Know more about the smallest continent of the world.

1. By:Mithilesh Trivedi
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2. Australia
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3. Roadmap of Presentation
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Location
History
The Australian Flag
Colonisation
Capita of Australia
Big cities of Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Sports
Currency
Multicultural Australia
Manners and Etiquettes
Religions
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4. History of Australia?
2) What is the capital of
Australia?
3) Which city is the oldest
and largest?
4) Which is a popular
Australian animal?
5) Who are the Australian
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5. Location
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6.  Australia is situated south of Asia,
between the Pacific and the Indian
Oceans
 Australia is a continent, a country
and an island at the same time
 Australia is located in the southern
hemisphere
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7. AUSTRALIA
It’s the 6th biggest country in the world
It’s an Island, surrounded by water
It’s the smallest continent in the world
OFFITIAL NAME : Commonwealth of Australia
TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km
POPULATION: 22 million people
PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu
NATIONAL ANTHEM: “ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
FAIR”
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8. THE AUSTRALIAN
FLAG
Southern cross symbolizes the
constellation
Union Flag
6th British
colony
The Commonwealth 7 pointed star
represents the 7 territories
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9. History
 James Cook discovered Australia in 1770
 He was sent to discover the huge land that
many people believed was south of the equator
 He landed south of present day Sydney in New
South Wales
 Aborigines are native of Australians
 Europeans sold the land of Aborigines and killed
thousands of them
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10. COLONISATION
• Australia has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years
• It was first inhabited by the remote Asian ancestors of the
current Australian Aboriginal people
• Australia was not discovered by Europeans until the 17th
century
• In the 18th century was founded the penal colony in
Sydney
• The First Fleet with Convicts arrived at Sydney in 26th
January, 1788, went on to mark Australia Day
• In 1st January 1901, the colonies collectively became
states of the Commonwealth of Australia
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11. Capital
 The capital city is Canberra
 It is very young city
 Population is around 310,000 people
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12. Sydney
Capital of New South Wales
Leading industrial city
Population: 3,200,000 people
St. Maria Cathedral
The Harbour Bridge
Sydney
Sydney AMP Tower
Opera House
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13. Melbourne
Capital of Victoria
Old House
Melbourne Bridge
The world’s most
livable city
Population: 3,200,000
Train Station
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14. Brisbane
Brisbane Skyscrapers
Brisbane
Capital of Queensland
It is a year-round
vocation place
Population is about
1,400,000 people
Brisbane Bridge
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15. Adelaide
Capital of South Australia
A pretty and industrial city
Population: 1,100,000 people
Gold Beach
Victoria Square Fountain
Adelaide
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16. Perth
Capital of Western Australia
One of the best climates in
Australia
Population: 1,200,000
people
King’s Park
Perth Skyscrapers
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17. Hobart
Capital of island-state Tasmania
Winters are very cold
Population of about 200,000
Bay of Fires
Remarkable Cave
Lavender Farm
Coles Bay
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18. It’s the world’s largest coral reef (over
2000 km)
It stretches along the east coast of
Queensland
It’s made up of over 2900 individual reefs
very close to each other
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19. Sports
 In Australia it is usually very
warm
 Australians love sport and
other outdoor activities
 National sport is surfing
cricket
scuba-diving
swimming
FOOTBALL
Rugby
surfing
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20. currency
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21. multiculture
of
Australia
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22. Australian Culture
Most culture is based on history, traditions and belief systems
Very open in their communication styles
Generally Australians are open, friendly and helpful and from a
vast array of many different countries (multicultural)
Australian law and education systems are based on the English
model
Most of Australian laws are also based on common law which is
derived from common sense and precedents created from court
cases
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23. Language
There is no particular language in
Australia. It is largely monolingual with
English being the national language.
80% speaks English
Chinese 2.1%
Italian 1.9%
Greek 1.4%
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24. Australian Manners
• Manners are different in every country
 Greetings (Good morning, Hello, Hi, Gid’day Mate more so in the
country/bush)
 Hand shake or kiss on cheek
 Standing in a queue or line
 Please when requesting anything
 Thank you when you receive anything
 Excuse me or sorry if you need to get past anyone or bump into anyone
 No spitting please
 No pushing
 Please No picking noses or putting your finger up your nose in public or
class
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25. Cont...
 Being on time (i.e. British time)
Please speak English in front of others
Put your hand over your mouth when you yawn,
cough or sneeze
Standing up for elders or ladies with babies on the
bus or train
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28. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Australian Government Cultural Portal
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/humour/
 Australian Tourism
http://www.australia.com/index.aspx
 Australian Educator
http://www.aussieeducator.org.au/tertiaryhistoryaustralianaustralianculture.html
 Australian Culture
http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/index.htm
 I still call Australia (Qantas) Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX5UR2leYHA
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29. Promotions
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30. Bye Bye
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