educational PowerPoint on Australia

1. AUSTRALIA
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES AKRON
INSERT COUNTRY FLAG HERE

2. COUNTRY MAP

3. AUSTRALIA
COMPARED TO
OHIO/US
Comparison Data:
Australia is slightly
smaller than the US

4. AUSTRALIA QUICK FACTS
● Full name: Commonwealth of Australia
● Population: 26,473,055
● Capital: Canberra
● Largest city: Sydney
● Area: 2.9 million square miles
● Major language: English
● Major religion: Christian
● Life expectancy: 80 years (men), 84 years(women)

5. LANDFORMS

6. GOVERNMENT
•LEADER: Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese
•GOVERNMENT: federal parliamentary
democracy and constitutional monarchy
•VOTING AGE: 18

7. CURRENT EVENTS OR KEY
ISSUES
● 1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia comes into being.
● 1914 - Australia sends hundreds of thousands of troops to the British war
effort during World War 1, leading to many casualties
● 1948 - Australia launches a plan for mass immigration from Europe.
● 2002 - In Bali, 88 Australians are among 202 people killed when bombs go
off in two nightclubs.
● 2008 - Government makes a formal apology for past wrongs committed
against the indigenous Aboriginal population.
● 2022 - marked ten years since the Australian government reintroduced
offshore processing of asylum seekers who arrive by boat.
In the early 2000s, Australian politics became unstable with frequent attempts
to oust party leaders, including five changes of prime minister between 2010
and 2018. As a result, both major parties instituted rules to make it harder to
remove a party leader.

8. ECONOMICS
● Agricultural products: sugar cane, wheat, barley, milk, rapeseed,
beef, cotton, grapes, poultry, potatoes
● Industries: mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food
processing, chemicals, steel
● Imports: refined petroleum, cars, crude petroleum, broadcasting
equipment, delivery trucks (2019)
● Exports: iron ore, coal, natural gas, gold, aluminum oxide
● Asian and global economic leader and partner for 3 decades; strong
financial sector and highly traded domestic currency support best
credit ratings; aging workforce; export-led model; reduced
consumer spending offset by government and business; energy
investor

9. EVERYDAY-ECONOMICS
● Monetary unit: Australian Dollar
● GNI per capita: US $55,660(World Bank)

10. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS
EVENT
● New Year's Day
● Australia Day: celebrates British settlement in
Australia
● Easter Monday
● Anzac Day: Commemorates those who died in war
● Christmas Day
● Boxing Day.

11. FOOD
Vegemite: paste made from yeast extract,
often spread on toast
kj
Lamingtons: square-shaped sponge cake
coated in a layer of chocolate icing and
desiccated coconut

12. FOOD cont.
Fish and chips: fried fish and french
fries, served with salt and lemon
Anzac biscuits: crunchy cookies made of
oats and coconut that are associated with
Anzac Day

13. SPORTS
Aust
ralian football (players are not
allowed to throw the ball)
Cricket
Rugby union

14. SPORTS cont.
Rugby union

15. EVERYDAY LIVING
● School: 13 years; primary schools, secondary school,
senior secondary school
● Extracurriculars: surfing, cricket
● Family Life- nuclear family, extended family live
separately

16. Culture and Celebrities
Australians value friendship, loyalty, and freedom.
celebrities from Australia include
● Hugh Jackman
● Mel Gibson
● Chris Hemsworth
● Steve Irwin
● AC/DC
● 5 seconds of summer
Aborigines from Australia invented many different instruments,
including the didgeridoo, a wind instrument made of a long
wood tube that plays a deep sound when blown into

17. ATTRACTIONS
Rottnest Island
Great Barrier Reef
Lucky bay Great Barrier Reef
Rottnest Island