LET’S WATCH A VIDEO

• https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=f58n8o3nUQk
 AUSTRALIA

Australia is a unique
and diverse country
in every way: in
culture, population,
climate, geography
and history.
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
 FLAG

Australian National Flag Day is celebrated on September 3rd.

It commemorates the day in 1901 on which
the Australian National Flag was first flown
FLAG VIDEO
 HISTORY
Aborigines, the first humans to arrive in Australia. They probably
arrived on the Australian continent around 50,000 years ago.
In 1616 a Dutch sailing ship, Eendracht, on its way to Indonesia
bumped into west coast of Australia. Captain Dirk Hartog landed at
Shark Bay, on the Western Australian coastline, looked around and
didn't find anything interesting there. This was the first recorded
European landing in Australia.
AUSTRALIA AS A BRITISH COLONY
Captain James Cook

Cook had noticed that there was a native

population, but they proved to be largely
docile and to have no intention of resisting
any incursions by Europeans.

The reason for wanting to colonize this place

was its remoteness and harshness. These
properties were exactly what were needed
when the old country wanted to export its
most troublesome commodity, namely its
criminals and undesirables. Australia was
perfectly suited to becoming a penal colony.
 ANIMALS

Kangaroo Koala

Echidna

Thorny dragon
Dingo Macrotis
TOURISTIC PLACES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVc4MungHjs&t=3s
 RANDOM FACTS
1. Australia was the first country in the world to
?
allow women to vote.
2. Australia’s first police force was made up of the ?
best-behaved convicts.
3. Australia wasn’t of the founding members of
the United Nations. ?
4. Before 1902, it was illegal to swim at the beach
during the day. ?
5. A kangaroo is only one centimeter long when it is
born.
?
6. The Box jellyfish has killed more people in Australia
than stonefish, sharks and crocodiles combined.
?
7. Australia is home to 20% of the world’s poker
?
machines.
8. Each year, Brisbane hosts the world championships of ?
cockroach racing.
9. Melbourne is the richest city in the world. ?
10. Australia is as wide as the distance between London
to Moscow. ?
 TRADITIONS
HOLIDAYS

Australia celebrates many of the same holidays

as do people of the Western world, such as
Easter and Christmas. However, Australians
also celebrate some holidays unique to their
country and culture.
Christmas: Australia’s version of the holiday
Christmas varies with other countries’ holiday
because there, Christmas is celebrated in the
Western summer.
Australian
christmas tree
Decorations: Homes are not decorated as heavily as in some
cultures but there are two traditional native plants used for the
occasion: The NSW Christmas bush and Christmas bells.

Santa Claus is usually pictured in a swimming costume and a cool

drink is left out for him by children at night. School is let out a
week prior to Christmas for summer break and resumes after
Australia Day on January 26.
 ANZAC DAY
APRIL 25

The holiday is set aside to honor

Australians who have died in
wars and considered the most
important national occasion.

It is also celebrated on New

Zealand.
During the day, the ceremonies always
include an introduction, a hymn, a
prayer, and address, laying of wreaths,
recitation, a period of silence, and the
National Anthem.

Veterans celebrate by marching

through the streets of cities in the
morning and share drinks and
memories in the afternoon.
 AUSTRALIA DAY
JANUARY 26

This holiday commemorates the anniversary of the day in

1788 when the English declared Australia a new colony.
It is celebrated with parties, picnics, and fireworks and
coincides with the last days of summer vacation. This is
considered a family holiday.
 ABORIGINAL DANCES
A "corroboree" is a dance ceremony. In limited clan connection it is called a
Joonba. On a "Munga Munga" all participants are women. A "Wangka" is a
celebration ceremony. Stories are depicted about the land, religion and culture.
The Body decoration and specific gestures related to kin and other relationships
(such as to Dream time beings with which individuals and groups). Some
Indigenous Australian groups held their dances secret or sacred. Gender was an
important factor in some ceremonies with men and women having separate
ceremonial traditions. Like the Crane Dance.

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2vzsSmqG
g8
 FOOD
TRADITIONAL FOOD

Vegemite: it is a black spread made from yeast extract plus salt

and is spread on toast or sandwiches. Children are brought up
eating it from babyhood.
Pavlova: it is a dessert with a soft meringue with fruit
and cream filling.
Lamingtons: sponge cake cube desserts coated
with chocolate and coconut.
Meat pie: was created to find the best everyday
commercially produced meat pie produced in
Australia.
TIME TO EAT
 AUSTRALIAN INVENTIONS
Medical application of penicillin:
In 1939, Australian scientist Howard
Florey purified penicillin from a
special strain of mould. The team
demonstrated penicillin's ability to
fight bacterial infection in mice and,
later, humans. The antibiotic was
mass produced and used to aid
victims of World War II.
Electric drill: DIY-
enthusiasts can thank an
Aussie for this indispensible
piece of equipment. In 1889,
Australian electrical engineer
Arthur James Arnot patented
the world's first electric drill
with his colleague William
Brain.
Game
time!
 FALSE!
New Zealand was the
first country to allow
women to vote,
Australia was the
second.
 TRUE!
Due to a shortage of personnel, the best-behaved
convicts were chosen to serve as members of the
country's first police force.
 FALSE!
Australia was one of the founding members.
 TRUE!
In 1838 it was declared illegal to swim at public
beaches during the day! This law was enforced until
1902.
 FALSE
Actually, it is 2.5 cm.
 TRUE!
The box jellyfish has
been called “the
world's most
venomous creature”.
 TRUE!
This machines
are known in
Australia as
"pokies“.
 TRUE!
The racing of cockroaches, is a club gambling activity which started in
1982 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The event is held on 26
January, Australia Day, and is given the title "Australia Day Cockroach
Races".
 FALSE!
Melbourne was the richest city in the
world in 1880.
 TRUE!
Australia is approximately 3860 kilometres long from
its most northerly point to its most southerly point in
Tasmania, and is almost 4000 kilometres wide, from
east to west.