Australia land on the south

Tereza Frýbortová, V8A

Content

• Basic information• Government• History• Geography• Fauna and Flora• Places of interests • State symbols• Australian cuisine

Basic information

• The Commonwealth of Australia• Continent + islands• 6th largest country• Southern hemisphere• Canberra • 22 620 700 • English

Government

• Constitutional monarchy

• Queen Elisabeth II.

History

• Original inhabitants – Aborigines• Dutch sailors (1606) – Cape York• Abel Tasman (1642) – Tasmania• James Cook (1770) – New South Wales• Prison by Great Britain • 19th century (50s) – Gold Rush „Eureka Stockade” – colonization of

Australia • Independent since 1901 (British dominion)

Geography

• 7 687 000 km2

• Pacific ocean, Southern ocean, Indian ocean• Mt. Kosciuszko (2228 m)• Six states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania,

Victoria, Western Australia)• Two territories (Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory• Deserts (Great Victoria Desert, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert)• Australian Alps, Great Dividing Range, Grey Range • Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Alice Springs

Fauna and Flora • Different from the other parts of the world • Mostly endemic• Koala, kangaroo, wombat, possum, Tasmanian devil

• Eucalyptus, acacia

Places of interests

• Great Barrier Reef the biggest coral reef in the world clearly visible from the Moon

• Ayers Rock UNESCOScared ground

• SydneyThe biggest Australian citySydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge

State Symbols

• Flag (Union Jack, Southern cross, Federation star)

• Anthem – Advance Australia Fair (1984)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqtkckl6s5Y

• Coat of arms of AustraliaAn emblem with badges of 6 states

Australian cuisine

• „fusion food“• meat pie• Chicko rolls • Surf’n’Turf• kangaroo, emu and crocodile meat