Transcript Australia presentation – Katie`s group

G’day!
In our project we will present the geography
of Australia, some historical information,
natural features, wildlife and a Fact File.
We hope you enjoy our project!
•Around 40,000 years ago the Aborigines lived in Australia.
•Aborigines still live in Australia today.
•The Aborigines have their own flag.
•When white people came to Australia they forced the Aborigines to be
their slaves.
•During the eighteenth century people in Ireland and England were
deported over to Australia for committing crimes.
•In 1851 gold was discovered.
•White means: Peace and Honesty
•Blue means: vigilance, truth, loyalty perseverance and justice
•Red means: hardness, strength and valour
•6 stars on the flag
•One 7 point star which represents the federation of the colonies in
1901 in Australia
•Aboriginal Flag:
•Black represents aboriginal people
•Yellow represents the sun
•Red represents the red earth
•Worlds Smallest Continent
•Capital is Canberra
•6 states and 3 territories including
Tasmania
•Longest River: River Darling
•Highest Mountain: Mt. Kosciuszko
•Known As: Land Down Under
•More than 24 million people live here
•Located in southern hemisphere
•Only country that is a continent
•1/3 desert
•More than 100 times bigger than Ireland
Ayers Rock
Aboriginal name ‘Uluru’
Over 9km in perimeter
Changes colours at sunrise and
sunset
Great Barrier Reef
Corals are living creatures
Corals bite
2,000 km long
Sydney Harbour Bridge
1149m in length
Famous land mark
•Wallaby carry young in pouch
•Koala means ‘no drink’
•At least 40 funnel web spiders
•At least 100 types of venomous snakes
•Tasmanian devil-as small as a terrier dog
•Named from how loudly they scream
•Are not dangerous and do not attack
•people!
•Arvo - afternoon
•Bluey - a red haired person
•Chrissie - Christmas
•Drongo - a foolish person
•Fair dinkum - really, honestly
•Garbo - a garbage man
•Snags - sausages
•She’ll be apples - it will be all right
•Mozzie - a mosquito
•Chook – a chicken
•Name: Australia
•Language: English
•Money: Australian Dollars
•Highest Mountain: Mt Kosciuszko
•Longest River: River Darling
•Population: Over 20, 000, 000
•Capital: Canberra
•2 flags – Australian national flag
• and Aboriginal flag
We hope you enjoyed our project about Australia. We
gathered our information from books and websites.
Maia typed the history of Australia,
Katie typed the geography section,
Jade typed Natural Features,
Sarah typed the Wildlife section,
and Dayla typed the Fact File.
We all wrote about the Australian Flag and the
Introduction!