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Commonwealth of Australia
The Land Down Under
Australian Political Map
States • Western Australia • South Australia • Queensland • New South Wales
(NSW) • Victoria • Tasmania Territories • Northern Territory • Australian Capital
Territory (ACT) – Capital is Canberra
Australia Physical Map
Biomes of Australia
Australia Size Comparison
Australia Population Density
The Great Dividing Range
• 3rd Largest Mountain range in the world
– Stretches for 3500 km
• Runs from Northern Queensland to western Victoria
The Outback
• Generally a term to refer to anything outside the cities
• Combination of Desert and Desert Scrub
Ayers Rock
• The world’s largest monolith
• Sacred for the aborigines who call the site Uluru
The Great Barrier Reef
• Covers 344 square kms
• Home to 1500 different types of fish, 360 types of coral, 4000 mollusks, and 400 types of sponges
• Only living thing visible from space
The Great Barrier Reef
Geographically Secluded
• Broke away from Gondwana super-continent 50 million years ago
• Developed flora and fauna that is unique to area.
– Kangaroo
– Koala
– Platypus
– 25000 types of plants
The People: Aborigines
• Term for the native inhabitants of Australia
• Came to Australia about 60,000 years ago
• Second class citizens: Right to vote 1967
The People: Post-Aborigines
• Between 1788 and 1868 about 160,000 men and women came to Australia as prisoners
• Gained independence from Great Britain in 1901
• Melting pot: over 266 different languages
Major Cities
• Sydney – 4.5mil
• Melbourne – 4.07mil
• Brisbane – 2.04mil
• Perth – 1.69mil
• Canberra – 356k
– Capital