Australia is a continent and country located in Oceania. It has a diverse landscape that includes deserts, savannas, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Outback. The population of around 25 million is predominantly of European descent, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples comprising over 2% of the population. Some of Australia's major cities include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and the capital city of Canberra.

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"Australia is wonderful
continent"
Vasiyanova Tania
Form 11-A
School № 5

2. CONTENTS
1. Annotation……………………………………………………..2
2. Introduction …………………………………………………3-7
3.You are welcome to traveling…………………………...……8
4. English everywhere. Australia………………………...…9-10
5. The wonderful country…………………………………..….11
6.Some information about Australia……………………...12-13
7. The National symbols of Australia……………………..14-16
8. If you like different activities…………………………...…...17
9. Mountains of Australia…………….…………………....18-20
10. Deserts & semi desserts..………………………..…...21-22
11. Savannas of Australia……………..…………………. 23-26
12. The Great Barrier Reef…………………………..……27-29
13. Rivers & Lakes of Australia………………………...…30-31
14. The population of Australia……..………………...…..32-35
15. The cities of Australia…………………………...……..36-48
16. Economy of Australia………...………………………..49-52
17. Australian flora & fauna………………………………..53-60
18. Holidays………………………...……………………….61-63
19. Additions. Tasks for pupils………..………………… 64-94
20. Sources……………………………………………. ………95

5. You are welcome to traveling
Would you like to
travel to the other side
of our planet?
Let's imagine we are
traveling to a wonderful
continent with exotic
plants and rare animals.

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7.  Australia's landmass of 7,617,930 square
kilometers (2,941,300 sq mi) is on the
Indo-Australian Plate. Surrounded by the
Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia is
separated from Asia by the Arafura and
Timor seas. The world's smallest
continent and sixth largest country by
total area, Australia – owing to its size
and isolation – is often dubbed the
'island continent and variably considered
the world's largest island Australia has
34,218 kilometers (21,262 mi) of coastline
and claims an extensive Exclusive
Economic Zone of 8,148,250 square
kilometers (3,146,060 sq mi).

8. The wonderful country
 Australia - the country on
the contrary.
 It settles down under us,
 There, obviously, go head
over heels,
 There inside out turned
out year.
 There gardens blossom in
October,
 There is summer in
January, instead of in July,
 There the rivers proceed
without water -
 They vanish in desert
somewhere...

9. Some information
about Australia
Australia is the largest
island in the world and
it is the smallest
continent.
The Dutch were the
first Europeans to visit
Australia
In 1769, the English
captain James Cook
discovered the eastern
coast of Australia.

10. The English captain James Cook named it
New South Wales and reported back to
England that much of New South Wales
looked good for settlement. In May,1787, the
first group of convicts and a few soldiers (11
ships and 500 men) made the trip from
England to Australia. Many convicts earned
their freedom and stayed on in Australia.
A lot of free English settlers saw the
opportunities of the new continent, several
free colonies were founded at the beginning
of the 19th century. The six early colonies
grew and became states of modern Australia:
New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland,
South Australia, Western Australia and
Tasmania ( the island state ).

11. The National flag of
Australia is the only one
to fly over the whole
continent. The small
Union Jack in the upper
left corner represents the
historical link with Britain.
The large seven-pointed
star represents the six
states and the Territories.
The small stars form the
Southern Cross, the
symbol of the Southern
Hemisphere night sky.

12. The Commonwealth of Australia
is a federal state within the
Commonwealth (of Nations). Its
territories are the continent of
Australia, the Island of Tasmania and
a number of smaller Islands. It has an
area of about 8 million square
kilometers.
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The National Day of Australia is
January 26. It marks the date in 1788
when Captain Arthur Phillip, of the
British Royal Navy, commanded a fleet
of 11 ships and sailed into port Jackson
/Sydney Cove/.

13. THE COAT OF ARMS
The Australia coat of
arms was granted by King
George V in 1912. On the
coat of arms is a shield
containing the badges of
the six states. The
supporters are native
Australian fauna - a
kangaroo and an emu. In
the design there is also a
yellow-flowered native
plant wattle.

14.  If you like outdoor activities, you can canoe up Katherine Gorge or
ride camels at Uluru. One of the best ways to see the outback is to
walk. If you want to go camping, you'll find that many tour
companies offer camping safaris.
 If you prefer some indoor activities, you won't be disappointed
either. The Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs has a cinema,
theatre, opera and galleries. You can also see beautiful examples
of ancient aboriginal art.
 Wear boots for walking - Australia has the most dangerous
snakes in the world. The sun is very strong for most of the year, so
you should use high-factor sun cream & wear a hat. It’s also
sensible to carry plenty of water with you.
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15. The central Australia. Rock Eyre - a
popular place of tourism. The Australian
natives consider this place as a house of
spirits.
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. The General
Lowlands lie between the
Western Australian plateau and
the Eastern Highlands.
Gorges and rocks
West Australian
Plateaus.
Red colour gives
them the iron content
in rocks

16. Rock «the London bridge» at coast of Australia.
Earlier it was incorporated to continent and had two arches. Two
arches also gave it similarity to the London bridge. As it was one of
favourite sights, crowd of tourists daily passed on this rock.
Eventually, stones have not sustained also one of arches has fallen
off. Tourists have removed from a rock by means of helicopters.

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A long chain of mountains, the Great
Dividing Range, runs along the Pacific
Ocean. Mt. Kosciusko is the highest peak
of Australia. It rises to 7,328 ft /2230m/.

18. Тhe desert revives
аfter rare rains
The land is 3% forest, 2% arable, and
1% pasture. It is also the driest continent
in the world. About one third of the land
is desert. Australia has 4 main deserts.
Some dunes measure 320 km long.

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You can see such signs in Australia -
the driest continent of the Earth
As Australia lays entirely to the south
from equator, January is the hottest month
here, and July is the coldest. But even 10
degrees above zero for July is a rarity. The
greatest quantity of deposits drops out in
the east. Internal areas are occupied by
deserts and semi deserts.

20. Savannas of
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Australia
In the north, in the east, in
the southeast and in the
southwest semi desert pass in
savannas which are replaced
by woods from eucalyptuses,
palm trees, treelike ferns
along coasts and in
mountains.
Change-damp
forest

21.  The landscapes of the northern part
of the country, with a tropical climate,
consist of rainforest, wood-land,
grassland, mangrove swamps, and
desert. The climate is significantly
influenced by ocean currents,
including the Indian Ocean Dipole
and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation,
which is correlated with periodic
drought, and the seasonal tropical
low pressure system that produces
cyclones in northern Australia.
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Casuarinas
Eucalyptus-giant

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Bottle tree Grass tree
Trees without
a shade
Treelike fern

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The Great
Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is a garden under
the sea. It runs from 10 to 100 miles off
the east coast for 1200 miles. It has 400
species of corals.

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The Murray is the main
river of Australia
Through the Eastern part of General
Lowlands run Australia's greatest river the
Murray and Darling. A number of short rivers
flow from the Australian Alps and Blue
mountains into the Pacific Ocean.

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Lake Eyre
Lake Eyre, the biggest in Australia, is
usually similar to the huge dirty platform
covered with a crust of salt, because in
Australia very hot and an arid climate. The lake
is filled with water only after strong
downpours, which here the big rarity.

29. The population
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of Australia
The official language of Australia
is English.
Most Australians are of British and
Irish ancestry, the aborigines, and
emigrants from different countries.

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31. Representatives of indigenous population of
Australia are aborigens. From the end of 18
centuries the European colonizers, occupying
and mastering Australia, exterminated them
and expelled in deserted places. At that time
was more than 500 tribes, each of which spoke
on a special dialect. Now aborigens, making
about 1,5 % of the population, use system of
the state support.

32. The population of Australia is about
15 million. Most of the population
lives in the cities of the east since
the great deserts of central Australia
occupy 2 million sqr kilometers.
The aboriginal people occupy an
important place in country’s culture.
After all they’ve inhabited the
continent for at least 40,000 years.
Some historians even believe that
they came here 100,000 years ago.
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Cities of Australia
Australia consists of 26 cities, along with the capital
city Canberra. Each cities have their own
significance, in terms of their, locality, population,
tourist attractions etc. Sydney, Australia is the
largest populated city in the world, holds a 4,200,000
number of populace within its metropolitan area.
Melbourne, Victoria, Brisbane and Sydney are the
important Australian cities that posses cricket
grounds, for international tournaments. Australian-attraction
is incomplete without its beautiful
beaches; especially Queensland beaches are famous
for both of its eye-catching beauty and dangerous
marine stingers.
Some of the important Australian cities include:
 Sydney
 Brisbane
 Canterbury
 Darebin
 Gold coast
 Southern Coast
 Central Coast
 Melbourne
 Adelaide
 Hobart
 Melbourne
 Perth
 WaggaWagga

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The capital of Australia
The capital of Australia is Canberra. Federal government
works in Canberra in the government building. It is
interesting to know that there are no industrial plants in
Canberra.

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The sights of
Canberra
There are many sights in the
city. They are the Building of the
Australian Academy of Sciences,
the Australian National University
and others.

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Sydney
It’s a view from the
harbour on the city of
Sydney.
Opera theatre is one
of the city symbols.
In 1954 the city
authorities declared competition on the best project.
Danish architect Yorn Utson has won in this
competition, but his project has appeared too
expensive, Utson has been compelled to refuse it.
However in 1973 (almost in twenty years) a building
nevertheless was completed. Now the Sydney
opera theatre is the huge complex including six
auditoriums and two restaurants.

38. Sydney, with its beautiful harbour, bridge and
opera house, is the largest city in Australia, with 3
and a half million inhabitants, but it isn't a
capital. A lot of Australia's exciting cultural life is
found in Sydney. Artists, writers, opera singers
and filmmakers all live here.
Sydney is Australia's oldest city and the most
modern place in Australia. Its buildings are the
highest, its fashions are the newest and its colours
are the brightest. So some people call the city
"Paris of the Pacific".
But that doesn't seem quite right. Paris hasn't
got all that sea, sand, sun and surf. Sydney siders,
as well as many visitors of Australia, came to
Bondi Beach to relax and take a rest.
The 26th Olympic Games were organised at the
highest level. They were shown on TV. Many
people congratulated our Olympic champions
and wished them success in everything.
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PERTH
 Perth is the capital and commercial center of Western Australia.
Population of Perth is over 500,000. It lies along the Swan River near
the west coast of Australia, 12 miles from the Indian Ocean. It is called
“Australia's front door to Europe”. Perth is sunny and cozy city.
The business center is on the north bank of the river. King's Park
includes area of vegetation /405 hectares/ known as bush. It takes time to
go up the hill where King's park is. You will see a beautiful panorama of
the city: green sports fields, the beautiful Narrows Bridge and lazy
curves of the Swan River dotted with black swans, the only species of
swan native to Australia.
Perth has a warm sunny climate. Boat and swimming are very popular.
Perth is the home of a museum, an art gallery and reference library. A
major casino complex was opened in 1985. State University of Western
Australia near Perth was opened in 1911.

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BRISBANE
Brisbane is the capital, the chief port and
commercial center of Queensland. Its popu-lation
is over 1,300,000. It is situated on the
Brisbane River near More ton Bay. Brisbane
has a mild sub-tropical climate with a warm
summer and a mild winter. It is a "Holiday City".
Among the showplaces of the city are the
Observatory, originally built by convict labour
in 1829 as a mill; Parliament House, a fine
example of French Renaissance architecture,
Centenary Pool overlooking the lovely Victoria
Park. There are colourful parks and gardens in
the city. The Botanical Gardens are near the center of Brisbane. The
Garden City of Toowoomba is famous for its annual Carnival of
Flowers. Brisbane is the home of 3 Universities: Queensland University
was founded in 1911.

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MELBOURNE
Melbourne is the capital of Victoria.
The Yarra River runs through
Melbourne. It is a multicultural city. It is
home to many languages.
Greek and Italian populations in the
world. Melbourne is the Culture Capital
of Australia.
It is a little old-fashioned city with
beautiful parks and gardens and some
fine old buildings. The Melbourne Zoo
/1857/ is one of the oldest in the world.
It is a home to 3,000 animals.
Several parks surround the city. Melbourne has an extensive public
transportation system. Melbourne is a seaport and a trading center of
wool and livestock. In 1956 the Olympic games were held in Melbourne.
They became known as friendly Games.

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ADELAIDE
Adelaide, the capital of
South Australia and "Athens
of the South" is situated on the Torrens River.
Adelaide was first settled by Europeans in 1836.
Adelaide is the most symmetrically laid out of Australian
capitals. There is a beautiful strip parkland in Adelaide. The best
view of Adelaide is from the top of the mount. The Mount Lofty
Rangers rises east of the city. Adelaide has warm dry summers
and cool moist winters.
The city became a center of agricul-tural
and mining activity.
Adelaide is the home of the Universi-ty
of Adelaide founded in 1874 and five
colleges.

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47. Economy of
Australia
 Australia is an important producer and
exporter of primary product. It leads the
world in wool production and is
significant supplier of grains, diary
products, meat, sugar and fruit.
Australia is famous for its sheep and
almost all of Australia’s wool has
traditionally been exported.
 Australia is among the major producers
of minerals and metals. It is rich in
black coal, bauxite, ores of iron, copper,
nickel, lead, zinc, manganese, uranium
and gold.
 Most of the factories are situated near
big cities. There are five big cities in
Australia: Sydney, Melbourne,
Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. These
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50. Australian flora and fauna
Australia is home to an amazing range of unique
wildlife – some beautiful, some bizarre, but all of it
fascinating. There are about 800 kinds of birds,
among them the kookaburra, emu, graceful
lyrebirds, brilliantly coloured parrots and others.
It has many species of animals that are unique. This
is due to its long geographic isolation.
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51. Australian animals are
also very unusual. Among
them there are kangaroos,
duck-fills, koala-bears and
others. And such unusual
animals as kangaroo or a
koala-bear originate from
Australia. To cut a long
story short nine tenth of
animal species of
Australia do not exist in
other parts of the world.

52. Koala-bear has white
and brown colour. It
can climb the trees.
Kangaroo is rather a
stranger animal. A kan-garoo
belongs to the
class of marsupial. It
can run very fast with
its child.
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wombats
wood kangaroos
echidna wild dog Dingo
mountain kangaroos
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 Birds emu live in Australia, nаndu – in the South America,
and ostriches - in Africa. They are very similar, after all
anybody from them is not able to fly. Probably, they have
simply occurred from one bird who walked about millions
years ago on these three continents when they still were
a single whole.

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About ostriches
An ostrich has wonderful black and
white feathers on its body and tail
but no feathers on its legs. Ostriches
eat plants, very small insects, and
small stones. Ostriches live in groups
— about 5-15 in a group — but they
like other animals too. Sometimes
they live with zebras and gazelles.
They have good eyes and ears
and they tell the zebras when dan-gerous
animals are near. Ostriches
can run faster than lions. They lay
their big eggs in a hole in a ground. They male (boy)
sits on the eggs most of the time. An ostrich's egg
weighs about 1,75 kg.

56. a black neck stork
lorikeet
iridescent lorikeet laughing halcyon
wavy parrots

57. cockatoo
inka
black
cockatoo
cockatoos

58. Holidays
Australian's holidays are
New Year's Day, Australia
Day /26 January/, it
commemorates the arrival
of the first European
settlers to Australia; Good
Friday, Easter, Easter
Monday, Anzac Day, or
Veterans Memorial Day, / 25
April/, Queen Elizabeth's
Birthday /second Monday in
June, Christmas, and
Boxing Day /26 December.
Labour Day, bank holidays
vary from state to state.
There are ethnic festivals
and local holidays in
Australia.

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It's on the 31-st of December. People go to
parties. They usually have parties outside
because it's very hot. Some people go to
their grandparents' house.
At midnight they watch fireworks over the
bridge.

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61. MELONS
 Task 7. Read the text
 Do you like watermelons? Well, after a week at the
 Watermelon Festival in Chinchilla, Australia, you
might not like them so much!
 Chinchilla is a watermelon capital of Australia and
produces an amazing number of melons. This is because the ground here is
excellent for growing them. It holds water well and this is really important for
growing melons.
 Every two years in the middle of February the people of Chinchilla hold a special
festival and participants come from far away. A visit to the festival is very
entertaining! If you go this year, you'll see a crazy competition where people smash
melons with their heads! There are easier competitions too such as melon throwing
and melon skiing (where you put your feet in a melon and get pulled along by a
rope!). Of course there are cooking competitions for meals using melons and a lot
 of melon eating too. The festival
 started in 1994 and is getting bigger
 each year. If you want to go to the
 festival in Chinchilla, you must book
 your ticket soon. Two years ago
 (2009) they were expecting between
 6 – 7 thousand people!
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62. Task 8. Read the text
“Melons” again &
circle the correct
item.
1. There has been a melon festival in Chinchilla for over / under 20
years.
2. Melons grow well here because there is a lot of rain / good earth.
3. The festival is only for local people / open to everyone.
4. There are some unusual people / competitions at the festival.
5. All / Some of the events are difficult.
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63. Melon madness
takes over
Chinchilla
 Task 9. Read the text
 17 – 20-th of February, 2011.
 The small Queensland town of Chinchilla (north-west of Toowoomba in
 southern Queensland) is in the grip of melon mayhem as it plays host to
 about 15,000 visitors for the biennial Melon Festival.
 About 25 per cent of Australia's melons come from the Chinchilla region but two
devastating floods since Christmas have destroyed homes and killed off up to 85 per
cent of the melon crop.
 Melon farmer Bernard Davies lost about 800 tones of fruit.
 But he says no one considered cancelling the Melon Festival.
 "It's just a good weekend to relax and get away from the farm life,"
he said.
 Mr Davies says his son Chris Davies will compete in the melon
punching competition later today.
 Also on the agenda is melon skiing, melon bungy, melon ironman,
pip spitting and a street parade.
 And while it is hard not to laugh about a festival of melons, there is
a serious side.
 Locals say the event, which began in 1994, helps lift their spirits in times of drought
and flood. It also promotes the melon industry and encourages tourism.
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64. Task 10. Read the
statements & say if
they are
true or false
1. The small Queensland town of Chinchilla visited to about fourteen thousand people for
the biennial Melon Festival.
2. Christmas have destroyed homes and killed off up to 85 per cent of the apple crop.
3. Bernard Davies says no one considered cancelling the Melon Festival.
4. Melon salesman Bernard Davies lost about 800 tones of fruit.
5. It's just good holidays to relax and get away from the sport life.
6. Mr Davies says his daughter Christina Davies will compete in the melon punching
competition this day.
7. There will be many competitions this Festival: melon bungy, melon ironman, melon
skiing, pip spitting and a street parade.
8. This melon festival has not only funny side, there is a serious side too.
9. Melon Festival promotes the melon industry and encourages tourism.
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65. Attract your attention
to the crossword again.
On the vertical line you can read about
prehistorically beast of prey animal. It was 14
meters high and weighed 7 ton.
Can you imagine an animal approximately as
five-storey building. Of course, we can hardly
imagine such animal.
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The End
Than we were in
September
I need a bird sing
In the dark of December
І heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magic thing
And sweet to remember.
We are nearer to spring

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