Sydney, Australia: Sports, Animals & More in 40 Characters
1. SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA
GEOGRAPHY
Sydney, Australia is located in a coastal basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean
to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the
north and the Woronora Plateau to the south. The population of Australia
is estimated to be 22,852,973 as of 9 March 2012.Australia is the 50th most
populous country in the world. Its population is concentrated mainly in
urban areas and is expected to exceed 28 million by 2030.
2. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Each state government manages the school system within their state. This
means that they provide funds and regulation for their schools. Both public
schools and private schools exist in each state. The curriculum taught in
each state or school may vary but the learning areas are the same in all.
SPORTS
Australia has a sporting history dating back to the mid 1800s. By the 1920s,
a number of sports were being played by both men and women, including
cricket, badminton, judo, swimming, tennis, netball, lacrosse, golf, hockey
and various codes of football.Many Australians participate in sport,
including association football (soccer), athletics, Australian rules football,
baseball, basketball, cricket, cycling, golf, gymnastics, horse racing, motor
racing, netball, rugby league, rugby union, shooting, swimming, tennis and
tenpin bowling. Australia's climate lends itself to some sports, such as
swimming, more than others, such as snowboarding.
3. ARTS
Australian art incorporates art made in Australia or about Australian
subjects since prehistoric times. This includes Australian Aboriginal art,
Australian Colonial art, Landscape, Atelier, Modernist and Contemporary
art. The visual arts have a long history in Australia, with evidence of
Aboriginal art dating back at least 30,000 years. Australia has produced
many notable artists from both Western and Indigenous Australian
traditions including the late 19th century Heidelberg School impressionists,
central Australian Hermannsburg School watercolourists, Western Desert
Art Movement, Heide Circle of Modernists, and the expatriates who
worked in London in the nineteen sixties.
LEISURE TIME
If you wonder about their free time...here is the answer.
Sports like cricket, soccer,rugby union, rugby league, touch
football, tennis, Australian rules football, basketball and beach
volleyball.
Surfing, fishing, and shopping are also up there.
Playing pool, watching sports and drinking are pretty popular.
ANIMALS
There's another thing that Australia is famous. Here is the animals who lives
there: BandicootBilby, Blue Mountains Tree Frog, Blue -Tongued Lizard,
Boobook Owl, Boyd's Forest Dragon (lizard), Cassowary, Crown of Thorns
Lizard, Cuttlefish, Dingo, Dugong, Echidna, Emu, Fairy penguin, Frilled Neck
Lizard, Gecko, Goanna Lizard, Kangaroo, Kinkajou, Koala (marsupial
animal),Kookaburra, Platypus, Potoroo (marsupial(animal),Quokka, Quoll,
Red-bellied Black Snake, Red-bellied Black Snake, Sea Dragon (relative of
4. sea horse),Sea Dragon (relative of sea horse)
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Pantelis Iliadis & Ilias Trandos
A Class