Australia

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Australia

• 8 April 2008

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What we know??
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Where is Australia

• Australia is located in the Southern Hemisphere
• The Capital of Australia is Canberra

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Facts about Australia

• It is the smallest continent in the World
• It is the largest island in the World
• There are six states and two territories in
  Australia
• It has a population of 20.3 million
• The currency is Australian Dollars
• The season in Australia are opposite to ours.

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Animals in Australia
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Habitats in Australia

• There is lots of different types of habitats in
  Australia.
• Can you name some of them?

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Great Barrier Reef
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Great Barrier Reef
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Sea Habitat

• Just off the coast of North East Australia you
  will find the Great Barrier Reef.
• Lots of different types of animals live here.
• Watch the video and see what animals you can see.

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Aboriginals

• Native Australians are called Aborigines.
• They were the first people to live in Australia.
• One of their most famous hunting weapons is the
  boomerang.
• When you throw a boomerang it should spin around
  and get back to you.
• The didgeridoo is an old musical instrument that
  the Aborigines play

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Uluru

• Uluru also called Ayers Rock is the most famous
  landmark in central Australia
• It rises 348 meters above the surrounding plains
  and the base measures 9km.
• The rock appears to change colour during sunset.
• Can you see the colour change???

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Uluru at sunset
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Uluru at Sunset
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Uluru at sunset
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Uluru at Sunset
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Uluru at Sunset
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Did you see any change?
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Famous Landmarks
Sydney Harbour Bridge It is so high you could
pass a ten storey building underneath.
Sydney Opera House. It took fifteen years to
complete the Building.
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The Outback
The outback is an area of very dry land. In the
Outback you will find red dust and red rocks.
Not many people live in this area.
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Life in the Outback

• Not many people live in the Outback.
• Those who do live in the Outback live on huge
  cattle plantations.
• Would you like to live here??

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School in the Outback

• Children who live on these cattle plantations
  cannot attend a regular school as they could be
  over a hundred miles away from one.
• These children attend a very special school
  called the School of the Air
• In the school of the Air the children are thought
  over a special radio and on the Internet

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School of the Air
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School of the Air
Children who attend School of the Air have a room
on their plantation especially for school work.
Their teacher might visit them during the
school year.
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School of the Air
What do you think has changed?
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Life in the Outback

• Another service for the people of the Outback is
  the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
• Small planes fly a doctor and nurse to
  plantations and treat people who are sick.
• They can also fly out in an Emergency

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Flying Doctors
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Alice Springs

• The Todd River is a famous river in the Outback.
• It is an upside down river so the river bed is on
  top and the river flows underneath.
• Do you know why?

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Todd River
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Answer these questions in your copy

• What is the Capital of Australia?
• Why do you think most of the people in Australia
  live around the Coast?
• Who were the first people in Australia?
• Name three famous landmarks in Australia?
• Write three sentences about one of these
  landmarks.

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More Questions

• What is the currency in Australia?
• What language do you think they speak?
• Who invented the boomerang?
• What is a didgeridoo used for?
• What do you think takes place in Sydney Opera
  House?
• Draw a boomerang and a didgeridoo in your copy.

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Now your Project

• Famous landmarks in Australia
• Choose a habitat in Australia and research it.
• Research about the Aborigines.
• Interesting facts about Australia
• Sport in Australia
• Work on it in school next Tuesday 15th
• Project due Tuesday 22nd