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    Australia is the world's largest island and smallest continent located in the Southern Hemisphere. It is washed by the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Australia is a federation composed of 6 states and several territories. Christmas in Australia is celebrated during the summer months with activities like beach trips, barbecues, and festivals rather than traditional winter celebrations involving snow.

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    Australia is the world's largest island and smallest continent located in the Southern Hemisphere. It is washed by the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Australia is a federation composed of 6 states and several territories. Christmas in Australia is celebrated during the summer months with activities like beach trips, barbecues, and festivals rather than traditional winter celebrations involving snow.

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    Australia is the world's largest island and smallest continent located in the Southern Hemisphere. It is washed by the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Australia is a federation composed of 6 states and several territories. Christmas in Australia is celebrated during the summer months with activities like beach trips, barbecues, and festivals rather than traditional winter celebrations involving snow.

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    ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

    as the upside down world

    Australia

    Say true, false or dont know. Correct the false statements.


    Australia is the largest continent in the world. It is situated in the Southern Hemisphere. Vast areas of desert cover most of Central and Western Australia. Melbourne is the capital of Victoria. The official name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia. There are 6 states in Australia. Tasmania is an island state. Australia is washed by the waters of three oceans. Most people live in the north of the country. Queenslands beaches are a popular place for holidaymakers.

    Answer the question:

    Where is Australia situated?

    Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere

    Answer the question:

    Is it a continent or an island?

    It is the worlds largest island and the smallest continent

    Answer the question:

    What bodies of water do wash the continent?

    It is washed by: - the Pacific Ocean - the Indian Ocean

    Answer the questions:


    In

    what way is Australia divided?

    What are the Australian states? Name them.

    The Commonwealth of Australia

    Queensland is the tropical corner of Australia

    Christmas in Australia
    Most Australians have been dreaming of a white Christmas. But the traditional European Christmas is just a myth for Australians. Santas dont fit with Australias thirty degree heat. They have their own Christmas, Australian style. Christmas in Australia happens in summer. The children learned songs like Frosty Snowman and Jingle Bells. On the postcards white winter scenes were published. These days its rare to find a flake of snow on Christmas cards. Now publishers print Christmas cards with native animals and plants. On Christmas day youll find a number of children on the beach playing, swimming, surfing, building sand-castles instead of making snowmen. A beach towel is the most typical Australian Christmas present. They are usually outdoors in shorts and T- shirts eating barbecue. There are a lot of festivals and carnivals on Christmas days. Christmas in Australia is a holiday of sunshine, surf and sand.

    The capital of Australia is Canberra

    Much of the land is a useless desert. Great deserts cover nearly 2 000 000 square kilometres

    Tasmania is called the apple island

    There are 5 big cities in Australia:

    - Sydney, - Melbourne, - Adelaide, - Perth - Brisbane

    History of Australia
    The east coast of Australia was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770

    This is one of the most famous Australian animals. It looks like a teddy bear. It spends most of his life in eucalyptus trees and eats only these trees.

    A wild dog which is yellowish brown and has a bushy tail.

    This mammal lays eggs. It is an animal, but his nose is like the ducks one

    Victoria: Leadbeaters Possum


    New South Wales: Platypus
    SS tt aa tt ee

    Victoria: Helmeted Honeyeater New South Wales: Kookaburra Queensland: Brolga

    Queensland: Koala

    FF aa uu nn aa ll (( AB ni ir m d a) l )E m Eb m l be lm es m : s :V

    South Australia: Hairy-Nosed Wombat

    Western Australia: Numbat

    South Australia: Piping Shrike


    Western Australia: Black Swan

    Tasmania: Tasmanian Devil

    Northern Territory: Red Kangaroo

    Guess the name of the most famous Australian actor:

    His

    name is the first three letters in the name of Victorias capital. His surname is the name of one of the deserts in Australia. What is his name?

    Mel Gibson is the most famous Australian actor!

    Good-bye, Australia!
    1. Sometimes Australia

    Fill in least or most to make the sentences complete:


    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    The centre of the continent is its populated part. The eastern coast is the populated part of Australia. The Northern Territory is the developed part of Australia if we speak of its industry. Problems of ecology, water and air pollution are the often discussed problems at all meetings of different ecological clubs.

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