Australia
Physical Characteristics
• Only country that is also a continent
• Driest and flattest continent– (after Antarctica)
• Home to 1,500 species of fish
• Largest coral reef in the world
Great Barrier Reef
The Outback
Australian Outback
Mount Uluru (Ayers Rock)• 1,142 feet tallAustralian Wildlife• Rock Wallaby • Koala
• Kangaroo
• Tasmanian Devil
• Dingo
Sheep
• Australia produces 70% of world’s wool
• 100 million sheep
Human Characteristics
• Population of 20 million people– 92% are Caucasian – 7% are Asian
• Lowest population density of the continents– 2 people per sq mile
Sydney Australia
Sydney Opera House
Aborigine
• Native People of Australia
History
• Australia was once a colony of the United Kingdom
• UK used it as an island for prisoners
• Today, Australia is a western society
• Standard of living similar to USA and Europe