Welcome to Australia

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Welcome to Australia!

• Presented by Mgr.Gabriela Oravcová
• 22 May 2006
• gora_at_szm.sk

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Contents

• Geography
• Climate
• Population
• The capital city and other cities
• Industry
• Agriculture
• Animals

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Geography

• Australia is the sixth largest country in the
  world
• 90 of the country is very dry, it is called
• the outback
• Two big deserts are here the Great Sandy Desert
  and the Great Victoria Desert
• The longest rivers are the Murray and the Darling

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Climate

• Is very warm
• Average temperatures range from 23-26C, southern
  areas are hotter

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Population

• Australia is not densely populated
• Less than 20million people live there, mostly of
  British origin
• 1.5 create the Aborigines
• A lot of people come from Europe and Asia

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The capital city and other cities

• The capital of Australia is Canberra
• Other big cities are Sydney, Melbourne,
  Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin.

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Industry

• Metallurgical industry, steel, heavy equipment,
  electric and electronic equipment, chemicals,
  textiles, food processing are on high level
• A lot of mines producing gold, silver, iron,
  diamonds, copper are here too

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Agriculture

• It is a woolgrowing country
• It is the main producer of meat, fruit,
  vegetables, dairy products, cereals, wine

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Animals

• A lot of unique animals live herethe kangaroo,
  the koala bear, the platypus, poisonous snakes
  and poisonous spiders

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Answer these questions

• Australia is .................country.
• Outback is ...................
• The biggest deserts are .......................
• The average temperatures are ...........
• The Aborigines were ..........
• The population is ............
• The capital city is .............
• Other big cities are ..............
• The agriculture produces .............
• Australian mines produce ..............
• Unique animals are ......................

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Thank you for your attention