The English Speaking World

Australia
worksheet 2: geography, climate,
sports, religion, the arts, politics

Key concepts
geography

climate
sports
religion
the arts
politics

provinces/territories, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Darwin,

Brisbane, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, States, Outback, Great
Barrier Reef, Tasmania, main natural resources (mining), agriculture
(sheep, ostrich, kangaroo)
arid, (sub)tropical climate
Cricket, Australian rugby, surfing
Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Bruce Chatwin
government, head of state, current position in Commonwealth

reliable online sources:

The CIA world factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
Site of the Australian government
http://data.gov.au/
Australian Embassy
http://www.netherlands.embassy.gov.au/thag/home.html
BBC Australian profile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15674351
National Archives of Australia
http://www.naa.gov.au/
Australia Screen (contains information about and excerpts from a wide selection of Australian feature films,
documentaries, television programs, etc.)
http://aso.gov.au/
newspaper articles (this source can only be consulted within the network of the NHL). This is also where
you can look for items that make a link between your target country and the Commonwealth.
http://academic.lexisnexis.nl/
The economist (authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and
opinion)
http://www.economist.com/topics/australia
statistics (suggestions: population, unemployment, education, illiteracy, etc.)
http://www.abs.gov.au/
etiquette
http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/cultural_etiquette.htm

books
Tresoar (Frisian Historical and Literary Centre): Boterhoek 1, Leeuwarden (opposite Oldehoofsterkerkhof)
All books mentioned can be consulted in Tresoar for free. Should you wish to borrow them, a 12-month
student pass will cost 6,75. For more information on any of these books, please check the tresoar website
(http://www.tresoar.nl/).
Australia handbook / Australian Information Service (magazine)
Australia : a new history of the great southern land / Frank Welsh (2006)
A history of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific / Donald Denoon and Philippa Mein-Smith with Marivic
Wyndham (2000)
Australia : a cultural history / John Rickard (1996)
Australia : a geography / ed. by D.N. Jeans (1978)
Books to be consulted in the NHL/Stenden library
Australia : CultureShock! : a survival guide to customs and etiquette / Ilsa Sharp (2009)
Australia : the Asia and the Pacific intra-regional outbound series / World Tourism Organization (2006)
Community psychology and social change : Australian and New Zealand perspectives / David Thomas
(1996)
The rough guide to Australia / Margo Daly (2007)
The xenophobes guide to the Aussies / Ken Hunt (2000)
When cultures collide: managing successfully across cultures / Richard D. Lewis
Worldwide destinations: the geography of travel and tourism / Brian Boniface, Chris Cooper and Robyn
Cooper (2012)
De grote bosatlas (2012) -54e editie
De wereld bosatlas (2004)
The world today : concepts and regions in geography / H.J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller (2007)
Geography: realms, regions and concepts / H.J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller (2006)