By Adair O'Brien

1. Australia

2. It’s the 6th biggest country in the world
It’s a the worlds largest island
It’s the smallest continent in the world

3. Spain compared to Australia
7.7 million square kilometres compared to 504,645
That’s 15 times larger!

4. The population is low
Spain, a small country, has 46.77 million people
While Australia has only 23.13 million!

5. Physical Geography
Australia is the lowest, flattest
and the driest (inhabited)
continent
Uluru – Ayers Rock
Found in the NorthernTerritory, it 3 square
kilometres in size and 345 metres in height.

7. The Desert
Nearly 20% of Australia is covered by desert
Much more land receives so little rain that it is considered to be semi-desert

8. Tropical Rainforest
Northern Australia is close the Equator
It has a similar climate to Asian nations like Indonesia orThailand

9. Bushland

10. “Bushland” is the name for the wooded forests covering most of eastern
Australia.
It is mostly comprised of Eucalyptus trees
“The Bush” is a place of major symbolic importance for Australians

11. The Great Barrier Reef

12. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s
largest reef system
It is composed of over 2,900 individual
reefs
It is home to thousands of different
species of sea animals
It is under threat from global warming

13. Political Geography
There are six states and two territories

14. Queensland – The Sunshine State
Population: 4,740,900
Size: 1,727,200 km²
Capital: Brisbane

15. Fraser Island Surfers Paradise The Gold Coast
TheTourism Industry
• Queensland is Australia's number one international tourist destination
• The state is famous for its warm weather and beautiful beaches
• Queensland is also home to the Great Barrier Reef and five otherWorld Heritage listed areas
• The people are friendly

16. Western Australia -The Wildflower State
Population: 2,589,100
Size: 2,529,875 km² -- 32,87 % of Australia
Capital: Perth

17. Mining – the heart of the Australian economy
Western Australia is famous is vital for our mining industry
Mineral exports contribute around 35% of Australia's exports
Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal
Many men live “fly-in-fly-out” lives.They work for two weeks at the mines
and then fly out to live in Perth for a week

18. Population: 246,300
Size: 1,346,200 km²
Note: Alice Springs, the second largest town in NT,
is geographically almost in the centre of Australia
Capital: Darwin
Northern Territory -TheTerritory (TheTop End)

19. Aboriginal Poverty
30% of The NorthernTerritory's population are Aboriginals
Some of their communities are so poor they are compared to parts of Africa
There are serious drug and alcohol problems
As an Aboriginal you are expected to live a decade (10 years) shorter than a non-aboriginal

20. Population: 5,866,337
Size: 227,600 km²
Capital: Melbourne
Victoria - The Garden State

21. Population: 7,544,500
Size: 801,428 km²
Capital: Sydney
New South Wales - The Premier State

22. Population: 1,688,700
Size: 984,000 km²
Note: South Australia was the only colony not
to be founded by convict labour
Capital:Adelaide
South Australia - The Festival State

23. Urban life in Australia
Australia used to be a rural nation
Now 89% of our population live in urban areas

24. Population: 387,100
Size: 2,358 km²
Capital: Canberra
Australian Capital Territory – The Nation’s Capital

25. Our current prime minster, Malcolm Turnbull
• Australia has had five prime ministers since 2010 – one per year!

26. Population: 515,000
Size: 68,330 km²
Capital: Hobart
Tasmania -The Apple Isle

27. Tasmanians are considered to be a little strange by people from the mainland
An old joke is that they have two heads

28. Environmentalism
Tasmania is covered by beautiful “old-growth” forests
The state is often a place of conflict between environmentalists and
industry
Our 3rd most important political party,The Greens, came into being
during ones of these disputes