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Oceania

Where is Oceania?

Oceaniathe tropical region of the Pacific Ocean

Oceania Includes… Australia a continent and a country

New Zealand a country

Melanesia a region

Micronesia a region

Polynesia a region

Australia the country

Australia

New Zealand the country

New Zealand

Melanesia

Melanesia

Micronesia

Micronesia

Polynesia

Polynesia

Getting to know Australia

An island, continent, and country with 6 states and 2 territories. The nation’s capital is a territory called

Canberra.

Atlas p. 97 – Label the states & territories

Sydney, Australia

The Opera House

Geography

• Australia is the 6th largest country by total area.

• Earth’s smallest continent.

• 2.97 million square miles

Longitude / Latitude

The Land Down Underthe equator

Land Cover & Climate

• Much of Australia has a continental climate. The temperatures get hot during the day, then drop considerably at night. Australia is also very arid, getting very little rain.

Australian Deserts– Great Victoria– Great Sandy – Tanami – Gibson– Simpson

40% of Australia is covered by sand dunes

Australia’s Deserts: The Outback• Australia is famous for its

"outback," the remote lands of the interior. It is too hot, dry, and barren to support many people.

• Walkabout refers to a rite of passage during which male Australian Aborigines would undergo a journey during adolescence and live in the wilderness for a period as long as six months.

Grasslands & Mountains• Grasslands: Eastern Australia ~used primarily for sheep and cattle ranches

called STATIONS

• Australia also has some mountainous areas and plateaus scattered throughout the country. Snow does fall in these mountains.

• The Blue Mountains, on the south-eastern end of Australia, get their name from the blue haze caused by oil droplets given off from the eucalyptus trees.

• As an island, Australia also has many beautiful coastal beaches.

The Great Dividing Range

Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest in the world.

North Australia: Tropical Area 75 to 91°

Lake Barrine Walk

The Great Barrier Reef• Largest coral reef system in the world off the

northeastern coast of Australia.• It is the world's biggest single structure made by living

organisms.• One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

Australia’s Indigenous People

Aborigines

Aboriginal People

The Aborigines play the didgeridoo.

Body Painting

Uluru/Ayers Rock: a sacred area

Aboriginal Art: Painting on leaves, rocks, sand, clothing, tools, weapons

The Boomerang

The boomerang returns to you after you throw it. It was used as a weapon by the Aborigines.

British Settlement

• The Indigenous Australian population, estimated at 350,000 at the time of European settlement, declined steeply for 150 years following settlement, mainly because of infectious disease.

• In1770 James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales.

• Australia first became a prison colony for British prisoners.

• The transportation of convicts to the colony of New South Wales ceased in 1848 after a campaign by the settlers.

2.7% of Australia's population today

Population Distribution

The southeast has the highest population

The Bush: Australian term for term rural, undeveloped land or country areas.

School of Air

Educational for children living in remote areas of Australia

Language: Strine

American AustralianSmall Child Ankle Biter

Cookies Biscuits

Parking lot Car park

French fries Chips

Hello G’Day Mate

Australian Rules Football is a popular sport in

Australia.

Australian Foods

ANZAC Biscuits Meat Pie Vegemite

Animals of Australia

fish

Crocodile: Australia has the greatest number of reptiles of any country, with 755 species. Echidna:

Monotremes – egg laying mammals

Kookaburra

Wombat

Emu

MARSUPIALS

• Australia is home to many animals not found anywhere else in the world like Koalas and Kangaroos.

• Marsupials are animals with pouches.

• ½ of Australia’s mammals are marsupials

Populations Equal = New South Wales

Higher Population of Kangaroos = Queensland