Our Trip to Oz

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Our Trip to Oz

• by
• Griffin Dodd
• Cooper Hobbs

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We just got back from Oz. There are lots of cool
and weird facts that we would like to share with
you.

• If you to the middle of Australia there is a rock
  called Uluru.
• Most people in Australia live near the beach.
• The middle of Australia is called the outback.
• Australia has two territories and six states.
• The Australians call their big farms stations.

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The map of Australia

• Australia is the biggest island.
• Sidney is the biggest city in Australia.
• Australia's capital is Canberra.

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The Australian flag

• The flags official name is The Common Wealth Blue
  Ensign.
• The symbol in the top left hand corner is the
  Great Britten flag.
• The star under the Great Britten flag is called
  the Union jack.

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The Aborigines

• The Aborigines believe the earth was created
  during the Dreamtime.
• They have lived in Australia for over 40,000
  years.
• The Aborigines pass along Dreamtime stories
  through art.

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Sydney Opera House

• The Sydney Opera House was established in 1973.
• Every January, the Opera House has a celebration
  for the music that was practiced there.
• The Opera House has a concert hall, drama
  theater, opera theater, an auditorium, and a
  cinema.

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Rock Art

• Rock art contains Mimi spirits and hand prints.
• Rock art was usually done in caves.
• Rock art is the oldest type of art in Australia.

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Bark Art

• Australians prepare bark art in the rainy season.
• It takes mouths to prepare the bark for bark art.
• Bark art is usually done in x-ray stile.

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Dot Art

• Bark art, dot art, and rock art all use the same
  colors witch are red, orange, white, black, and
  yellow.
• Dot art usually tells dreamtime stories.
• Dot art uses dots as seen in the picture.

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Tasmanian devil

• Tasmanian devils are found at the SE of the coast
  of Australia.
• They are three to fore feet long and have almost
  all black fur.
• They look like small bears.

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Ooroo for nowWe hope you loved our digital
scrap book? We loved sharing it with you. Goodbye
for now.