Australia

By: Jesus Rangel,

Alex De La Torre, and
Javier Garcia

Tony Abbott is
current prime
minister of
Australia.

Government
type: federal
parliamentary
democracy
and a
Commonwealt
h realm

Capital of Australia
The Capital of Australia is
Canberra

Canberra
Parliament
House

Australian Currency
Australian Dollar, also known as buck and dough
An Australian dollar is equivalent to 0.72 of a US dollar
Coins:
$1, $2, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c
Banknotes:
$5, $10, $20, $50, $100

Australian Past time

Boomerang throwing was
invented by the Aboriginals
and it is a great aussie
pastime today.
Theyre also a surfing nation.
They love swimming, diving,
surfboarding, and kneeboard
riding.
Horse Racing is an
important spectator sport in
Australia, and gambling on
horse races is a popular
pastime

Religion
64% are predominantly
Christian, Australia has no
official state religion. Instead,
the Australian Government
believes in encouraging
mutual respect, understanding
and tolerance among different
religions.
About 6% of the population is
affiliated with non-Christian
religions.

Rugb
y
one of
the
most
popula
r
sports

Sports
rugby is
played
by
seasons
and
games
similar

Languages Spoken
About 18% of
Australians speak a
language other than
English. Australian
Indigenous languages
are spoken by about
0.3% of the total
population.
The most common

Top Commodity

Beef cake
exports 60% of
beefs
over 28 million
heads of cattle

Tourist must:
House of Opera

Australia
n
country
side and
cattle

Similarities of U.S & Australian

Political Systems
Both have a parliament
(called a congress in the US)
composed of two houses a
House of Representatives
and a Senate.
Both have a Senate that
represents the States
equally 2 senators per
state in the US, 12 per state

Australia is one of
seven continents.