the world.

There are 800 varieties of birds in Australia. Among them there are emus, eagles, hawkes, parrots, cockatoos, lyrebirds, bower-birds, kooka-burras and black swans.

The dingo is a wild dog about 50 centimetres high and usually sandy-colored.

in 1606. Spanish sea captain, Luiz Vaez de Torres, sailed through the strait which wad named Torres Strait after him.
In the 17 century the lands of Australia and New Zealand were discovered by Dutch explorers – Dirk Hartog in 1616 and Abel Tasman in 1642.
The first Englishman to visit the continent was a buccaneer William Dampiar who landed there in 1699.
Capitan James Cook, an Englishman, visited Australia in 1770 and saw unusual plants and animals and called this place “Botany Bay”.
In 1788 six ships started to Australia. Capitan Arthur Phillip commanded this fleet. The first ship of convicts and their guards landed in January 1788 where Sydney stands today. These people were called “First Fleet”.
More and more people moved in Australia.

became the States of the Commonwealth of Australia. It became a part of the British Empire under Queen Victoria’s rule.
The new Australian constitution was introduced on January 1st, 1901 when Australians celebrated the birth of a new nation. But still Great Britain made decisions about Australia’s foreign policy.
In 1931 Australia got independence from Great Britain.

is the largest and one of the most well-known cities in Australia. It is often called “Paris of the Pacific”.

The form of government in Australia is a constitutional monarchy.
The formal Head of State is the Monarch of Great Britain (now Queen Elizabeth II).

Federal Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia in Canberra. The federal government is headed by the Prime Minister.

in 1954 it became the Australian National flag.

symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia. Symbols of Australia’s six states are together on its shield.
The national floral emblem is the golden wattle (acacia).
The kangaroo and the emu are Australian native animals.
The platypus and the kookaburra are the symbols of New South Wales, the koala is Queensland’s symbol and the symbol of Western Australia is the black swan.

Original Australians (or Aboriginies).
Old Australians (or Aussie).
New Australians.

people or original Australians. The were dark-skinned Aboriginies. They came to the Australian continent from south-east Asia at least 40,000 years ago.

Now the Aboriginies live mainly in reservations in the tropical and desert areas. There are almost 60,000 of them.

Irish origin. They were actually born in Australia and speak English as their mother tongue.

War II.

from all over the world. Most of the population of Australia (around 80 per cent) inhabit six capitals of the coastal line. These cities are Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbain, Hobart and Perth.

Easter (08.04)

Father’s Day (02.09)

Christmas (25.12)

Foundation Day (04.05)

Mother’s Day (13.05)