Презентация "Australia - a wonderful country"

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Geography Australia is a large country lying between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia is an island, like Britain, but unlike Britain, it is vast. It is, in fact, nearly twenty-five times as large as the British Isles. Its area is about 8,000,000 square km.

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Relief The continent of Australia is mostly a great plain with mountains in the east and south-east. The western part of the continent forms a plateau which occupies half of the continent. Australia's greatest rivers are the Murray and the Darling. Australia has several different climatic regions, from warm to subtropical and tropical.

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Population Today there are about fifteen million people in Australia, most of them are of British origin. The first Australian people were dark-skinned Aborigines, some sixty thousand still survive in Australia today. They may be found in the island areas of the country. Some live in modern cities but it is not really easy for them. They have to fight for their rights. The first Europeans to land in this country were Dutch sailors.

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Economy There are five big cities in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. Each city is the capital of the state in which it is situated. Most of the factories are concentrated in or around the big cities. They produce goods for the motor-car, machine-building, clothing and food industries. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth are the country's main ports. Agriculture is the main occupation in Australia. highly Australia is famous for its sheep. The great sheep-farms, called sheep-stations are found in many parts of the country

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Government The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state. Formally the head of the state is the King or Queen of England represented by the Governor-General. The Commonwealth of Australia consists of six states and two territories: the Federal Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Australia has a parliament in each state and the Federal Parliament of the Commonwealth at Canberra. The federal government of the country is headed by the Prime Minister. Prime minister Kevin Rudd

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It is a beautiful country which I would like to see!