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Australia offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	12 mars 2012
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781406246575
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Countries Around the World Australia

Mary Colson

RaIntree Is an ImprInt of Capstone Global LIbrary LImIted, a company Incorporated In England and Wales havIng Its regIstered oice at 7 PIlgrIm Street, London, EC4V 6LB – RegIs-tered company number: 6695582

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EdIted by CatherIne VeItch and Charlotte GuIllaIn DesIgned by Steve Mead OrIgInal IllustratIons © Capstone Global LIbrary Ltd 2012 ïllustrated by Oxford DesIgners & ïllustrators PIcture research by annah Taylor OrIgInated by Capstone Global LIbrary Ltd PrInted In ChIna by CTPS

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Colson, Mary. AustralIa. -- (CountrIes around the world) 994'.072-dc22 A full catalogue record for thIs book Is avaIlable from the BrItIsh LIbrary.

Acknowledgements We would lIke to thank the followIng for permIssIon to reproduce photographs: Alamy ïmages p. 11 (© Photos 12); The Art ArchIve p. 7 (BrItIsh Museum); The BrIdgeman Art LIbrary p. 8 (© DIxson GallerIes, State LIbrary of New South Wales); CorbIs pp. 9 (AustralIan PIcture LIbrary/Cannon CollectIon), 20 (SpecIalIst Stock), 29 (JIang YapIng/XInhua Press), 33 (©sylvaIn cazenave), 37 (OlIver Strewe); DreamstIme p. 18 (© Robert GubIanI); Getty ïmages pp. 16 (AFP/ WIllIam West), 32 (Scott Barbour); ïstockphoto pp. 34 (© Ron ohenhaus), 35 (© DavId Freund); © Ken Done p. 30; PhotolIbrary pp. 13 (age fotostock/San Rostro), 15 (TIcket/ Andrew Watson), 17 (ïmagebroker.net/MIchael Weber), 23 (Waterframe/ReInhard DIrscherl), 27 (Robert ardIng Travel/ Ken GIllham), 31 (LOOK-foto/auke Dressler); Shutterstock pp. 5 (© Janelle Lugge), 6 (© KharIdehal AbhIrama AshwIn), 19 (© twobluedogs), 21 (© Mogens Trolle), 24 (© PhIllIp MInnIs).

Cover photograph of a tree and Ayers rock In the northern terrItory, AustralIa, reproduced wIth permIssIon of PhotolIbrary (TIcket/ Jacob alaska).

Every effort has been made to contact copyrIght holders of materIal reproduced In thIs book. Any omIssIons wIll be rectIfIed In subsequent prIntIngs If notIce Is gIven to the publIsher.

The author and publIshers would lIke to thank TIm Dryden and MaIrI Contos for theIr Invaluable assIstance In the preparatIon of thIs book.

Disclaimer All the Internet addresses (URLs) gIven In thIs book were valId at the tIme of goIng to press. owever, due to the dynamIc nature of the Internet, some addresses may have changed, or sItes may have changed or ceased to exIst sInce publIcatIon. WhIle the author and publIsher regret any InconvenIence thIs may cause readers, no responsIbIlIty for any such changes can be accepted by eIther the author or the publIsher.

Contents

Introducing Australia.............................................................................4 History: towards equality.....................................................................6 Regions and resources: landscape and living........................12 Wildlife: amazing animals and natural wonders...................18 Infrastructure: politics, power, and people.............................24 Culture: art, sport, and food...........................................................30 Australia today.......................................................................................36 Fact file......................................................................................................38 Timeline.....................................................................................................40 Glossary.....................................................................................................42 Find out more.........................................................................................44 Topic tools................................................................................................46 Index............................................................................................................48

Some words in the book are in bold,like this. You can ﬁnd out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

Introducing Australia

What do you imagine when you think of Australia? Do you see kangaroos, crocodiles, and koalas? Or barbecues, surfers, and white sandy beaches?

Australia is the world’s largest island, with the Indian Ocean on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other. It is one of the least populated countries in the world with a vast wilderness in the centre called theoutback. The country is one-third desert, one-third semi-desert, and one-third fertile farmland. Much of the country’s centre is dry and waterless, but along the 25,760 kilometres (16,007 miles) of coastline it is full of life.

It is a land of fragile rainforests, rugged coastlines, fertile valleys, tropical islands, and busy modern cities. It is also home to the largest living organism on Earth, the spectacularGreat Barrier Reef.

Unique and unusual Australia’s wildlife isunique. In 1780, thenaturalistJoseph Banks sent a specimen of the duckbill platypus back to other naturalists in Britain. They didn't believe that the strange-looking creature was real! Less funny are the country’s deadly snakes, poisonous spiders, and fearsome sharks.

The country’sindigenouspeople, the Aboriginals, have inhabited the land for over 50,000 years. Europeans settled there just over 200 years ago. They named the land Terra Australis, which means “southern land” in Latin.

Australian inventors are responsible for the refrigerator, the ultrasound machine, and the electronic pacemaker. An Australian also invented Wi-Fi.

How to say... There are many indigenous languages in Australia. To say hello, the Arrernte people sayweTe(wurda).Yaama(yarma) is what the Gamilaraay people say, and the Pitjantjatjara people saywai palya (wa-ee palia).

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