1. For 40.000 years, before the first British settlement in the 18th
century, Australia was inhabited by the aborigens who spoke
more than 200 languages. The aborigens create the didjeridoo
to play music and the boomerang to hunt.
2. Australia is a constitutional monarchy.
Queen Elizabeth II ,
queen of Great Britain,
is the Australia's queen aswell.
9. Let’s listen to an Australian song!
All The Lovers"
Dance, its all I wanna do
, so won't you dance?
I'm standing here with yo
I'll get inside your groove
It hurts, when you get to
All the____________, tha
u why won't you move?
, cause I'm on fire, fire, fir
compare...to you!
e!
They don't compare... Al
close, but baby it hurts!
If _____________ is reall
y good you just want mo
re,
Even if it throws you too
the fire, fire, fire, fire!
All the lovers, that have
gone before, they don't
__________________to
Don't be frightened, just
you!
Deep inside your ______
Cant you see that this is
higher?
l The Lovers!
a do so won't you dance?
Im standing here with yo
u, why won't you move?
Even if it throws you to the
fire, fire, fire, fire!
to you!
Don't be frightened, just
They don't compare... Al
l The Lovers!
gone before, they don't
_________ you know I'm
real.
getting higher, higher, hig
her,
compare
give me a little bit more.
They don't compare... Al
l the lovers!
is so much here to feel?
don't
give me a little bit more.
_____________its all I wa
nn
All the lovers, that have
give me a little bit more.
Feel, can't you see there
Don't be frightened, just
t have gone before, they
10. Let’s play some Australian games!
Boogalah:
A game where a ball, mad
e of sewn-up kangaroo sk
in, is thrown in the air. W
hoever
catches it goes with all of
their totem group into a gr
oup in the middle, the ot
hers are
circling around. The ball
is thrown into the air until
one of the circle outside
catches it.
Then both groups change
positions. The totem keep
ing it longest wins.
Kai
In this traditional game
a number of players st
from the Torres Strait
ood in a circle and sang
the ‘kai wed’ (ball song)
as they hit a ball and
tried to keep it up in th
e air with the palm of
one hand at a time. Th
is Indigenous game
was played using the
thick, oval, deep red fr
uit
of the kai tree which is
quite light when dry.
11. Let’s play some Australian games!
Wulijini:
A traditional game of hand
hitting or handball played w
ith a zamia (Cycas media)
seed by
the people of Bathurst Isla
nd in northern Australia. In
the Meda district of north-w
estern
Australia players used flat
pieces of wood.
Goomboobooddoo:
A traditional wrestling
game. Bodies are
greased to make them
clans compete against
that finally throws the
slippery, then family
each other. The side
most men wins.
12. The Eucalyptus tree
The Eucalyptus tree comes from
Australia.
Eucalyptus is an aromatic herb that
stimulates
expectorant
and
lowers
the
that
system,
relaxes
fever.
It
an
spasms
also
has
antibiotic properties.
Koalas love Eucalyptus. They eat it
all day long.