Elaborates on Australia as a country and what it offers such as its culture, food, tourist attractions, traditions, ethnicity breakdown, religious statistics, and slang. The main purpose of this presentation was to focus on Australia from a tourist's perspective.
3. (1) Sydney Opera
House.
(2) Great Barrier
Reef.
(3) Uluru.
(4) Sydney
Harbor Bridge.
(5) Blue
Mountains.
(6) Melbourne
City Centre.
(7) Bondi Beach.
(8) Daintree
National Park.
(9) Fraser Island.
(10) Kakadu
National Park.
Sydney Tower.
Melbourne Cricket
Ground.
Warner Bros. Movie
World.
Puffing Billy Railway.
Barossa Valley.
Queen Victoria Building.
Darling Harbor.
Jenolan Caves.
Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast.
The Rocks.
Eureka Tower.
Manly Beach.
Taronga Zoo.
Port Jackson.
Melbourne Zoo.
Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.
National Gallery of Victoria.
Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
The Twelve Apostles.
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Melbourne.
4. Architect: Jorn Utzon.
Rejected by three judges, but accepted by one.
Beat 232 other entrants.
Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of Architects Australia…but was absent for the ceremony.
Construction began in 1959. Ended in 1973. (14 years of construction).
10,000 builders.
Estimated cost: $7,000,000
Actual cost: $102,000,000
Over budget: $95,000,000
185 meters long and 120 meters wide.
Architectural style is Expressionist Modernism – which involves innovative form
and use of novel materials.
Every year:
200,000 people take a tour.
Hosts 3,000 events.
2,000,000 people in the audience.
Open 363 days a year.
Closed only Christmas and Good Friday.
Staff work 24/7 for 365 days.
First opera performed at the house was Sergei Prokofiev's War and Peace, on
September 28 1973.
5. • LARGEST CORAL REEF SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.
• COVERS 344,400 KM2 IN AREA
• 2,575 KM. (1,600 MI.).
• BETWEEN 60 KM. AND 250 KM. IN WIDTH.
• AVERAGE DEPTH OF 35 METERS.
• CONTINENTAL SLOPES EXTEND TO DEPTHS OF MORE THAN 2,000 METERS.
• GENERATES $5,000,000 TO $6,000,000 A YEAR ON TOURISM.
• 3000 CORAL REEFS, 600 CONTINENTAL ISLANDS, 300 CORAL CAYS AND ABOUT 150 INSHORE MANGROVE
ISLANDS.
6. West of Sydney.
The Blue Mountains cover an area of 11,400 sq. km.
Three Sisters Rock Formation (Echo Point) – Katoomba
This popular rock formation of the Blue Mountains offers
panoramic views of the Jamison Valley.
Zig-Zag Railway – Clarence
This 19th century engineering masterpiece is a must-visit
destination.
Built in the 1860s to transport men and materials from the
western plains of New South Wales to Sydney.
Blue Mountains National Park – Blackheath
This national park is located just 60 kilometers west of Sydney.
7. Longest fence in the world is the 5,531km dingo fence.
Runs from South Australia through New South Wales to
Queensland.
Known as the “Never-Never,” “back of beyond,” or “back
o’Burke.”
Red Kangaroo
Wombat
Quoll
Dingo
Tasmanian Devil
K
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a
Blue Tongue Lizard
8. Australia’s Aboriginal people were thought to have arrived here by boat from South East Asia during the last Ice Age, at least
50,000 years ago.
Scattered in 300 clans.
Spoke 250 languages and 700 dialects.
Each clan had a spiritual connection with a specific piece of land.
In 1770 Captain James Cook invaded the east coast and claimed it for Britain.
Australia was first used as a penal colony.
On January 26, 1788, the First Fleet of 11 ships carrying 1,500 people, most of which were convicts, arrived in the Sydney
Harbor.
A total of 160,000 men and women came to Australia as convicts.
In 1790s, free settlers began to travel and made life for prisoners difficult and harsh.
Immigrants sought opportunity in Australia during the 1820s and migrated there.
In 1851, gold was discovered.
Investments in Sydney made Australia a modern city by the 1880s.
1914: Australia’s first war. 400,000 men volunteered and about 60,000 died.
Cars, cinemas, and American Jazz were segwayed into the 1920s.
1929: The Great Depression.
1967: Australians voted “yes” to federal government creating laws on behalf of Aboriginal Australians.
2007: Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd was elected.
His agenda: Reform Australia’s industrial relations system, climate change policies, and health and education sectors.
9. • Language: English.
• Religion: Christianity (64%).
• Sport: Cricket.
• Ranked the top cricket nation.
• Relationships: High value.
• Believe that you should respect and get along with everyone.
• Etiquette: Casual and relaxed.
• First name basis in meetings.
• Business: Straight to the point.
• Attire: Men wear dark colored, conservative business suit. Women wear a business suit.
• Australians are very modest and always down play his or her achievements.
10. • Major Role for Australian Ethnicity: HISTORY and LOCATION.
• European colonization = Caucasian
• Proximity of Asia results in an Asian population.
• Australia is one of the most developed countries.
• Economic boom has attracted students and workers.
• Average life expectancy in 2011 = 82 years.
Ethnic Breakdown
White Asian Aboriginal and Other
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Life Expectancy
How Long Will YOU Live?
Japan (83 years) Australia (82 years) Canada (81 years)
New Zealand (81 years) United States (78 years) India (66 years)
11. Australia Day- they celebrate the day the convicts step foot in Sydney.
Christmas- is celebrated during the summer with family and friends doing
outside activities.
Boxing day- Hobart Yacht race 628 miles.
Melbourne cup- horse race that stops the nation.
15. • New South Wales (24 ports)
• Northern Territory (14 ports)
• Queensland (36 ports)
• South Australia (55 ports)
• Tasmania (26 ports)
• Victoria (10 ports)
• Western Australia (49 ports)
16. GOVERNMENT
• PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY BASED ON
BRITISH SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
• FEDERAL, STATE, AND TERRITORIAL ELECTIONS
ARE HELD EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
• TWO HOUSES OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE
PARLIAMENTS.
• EXCEPT IN QUEENSLAND, THE NORTHERN
TERRITORY, AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY.
• TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES:
• THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY (ALP)
• THE LIBERAL PARTY
• THE NATIONAL PARTY (FORMERLY THE
COUNTRY PARTY) ALLIES ITSELF WITH THE
CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL PARTY.
Diplomatic Requirements
•OTHER LARGE POLITICAL PARTIES:
•AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS
•GREEN PARTY
LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL OFFICIALS
•THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP:
•PRIME MINISTER IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
•STATE PREMIERS.
•MAYORS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
•ALL OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED DEMOCRATICALLY.
17. Bottle-o = Liquor
Store
Pash = Make out
Bludger = Lazy person
Sheila = Woman
Rat bag = Misbehaved
kid
Crack on = Flirting
Dunny = Bathroom
Prang = Car accident
Stubby = Bottle of
beer
Snag = sausage
Boot = Trunk of a car
Nappy = Diaper
Foot path = Sidewalk
Biscuit = Cookie
Scone = Biscuit
Cheesed = Bored
Cactus = Useless
Fair dinkum = Honest
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