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Australia. Location
1. Australia
2. Location
Australia is situated south of Asia, between thePacific and the Indian Oceans. Australia is located
south of the equator.
3. History
The first recorded European sighting of the Australianmainland in 1606 is attributed to Willem Janszoon.
The first British colony in Australia was made on the
16th of January, 1778.
The Commonwealth of Australia was founded on
the 1st of January 1901.
4. Native Australians
The Aborigines have lived inAustralia for over 40,000 years.
But Europeans killed thousands
of them. Now they only
represent 1% of the population.
The total population of Australia
is 24 million.
5. Territories
Australia is composed of8 territories:
New South Wales,
Victoria,
Queensland,
Western Australia,
South Australia,
Tasmania,
Australian Capital Territory,
Northern Territory.
6. Cities
The largest cities of Australia are Sydney,Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. The capital is
Canberra.
Sydney
Canberra
7. Fauna
Geologic and climatic events helped to makeAustralia's fauna unique. Almost all of
Australia's native mammals
(млекопитающие) are marsupials
(сумчатые). Another unusual type of mammal
is the monotreme(яйцекладущие).
8. Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is theworld's largest coral reef
system consisted of over
2900 individual reefs and 900
islands.