3. Australia is a ___________, a ____________
and an ______________ all at the same
time.

4. Australia is a country, a continent and an
island all at the same time.

5. Captain _________________ is given credit
for the discovery of Australia. He claimed it
for the British in 1770.

6. Captain James Cook

7. _______% of the population lives along the
southern and eastern coasts in cities such as
Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

8. 85%

10. Native Australians, or ____________
migrated to the continent from Asia around
40,000 years ago!

11. Aborigines

12. Australia’s government is a
_______________.

13. Constitutional Monarchy
• They have a parliament and a
prime minister; however, Queen
Elizabeth II is the Head of State.

14. Because of it’s poor soil, agriculture is not a
large industry in Australia. Herding
livestock is much more important. In fact,
sheep ranching makes Australia the world’s
leading producer of _____________.

15. Wool

17. The arid, dry, desert like interior of Australia
is more commonly referred to as
“_____________________”

18. The Outback

19. From 1909-1969, over 100,00 children of
mixed race were taken from their home and
placed in the care of white families. These
children are commonly referred to
as __________________________.

20. The Stolen Generations

21. The name Australia comes from the Latin
word Australis meaning ____________.

22. “of the south” or southern

24. A hot issue in Australia, the fight to protect
whales has become very public, especially in
the tv show, Whale Wars. Whaling occurs
off the coast of Australia in the
____________.

25. Southern Ocean

27. One of the primary reasons for
British colonization of Australia was
to establish a ______________.

28. Penal Colony

29. Over 365,000 immigrated to Australia
in 1851 due to ____________.

30. The discovery of gold or
the Australian gold rush

32. Australia has 6 states and 2 territories.
Name them:

33. New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Australia Capital Territory