Australia. Physical Characteristics Only country that is also a continent Driest and flattest...

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Australia

Physical Characteristics

• Only country that is also a continent

• Driest and flattest continent– (after Antarctica)

• Home to 1,500 species of fish

• Largest coral reef in the world

Great Barrier Reef

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The Outback

Australian Outback

Mount Uluru (Ayers Rock)• 1,142 feet tallAustralian Wildlife• Rock Wallaby • Koala

• Kangaroo

• Tasmanian Devil

• Dingo

Sheep

• Australia produces 70% of world’s wool

• 100 million sheep

Human Characteristics

• Population of 20 million people– 92% are Caucasian – 7% are Asian

• Lowest population density of the continents– 2 people per sq mile

Sydney Australia

Sydney Opera House

Aborigine

• Native People of Australia

History

• Australia was once a colony of the United Kingdom

• UK used it as an island for prisoners

• Today, Australia is a western society

• Standard of living similar to USA and Europe

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