Australia

By: Mrs. Perry’s 2nd Grade 2005

Australia Day

By: Gabby White

and

Jordan Mitchell

• Australia Day is January 26th.

• They celebrate their first European Settlement.

• They dance around and clap sticks together.

• They celebrate it in the summer.

Aborigines

By: Brenda Moreno

and

Angie Salgado

• Aborigines are natives to Australia and Tasmania.

• Aborigines usually lived in the desert.

• They formed many different tribes, who spoke around 200 different languages.

• The didgeridoo is an instrument similar to a wood trumpet, but shaped like a bassoon.

• The Aborigines play the didgeridoo very well.

Australian Animals

By: Bailie Tomlin

and

Alice Keele

• Kangaroos are one of Australia most famous animals.

• The most popular animals are salt water crocodiles.

• Wild camels live in Australia.

• There are two main owls .The elf and the barn owl.

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Australian Facts

By: Cassidy Spradlin

and

Kerry Huycke

Capital – Canberra

Population- 20,003,249

Climate

• The climate of Australia varies because of its large size.

History• The process of their

Declaration of Independence began in 1776.

Australian Words

By: William Ferrell

and

Jahzeel Millares

• Yobbo means Redneck

• Lollies mean Candy

• O z means Australia

• Tucker means food

• Barbie means

barbeque

• Roos means Kangaroos

AYERS ROCK

By: Jervontae Gates

&

Cary Holloway

•Ayers rock is named after the Aboriginal.

•In 1958 it became a national park and in 1977 it was renamed Uluru.

•Uluru, also called Ayers Rock, is one of the largest rocks in the world.

• The rock measurers about 3.61 km (2.2 miles) long.

Great Barrier Reef

By: Hunter Spradlin

and

Cody Cox

• Be aware that in the wet season it will be really wet.

• Animals in the great barrier reef are sharks, whales, lobster, dolphins, fish and plankton.

• In the great barrier reef there are millions of fish.

• The great barrier reef’s temperature changes from really warm to really cold.

Sydney Opera House and Sydney Bridge

By: Mondacia Colton and

Kimber Brown

The Sydney Opera House is in Sydney. It has a lot of water around it .

The Sydney Opera House is a big building where they have shows and concerts.

• The Sydney Harbor Bridge joins Milson’s Point to Dawes Point.

• It is the world’s greatest arch bridge.

Tasmania

By: Austin Chaffin

and

Corey Presley

• The capital of Tasmania is Hobart.

• Some animals you may see in Tasmania are the Tasmania Tiger, Kookaburra and the Tasmanian Devil.

• The sports horseback riding and football are popular sports in Tasmania.

•We hope you enjoyed our show about the Land

Down Under- Australia!