Themes of GeographyAustralia

•Pacific Ocean•Coral Sea•Along Australia’s East Coast

Location

Where is it?

2 Types of Location•Absolute

•Relative

Absolute Location•Refers to an exact

location using an address•Refers to an exact location using latitude and longitude

Example of Absolute Location - Address

Macquarie StSydney New South Wales 2000, Australia(02) 9250 7777

Example of Absolute Location - Latitude and Longitude

Latitude - 33°51'25S Longitude - 151°12'55E

Where is it?

Sydney Opera House

Relative LocationRefers to the position of a

place in relation to other places

Examples of Relative Location

• Located in Sydney• Located across the bay from the Sydney Opera House

Where is it?•Mrs. Macquaire's Chair• The historic chair was carved out of a rock ledge for Governor Lachlan Macquarie's wife, Elizabeth, to veiw harbor

http://www.sydney-australia.biz/maps/city/

What type of Location?

Absolute or Relative?

Located in the Northern Territory

of Australia

Ayers Rock (Uluru)

12° 41' South : 132° 55' East

Kakadu National Park

•Pacific Ocean•Coral Sea•Along Australia’s East Coast

PlaceWhat is

the place like?

Characteristics of Place

•Natural (Physical)•Human

How would you describe

Australia?

Physical Characteristics

•Mountains•Climate•Animals•Plants

Blue Mountains – New South Wales

Tasmanian Devil

The Outback – Northern Territory

The Rainforest - Queensland

Desert– Northern Territory (Alice Springs)

Landform - Ayers Rock

Human Characteristics

•People•Language•Buildings• Jobs•Clothing

Australia - Religion• Catholic 26.4%, Anglican

20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)

• Nation Master

Australia - Language•No official language•Most speak English

Road Signs; Highways

Cities - Sydney

Culture

Clothes

Physical or Human

Characteristics?

Street Signs; Highways

Mountains – Blue Mountains

ReligionFlinders Road Baptist Church – Adelaide, South Australia

Great Victorian Desert

Lake Eyre

Koala

Darling River

The Bush – Northern Territory

Rainforest - Queensland

Large Skyscrapers

Sydney

Baron Falls - Queensland

MovementHow people

and places are linked together

Types of Movement•Transportation•Communication

TransportationThe movement

of people and goods

CommunicationThe movement

of ideas and information

Examples of the

Movement of People

Examples Movement of Goods

Movement of people,

ideas, goods?

Bedouins migrate deeper into the desert in winter when there is some precipitation; in the summer many live in the city

Tarahumara Indians of the Sierra Madre Mountains move down the mountains in the winter months

Tarahumara Indians

Examples of the

Movement of Ideas

Islam began in Saudi Arabia and has spread to all parts of the world

InteractionHow people use,

adapt to, or change their environment

When we Interact with our

environment, we …•Adapt to the

environment•Change the environment

Examples of Adapting to the Environment

• Seasons are opposite of America’s season•December – Summer• June - Winter

Early Aborigines would burn the dry grass so new grass to attract animals

for hunting

Gathering Turtle Eggs

Eating Water Lilies

Examples of Changing the Environment

IrrigationEarly people had to irrigate from rivers to farm

dry land

People of the Netherlands built dikes to

create farmland

Farmers use the slash and

burn method of farming

Interaction with the environment

sometimes harms our environment• Pollution

•Wastes• Oil spills•Many more

Adapting or Changing?

During the warm seasons the Iraqi people wear light colored, thin

clothing; during the winter season – heavier

clothing

People of the Great Plains in U.S. built sod houses (not enough wood)

Bedouin homes are tents because they are nomadic

People of Iraq must irrigate the Tigris and

Euphrates Rivers to farm

dry land

Regions

To make the study of the world

easier, geographers divide it into

regions.

Regions may be based on:

•Physical features•Human features•Economic features•Political features

Physical features: Desert Region

The Sahara Desert

Human Features

Iraq is in a Muslim Region

Economic Features

Corn Belt Region

Political Features

LocationPlace

InteractionMovement

Regions