A U S T R A L I A

Adrian CZARNECKI Klasa I „B”

Gimnazjum nr 30 im. Felicjana SYPNIEWSKIEGO w Poznaniu

STYCZEŃ 2015

Australia is a country in the Southern Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere between the Pacific Ocean Hemisphere between the Pacific Ocean

and the Indian Ocean. and the Indian Ocean. Australia is Australia is the sixth the sixth biggest country in the world biggest country in the world and at the same and at the same

time the smallest world’s continent.time the smallest world’s continent.

Australia Australia have got about 20 milion people.have got about 20 milion people.

The capital of Australia is Camberra.The capital of Australia is Camberra.

• CAPITAL: Canberra• TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km• POPULATION: 20 million people• HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-

General• FORM OF GVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy• PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane• LONGEST RIVER: the Darling (2,740 km)• HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m)• NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool• MONEY: basic unit – Australian dollar• NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu• NATIONAL ANTHEM: “Waltzing Matilda”

FACTS

BIGGEST CITIES IN AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY

PERTH

Capital of AustraliaCANBERRA

MELBOURNE

ADELAIDE

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.

FIRST AUSTRALIANS

ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA

Elevation: 2,228 metersLocation: Great Dividing Range, New South Wales, Australia.Coordinates: 36° 27′ 0″ S, 148° 16′ 0″ EFirst Ascent: First ascent by an expedition led by Polish explorer Count Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, 1840.

MOUNT KOSCIUSZKO

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0018

AUSTRALIA’S BEST ATHLETES

Ian THORPE - swimmingNickname „TORPEDO”

Cathy FREEMAN - athletics

Lleyton HEWITT - tennisChris HOLDER - speedwey

CURIOSITIES

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