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Australia
Geography
Climate:
Cities: Canberra (ACT) / Sydney (NSW) / Melbourne (V) / Brisbane(Q) / Cairns / Darwin (NT) / Alice Springs / Perth (WA) / Adelaide (SA) / Hobart (T)
Animals
History
endemic (native)
feral
marsupials : kangaroo / koala / wallaby /quokka / wombat / tasmanian devil / tasmanian tiger
birds : emu / cassowary / kokaburra / gallah / lorikeet / cocatoo
rabbits
camels
foxes
cane toads
goats
cats
monotremes: platypus / echidnea
dingo
Landmarks : Uluru / Great Barrier Reef / Sydney Opera House / Rabbit Proof Fence
reptiles: goanna / salty= salt-water crocodile / snake
States and Territories: New South Wales /
Victoria / Queensland / South Australia /
Western Australia / Tasmania /
Northern Territory / Australian Capital Territory.
buffalos
Dutch explorers :1606 and over the 17th century . Named the country "New Holland" but didn't settle there.
Captain James Cook in Botany Bay: 1770. Claimed the land for the British Crown.
Aborigines : arrived 50,000 years ago . Settled first along the coasts then expanded towards the centre creating their songlines.
Captain Philips with 11 ships full of convicts landed in Sydney Cove where he established the first penal colony on 26th January 1788.
Gold Rush : Gold found in NSW and Victoria in 1851 . Population tripled within 20 years.
Commonwealth of Australia; Created by the union of the 6 independant colonies which were renamed "States" on January 1st 1901
North: Tropical
Centre; Desertic
South; Temperate