The Land Down Under

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The Land Down Under

• by
• Ariel and Hannah

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Gday mates! We just got back from Oz
(Australia). We learned a lot of facts. Read my
scrapbook to see what we learned.

• Australia is the smallest continent.
• Most Australians live near the ocean.
• Australia is the only continent that is also a
  country.
• The middle of the land is called the outback.
• Australians call their big farms stations, some
  are as big as Massachusetts!

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The Map of Australia

• The capital of Australia is Canberra.
• The most famous beach is Bondi Beach.
• Australia has six states and two territories.
• There is a island called Tasmania, it is beside
  the Tasman sea.

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The Commonwealth Blue Ensign

• The Australian flags official name is The
  Commonwealth Blue Ensign.
• The British Flag, called the Union Jack, is in
  the upper left hand corner.
• The big white star stands for the states and
  territories.

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Facts About Aborigines

• The Aborigines believe the earth was created
  during a time they call the Dreamtime by
  ancestral beings.
• The Aborigines have been living on the earth for
  over 40,000 years.
• They share stories about the Dreamtime through
  art.
• Aborigines are native (or the first) Australians.

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Katherine Gorge

• Katherine Gorge is located in The Northern
  Territory (the park it is located in is Nitmiluk
  National Park).
• The Katherine Gorge has cliffs on each side that
  rise up to 100 meters.
• Katherine Gorge is one of the best known features
  in The Northern Territory.
• Oh, by the way, there are some freshwater
  crocodiles.

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Rock Art

• Rock art is a type of art that has been around
  for 40,000 years.
• Most of the art contains mimi spirits.
• Aborigines believe that the mimi spirits helped
  create the earth.

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Bark Art

• Bark is a type of aboriginal art usually done in
  x-ray style.
• The pictures are of animals and they are done on
  prepared eucalyptus bark.
• The x-ray style includes the body cavities,
  internal organs and the skeleton.

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Aboriginal Dot Art

• Dots are used to paint Dot Art.
• Most pictures have animals.
• Icons are things that represent things like mimi
  spirits, animals, and many other things in the
  story.

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Goanna

• The goanna lives in Australia.
• It crawls around on the ground to move.
• They eat small animals but mostly rodents.
• The goanna has very small scales.
• They are 20cm.(8cm.

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Ooroo for Now!We hope you learned a lot of
facts about Australia.We hope you enjoyed the
adventure. We know we did!