1. The island continent of Australasia consists of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. It is located in the southern hemisphere and surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 2. Major geographic features include the Great Dividing Range, the Great Barrier Reef, and varied climates ranging from tropical in the north to cool temperate in the south. 3. The population is concentrated along the coasts and includes Aboriginal Australians as well as more recent European immigrants. Major cities include Sydney and Melbourne.

1. (Island Contiment)
(Oceania)
(Australasia)

2. (Timor)
(Arafura)
(Cape Yore)
(Cape York
Peninsula) (Torres Strait)
--
,
(Coral)
(Tasman)
(Cape Byron)
(Wilson’s Promontory)

3. (Bass Strait)
(Steep
Point)
,
(Eastern
Highlands)
,

4. (Great
Dividing Range)
(Austrailia Alps)
(Kosciusko)
,
(Great Barrier Reef)
,
(The West
Australian Shield)
(Darling Range)
(Hamersley)
(Mac Donnell Renge)
(Musgrave Range)

5. (Grean
Sandy Desert)
(Gibson Desert)
(Simpson Desert)
(Great
Victoria Desert)
(The Central Plain)
(Gulf of
Carpentaria Plain)
(Lake Eyre
Basin)
(The
Murray and Darling Basin)

6. (Great
Australian Bight Plain)
“ ” (Nullabor Plain)
1.
(Tropical Savana
Climate)
-

7. (Savana)
2.
(Desert Climate)
(Grean Sandy Desert)
(Gibson Desert)
(Simpson Desert)
(Great Victoria Desert)
3.
(Semi-Desert Climate)
4
(Maditerranean Climate)

8. –
5 (Humid
Subtropical Climate)
,
6
(Marine West Coast Climate)

9. (Merino)

10. (Artesian Wells)
(The Great Artesian Basin)
(Aborigin)
(Boomerang)

11. (Patipus)
(Thursday Island)
(Iron Knob)

12. (Sydney)
(Kalgoorlie)
(Herberton) (Stantorp)
- - - - -

13. (Port
Kembla)
Commonwealth of
Australia)
New Zealand)
(Oceania)
Australasia)

15. (Great Barrier Reef)
3
1.
Great Dividing
Range)
2.

16. 3.
o
o
o
o

17. 2
2
Mount
Egmont)

18. 1. 10
40
2.
o
o
o

19. 3.
4.
5.
o
o
o
7
1.

20. (Tropical Maritime Climate)
2.
(Tropical Savanna Climate)
3. (Semi -
Desert Climate)
4. (Desert Climate)
5. (Mediterranean

21. Climate)
6. (Humid Subtropical
Climate)
7. (Cool
Temperate Climate)

22. 1.
-

23. 2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

24. Geyser)
1.

25. o
o
1.
2.
3.
4.

26. o
2.