Mrs.+Philipps+-+Australia

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== Australia sits between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The closest neighbor is New Zealand. Australia is the only country that takes up a whole continent. Australia is the smallest continent. Most people live on Northeast or Southwest coast. It is known for its vast Outback and the Great Barrier Reef. ==

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Major Cities (added by Codi)

Adelaide: 1,087,600
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Canderra, Australia

Canderra 8 th largest city. Most people live on the northeast or southwest coast. The Outback is in the center. It is dry and not many people live there. by..Leigha

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Eucalyptus Forest == There are a lot of different kinds of plants. The rain forest has flowering plants, palms, and laurels. There are forests in the east. Eucalyptus trees grow in the south. These forest grow some of the straightest trees in the world. Dry areas have shrubs and grasses. ==

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Animals

10 Most Dangerous Animals in Australia (Trevor)

Box Jelly Fish Taipan Saltwater Crocodile Blue Ring Octopus Stone Fish Red Black Spider Brown Snake Tiger Snake Great White Shark Funnel web Spider

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Koala (Corinthian) They live eualyptus forests.eat the bark and leaves koala are nice they are petty they live in the trees and have claws to climb trees. (__Explore Australia and Oceania,__ A Bobbie Kalman Book.) []

Frilled Lizard (Isaac) It is 70 to 90 cm long. When a Frilled Neck Lizard is scared it opens its mouth and the frill pops out. This helps it scare other creatures away. They likethe northern part of Australia. It was on the 2 cent coin in Australia.

Education

Transportation: (Athan and Ian)

Many people use cars. They use trains. They use bicycles. They walk. They use animals like horses on the farm. They use trams to travel in the large cities of Australia. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide still have trams. Trams are used by people in the cities. Many people used the electric trams to get around. Trams 96 and 109 run at high speeds so they are sometimes called lightrail. The first part of today's tram was opened in 1906. []



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Holidays (Treazure, Abigail, Allison) On April 25 Anzac Day is celbrated for those that served in Australia Wars and war-like conflicts. Good Friday is celbrated in March on the first Friday before Eastger after the full moon. Christmas Day is celebrated on yeas,December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus. June 8th is the queen's birthday and school is closed. New Year's Day is the1st day in January. Celebrations for the new year begin in most capital cities on December 31st.

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Language (Nijee and Isabella) At one time more than 250 languages were spoken in Australia. Today there are about 15 spoken languages. There is no official language. Most people speak British English. They say some of the same words we do they just mean different things. "Blue" fight "Crook" unwell " Cut" angry

Interesting Facts We speak English but we say some words different. Here they are BAHR-bee is barbecue, CHOOK is a chicken, DINK-um is real and good, GRIZ-zl means to complain, HOO-roo means see you later, MATE is a good friend, Matilda is a blanket roll, and TAH means thank you. []