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Contact me at [jfarley@emporia.edu)]

Although I am not an Australian native per say, I have always wanted to visit the land down under. I am interested in the vast variety of food and animals the outstanding country has to offer.

Jacob Farley

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Kangaroo

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One of Australia’s most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems.

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Great Barrier Reef

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Sydney Opera House

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The iconic Kangaroo is unique to Australia and one of our most easily recognized mammals. There are an estimated 40 million kangaroos in Australia more than when Australia was first settled.

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Kangaroo

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Believed to be the world’s oldest civilization Aboriginal people have lived and thrived in Australia for more than 50,000 years.

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Aborigines

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Aborigines

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Sydney Opera House is a masterpiece of late modern architecture. It is admired internationally and proudly treasured by the people of Australia. It was created by a young architect who understood and recognized the potential provided by the site against the stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbor.

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Sydney Opera House

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Boomerang is a curved throwing stick used chiefly by the Australian Aborigines for hunting.

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Boomerang