1. By:Mithilesh Trivedi 1

2. Australia 2 3. Roadmap of Presentation Location History The Australian Flag Colonisation Capita of Australia Big cities of Australia Great Barrier Reef Sports Currency Multicultural Australia Manners and Etiquettes Religions3 4. History of Australia? 2) What is the capital of Australia? 3) Which city is the oldest and largest? 4) Which is a popular Australian animal? 5) Who are the Australian 1)4 5. Location5 6. Australia is situated south of Asia, between the Pacific and the Indian Oceans Australia is a continent, a country and an island at the same time Australia is located in the southern hemisphere 6 7. AUSTRALIA Its the 6th biggest country in the world Its an Island, surrounded by water Its the smallest continent in the world OFFITIAL NAME : Commonwealth of Australia TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km POPULATION: 22 million people PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu NATIONAL ANTHEM: ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR7 8. THE AUSTRALIAN FLAGSouthern cross symbolizes the constellationUnion Flag6th British colonyThe Commonwealth 7 pointed star represents the 7 territories8 9. History James Cook discovered Australia in 1770 He was sent to discover the huge land that many people believed was south of the equator He landed south of present day Sydney in New South Wales Aborigines are native of Australians Europeans sold the land of Aborigines and killed thousands of them9 10. COLONISATION Australia has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years It was first inhabited by the remote Asian ancestors of the current Australian Aboriginal people Australia was not discovered by Europeans until the 17th century In the 18th century was founded the penal colony in Sydney The First Fleet with Convicts arrived at Sydney in 26th January, 1788, went on to mark Australia Day In 1st January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia 10 11. Capital The capital city is Canberra It is very young city Population is around 310,000 people11 12. Sydney Capital of New South Wales Leading industrial city Population: 3,200,000 people St. Maria CathedralThe Harbour BridgeSydneySydney AMP TowerOpera House12 13. Melbourne Capital of VictoriaOld HouseMelbourne BridgeThe worlds most livable city Population: 3,200,000Train Station13 14. BrisbaneBrisbane SkyscrapersBrisbaneCapital of Queensland It is a year-round vocation place Population is about 1,400,000 peopleBrisbane Bridge14 15. Adelaide Capital of South Australia A pretty and industrial city Population: 1,100,000 people Gold BeachVictoria Square FountainAdelaide15 16. Perth Capital of Western AustraliaOne of the best climates in Australia Population: 1,200,000 people Kings ParkPerth Skyscrapers16 17. Hobart Capital of island-state Tasmania Winters are very coldPopulation of about 200,000 Bay of FiresRemarkable CaveLavender FarmColes Bay17 18. Its the worlds largest coral reef (over 2000 km) It stretches along the east coast of Queensland Its made up of over 2900 individual reefs very close to each other18 19. Sports In Australia it is usually very warm Australians love sport and other outdoor activities National sport is surfingcricketscuba-divingswimmingFOOTBALLRugbysurfing19 20. currency20 21. multiculture ofAustralia 21 22. Australian Culture Most culture is based on history, traditions and belief systemsVery open in their communication styles Generally Australians are open, friendly and helpful and from a vast array of many different countries (multicultural) Australian law and education systems are based on the English model Most of Australian laws are also based on common law which is derived from common sense and precedents created from court cases22 23. Language There is no particular language in Australia. It is largely monolingual with English being the national language. 80% speaks English Chinese 2.1% Italian 1.9% Greek 1.4%23 24. Australian Manners Manners are different in every country Greetings (Good morning, Hello, Hi, Gidday Mate more so in the country/bush) Hand shake or kiss on cheek Standing in a queue or line Please when requesting anything Thank you when you receive anything Excuse me or sorry if you need to get past anyone or bump into anyone No spitting please No pushing Please No picking noses or putting your finger up your nose in public or class 24 25. Cont... Being on time (i.e. British time) Please speak English in front of others Put your hand over your mouth when you yawn, cough or sneeze Standing up for elders or ladies with babies on the bus or train25 26. religions in Australia 6,000,0005,000,0004,000,0003,000,0002,000,0001,000,0000r Oth e ist Bapt Islam x hodo k Or tGree ism nch Churyteriah Budd b Pres ng Unitiol Cathicismican Angltated Not s , NF D li gi on No re26 27. 27 28. BIBLIOGRAPHY Australian Government Cultural Portal http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/humour/ Australian Tourism http://www.australia.com/index.aspx Australian Educator http://www.aussieeducator.org.au/tertiaryhistoryaustralianaustralianculture.html Australian Culture http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/index.htm I still call Australia (Qantas) Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX5UR2leYHA 28 29. Promotions29 30. Bye Bye30 31. 31