Australia: the country

This is the location of Australia in the World:



This is its flag:

This is the Coat of arms of Australia:

Some information about Australia

Official name:	Commonwealth of Australia
Capital:	Canberra
Size:	7.7 million km²
Population:	21 million
Borders:	no direct borders; Timor Sea and Arafura Sea (northwest), Torres Strait (northeast), Great Barrier Reef (northeast), Tasman Sea (southeast), Indian Ocean (south)
Currency:	Australian Dollar
Official language:	English
Nationality / People	A person of Australian nationality is an Australian.

Tours

Here there is a link to see some famous tours of Australia:

Videos

Here you have some didactic TV programmes about Australia:

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/man-vs-wild-northern-australia/

Animals of Australia

The following animals are tipical animals of Australia:

Koala

Kangaroo

  

Emu

Possum

Crocodile

Food of Australia

Australia has always welcomed immigrants, and Australian food today shows the influences of the many different settlers from all over Europe, Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Long before these settlers arrived, the Aborigenes were cooking and eating many different native animals and plants. This `bush tucher´ (food from the countryside) has become popular recently. It is now quite fasionable in many parts of Australia and even found in some restaurants.

Witchetty grubs

Wattle seed ice cream

Macadamia nuts

Damper

Australian Aborigines

Australian Aborigines are those people regarded as indigenous to the Australian continent.
In the High Court of Australia, Australian Aborigines have been specifically identified as a group of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of the continent.
Justice Deane of the High Court famously described and defined an Australian Aboriginal person as "a person of Aboriginal descent, albeit mixed, who identifies himself as such and who is recognised by the Aboriginal community as an Aboriginal".

The Australian Aboriginal flag:

These are Australian Aborigin people:

National Anthem of Australia

Australian famous monuments

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

Sydney Tower

Sydney Tower is Sydney's tallest free-standing structure, and the second tallest in Australia. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. The tower stands 309 m above the Sydney CBD, being located at 100 Market Street.

Surfing

Australia is home to some of the great waves on the planet, and some of the best surfers. If you are looking to take a trip somewhere and want plenty of coastline to choose from then Oz is the go! You have three choices - east, south or west. There is no surfing in the north mainly because of the stingers (jellyfish) and salt water crocodiles.



In Australia have been recorded some TV series about surfing, such as Blue Water High. Each season of the series follows the lives of a young group of students at Solar Blue, a high-performance surf academy where several lucky 16-year-olds are selected for a 12-month-long surfing program on Sydney's northerm beaches.

Australian typical song: Waltzing Matilda