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The document provides information on the various states and territories of Australia, describing their key features. It notes that Victoria has large botanical gardens and was the first colony, while New South Wales is the most populated state with top beaches and ski resorts. Queensland is referred to as the "sunshine state" with the Great Barrier Reef and Fraser Island. Western Australia is the largest and least populated state, known for mining and ancient woodlands. The Northern Territory has Kakadu National Park and Uluru, while Tasmania is described as the "natural state" with Tasmanian devils and former harsh prisons.

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Australia

The document provides information on the various states and territories of Australia, describing their key features. It notes that Victoria has large botanical gardens and was the first colony, while New South Wales is the most populated state with top beaches and ski resorts. Queensland is referred to as the "sunshine state" with the Great Barrier Reef and Fraser Island. Western Australia is the largest and least populated state, known for mining and ancient woodlands. The Northern Territory has Kakadu National Park and Uluru, while Tasmania is described as the "natural state" with Tasmanian devils and former harsh prisons.

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Victoria

 The garden state – huge botanic gardens


 Rainforests, nature, cliffs, deserts
 Cruise down the river Murray
 The oldest, the 1st colony, settlement
 Golden rush in 1850s

 Melbourne – cricket ground, royal botanic garden, large tram network

 12 Apostles – rocks – collection of limestones

 Gippsland lake - luminescence bacteria


 Melbourne – cricket ground, royal botanic garden, large tram network

 Great ocean road and war memorial

 Victoria

New south Wales

 Sheep breeding
 The biggest population – Sydney
 Mt. Kosciuszko
 The finest state, the premier state - nickname
 Top beaches
 Coper, zinc – the richest deposit of the world
 Ski resorts, snowfalls!

 Three sisters – rock formation in blue mountains

Queensland

 The sunshine state


 Opal mining
 Wet climate
 Dinosaur excavations
 Old forest – with panda – Daintree rainforest

 Giant kauri – big kauri tree and cathedral big tree


 Great barrier reef – UNESCO – more than 1200 islands – tourists, fishes

 Fraser island – sand island – UNESCO – the largest sand


land in the world

Sydney

 Opera house – 1973 – Jorn Utzon


o “boat with sailors”
o Different colours
o Harbor bridge – nickname the coat hanger -1932

o The wedding cake rock – in royal NP


 Bondi beach

South Australia

 Vineyards – Barossa valley


 Adelaide – city of parks, churches
o Festival – the biggest in the southern hemisphere  Fringe
o City of churches
 Dolphins
 Seal Bay – seals

 Lake Erie

 Kangaro island – NP Flinders chase – rocks


 Flinders chase national park – soaring cliffs and sandy beaches

 Adelaide - city of parks, churches


o Festival – the biggest in the southern hemisphere  Fringe
o City of churches

 Barossa valley – vine

Western Australia

 The largest, least populated


 Ancient woodlands
 The wildflower state
 The most biodiverse region
 Mining, uranium, minerals, gold, diamonds pearls

 The pinnacles – rock formations in the sand


 Ningaloo NP – beaches – Ningaloo reef

 Francois perron NP – red dunes and beach

 Hillier lake – pink colour

 Wave rock – specific shape like a wave

 Perth – the centre - modern


 Shark bay

 Valley of the giants - tree top walk – in the trees


Karri red triangle

 Wolfe creek crater – meteor – about 15 m dieameter

Northern Territory
 Crocodiles
 Aboriginal people
 Darwin 1974 – cyclone – 70% destroyed
o Japanese bombs WWII
o Cyclone Tracy
 Wet and dry season

 Kakadu NP - richest aboriginal culture, beautiful nature

 Kata Tjuta - Uluru – NP with mountain

 Alice Springs – town – to visit Uluru, Kata, Tjuta, Karlu-Karlu – city in the valley

 Arnhem – city, WW2 battle and mainly aboriginal embassy


 Devils marble – Karlu-Karlu – specific rocks

Tasmania

 The natural state, the apple state – apple agriculture, the island of inspiration
 Tasmanian devil
 Island, harbour
 Cobalt

 Porth Arthur – prison – the hardest prison on the world without water, dogs, closed 1877

 Tasselled pavement – by nature- subdivided into polygons


 Bay of fires – orange rocks

 NP walls of Jerusalem – lake, beautiful nature and famous hiking track

Canberra territory

 Former capital
 Tent embassy – rights for aboriginal people
 Canberra

Sports

 Surfing, snowboarding, skiing, tennis (Australian open), baseball, netball (girls)


 BBQ – national

History

 13th century – Marco Polo – first knowledge about the continent


 1606 – Willem Janzon (explorer) – first Dutch ship
 Abel Tasman – Tasmania
 1770 – James Cook – New south Wales landing
 1788 – first Fleet (flotilla) – 11 ships  26th January – Sydney – Australia Day
 1788-1823 – Penal Colony
 1999 – referendum – queen or not
 1856/1892 right to vote for all
 1890s – Queen Victoria – exploring and settling wester part of Australia + golden rush
 1901 – independence

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