AUSTRALIA

BY MOLLY

HOOPER

THIS IS WHERE AUSTRALIA IS ON THE MAP.

FUN FACTS! It’s capital city is Canberra Australia’s population is

approximately 22,804,893 The largest city in Australia is

Sydney It is the 6th largest country in the

world The television show I’m a

Celebrity takes place in Australia

AUSTRALIAN FLAG- The blue represents lots of things, including loyalty, truth and justice. The white represents peace and honesty, and the red, hardiness, bravery, strength and valour.- The designer of the Australian flag was

Annie Whistler Dorrington- The flag was first flow in 1901 in

Melbourne

FAMOUS PLACES

AND LANDMARKSAyers Rock Sydney Opera House

Great Barrier Reef

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure in the world. It is 2600 kilometres long Astronauts can see The Great

Barrier Reef from space!

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE The Sydney Opera House was opened on the 20th October 1973 The address is 2 Macquarie Street,

Sydney It altogether cost $102 million!!!!! It is 65m (213 ft) tall

AYERS ROCK Ayers Rock is also known as Uluru Uluru is one of the oldest rocks

on Earth but was formed over a period of about 500 million years

It is covered in caves and the aborigines believe that these caves hold a spiritual significance

FAMOUS PEOPLE

FROM AUSTRALIAKylie Minogue

Mel Gibson

Nicole Kidman

KYLIE MINOGUE Kylie first appeared on our tv screens in the soap opera Neighbours She is also famous for

overcoming cancer at a relatively young age

She has had 2 decades of hit songs on the music charts

Her sister Dannii Minogue is also famous and used to be a judge on the X Factor

NICOLE KIDMAN Nicole Kidman is one of

Australia’s most famous actors and is also famous for her marriage to Tom Cruise and her other, more recent marriage to her currant husband, country and western singer, Keith Urban.

She was born on June 20th 1967 and she is now 45

ROLF HARRIS He was born 30th March 1930 ( he

is now 82 ) Rolf Harris is an Australian artist,

singer and has been a much-loved entertainer since the 1950’s

Rolf is the son of Cromwell and Agnes Harris

MEL GIBSON Mel Gibson was born in the USA,

however, he moved to Australia at a very young age, therefore, he is considered Australian

His birthday is 3rd January 1956 Gibson has 6 sons and 2

daughters

RUSSELL CROWELike Mel Gibson, Russell wasn’t

born in Australia, he was born in New Zealand, however, he moved to Australia at a very young age

He is the co-owner of the rugby league team South Sydney Rabbitohs

His birthday is April 7th 1964 (he is 48 )

AUSTRALIAN

ANIMALSKoala bear

kangaroo

KOALA BEAR- There is only 2,000 to 8,000

koalas left in the wild!- The koala is related to the

kangaroo and the wombat- The koala bear was not really

a bear, they just look like teddy bears

KANGAROO- Kangaroos can leap over 30

feet in a single bound- They live in the eastern part

of Australia- They live in small groups

called herds or troops of usually over 50 animals

WOMBAT- Wombats are native only to

Australia- There are 2 different types of

wombat, the bare-nosed wombat and the hairy-nosed wombat- They live in large burrows up

to 30 metres long

THE RED BELLIED BLACK SNAKE- A bite from the red bellied black

snake is seriously dangerous and requires immediate medical attention

- They can grow up to 1.5 metres in length

- This snake usually gives birth to about 20 live snakes at one time

Australian money 3 Koala bears Australia map

Australian coat of arms

kangaroos Bondi beach

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