AUSTRALIA

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Main facts
◦ World’s sixth-largest country by total area
◦ population 25,5 million
◦ 7, 7 million km2
◦ Capital- Canberra
◦ Largest city- Sydney
◦ National language- English
◦ Monarch- Elisabeth II
History
◦ First habitants 65 00 years before discovering
Europe
◦ 17th century- New Holland
◦ 1770- botany bay
◦ 1788- claimed by Great Britain, New South
Wales (National day)
◦ 1850s gold rush
◦ 1901- six colonies of Australia federated
Nature
◦ Great Barrier Reef
◦ Mountain ranges
◦ Rainforest
◦ Sandstone cliffs
◦ Desert
◦ Volcanos
◦ Dangerous and venomous animals
◦ 85% of flowering plants, 84% of mammals,
more than 48% of birds, and 89% of fish are
endemic
Culture
◦ Many art museums- simple designs
◦ Music and dancing (ballet) are popular
◦ „Crocodile Dundee“
◦ Coffee
◦ Rugby, cricket, soccer, water sports, basketball,
horseback riding
◦ Invented the surf lifesaving
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