AUSTRALIA
MATTHEW AND DEXTER
GEOGRAPHY
- Australia is a country and a continent
- Australia is surrounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans
- The capital of Australia is Canberra while Sydney is the is the most populated city
- Australia is 2.97 million miles squared
- Uluru (Ayers Rock), the worlds biggest rock is located in Australia
- Australia is the worlds largest coal, iron ore, lead, diamonds, rutile, zinc, and zirconium producer
ECONOMY
- Forestry is Australia's biggest industry. Today around 76,800 people and 1,100 mills are used for forestry
- Australia's top imports are cars, petroleum, computers, and packaged medicament's
- Australia's top exports are iron and gold
- Australia's currency is the Australian dollar
- 1 Australian dollar equals 1.40 US dollars
GOVERNMENT
- Australia is a democracy
- Prime-Minister
- 10,500,000 military personnel
- Australia has 59 tanks, 408 aircraft, and 52 naval vessels
- Australia is allies with Britain, France, America, Canada
- Australia is enemies with North Korea, Iran, and Zimbabwe
HISTORY
- in April 1996 there was a shooting named the Port Arthur Massacre that left 35 dead
- In September of 2000 the Olympic games were held in Sydney Australia
- In November of 2001 John Howard is re elected as prime minister
- In 2003 Australia hosts the rugby world cup
- In 2008 Sydney hosts Catholic youth world day
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
- Australia has a class system very similar to America
- Christianity is Australia's main religion
- More than 90% of Australians come from European descent
- Most Australians live 82 years
- English is the main language spoken in Australia
- Education starts in primary schools and ends in secondary schools