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all about Australia for kids

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today we are heading down under to learn

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all about the continent of Australia

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let's get started Australia is one of

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Earth's seven continents and Australia

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is also a country in fact it is the only

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land mass that is both a continent and a

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country fun fact Australia is also the

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largest island in the world so it is not

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only a continent and a country it is an

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island too talk about a triple threat

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because it is an island Australia is

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surrounded by water the Pacific and

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Indian oceans to be exact the island

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countries that are nearest to Australia

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are New Zealand East Timor Indonesia

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Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea the

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first people to live on the continent

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were the Aboriginal and Taurus straight

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Island peoples who arrived from the

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Indonesian islands around 60

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000 years before the arrival of British

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settlers in 1776. the Aborigines lived

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in different tribes and spoke around 250

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languages today they make up about 2

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percent of Australia's total population

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the Aborigines invented the spear and

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the boomerang cool they live in an area

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of Australia called the Outback we will

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explore more about the Outback in a

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little bit other colonists arrived in

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Australia during the mid-1800s when gold

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was discovered on the continent

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thousands of new settlers came and

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settled six colonies and became a part

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of the British Kingdom or Commonwealth

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which is why most Australians today

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speak English

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have you heard the term down under

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before well the term down under is often

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used to describe Australia's location

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because it is in the Southern Hemisphere

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and when compared to North America and

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Europe it is on the other side of the

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world plus its seasons are the opposite

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of those living in the northern

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hemisphere meaning that when it is

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summer in the United States it is winter

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down under in Australia today this

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island nation has a population of 25

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million people and is divided up into

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Six States in two territories the

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capital of Australia is Canberra the

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Australian government is called a

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federal parliamentary constitutional

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monarchy and all people over the age of

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18 can vote to elect people into office

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that is just like voting in the United

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States remember when we mentioned the

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Outback let's go explore this amazing

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place about two-thirds of the country is

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referred to as the Outback because the

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area is a desert landscape with only a

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little land suitable for farming in fact

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Australia is actually the driest

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inhabited continent on Earth because of

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this most of the people in Australia

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live in coastal towns and cities in the

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southeast part of the country which is a

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fertile plain even though the country is

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super dry there are still major bodies

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of water besides the surrounding oceans

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that exist the Coral Sea Great

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Australian bite Timor C Murray rivers

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and darling River are just a few of them

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famous landforms include the Australian

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Alps

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Mount Augustus

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Tasmanian Island

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and the Great Dividing Range which is a

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stretch of mountains 2 300 miles long

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that is farther than the distance

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between the state of Utah in the state

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of Georgia

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the highest mountain on the Australian

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continent is Mount Kosciuszko which is

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7310 feet above sea level fun fact

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Australia is the biggest wool producing

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country in the entire world Australia

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also exports coal gold meat wheat and

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other products Industries like mining

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steel food processing and Industrial

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Equipment production are the most common

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like nearly all of the other continents

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in the world each region of Australia is

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speaking of unique ever heard of these

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creatures

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Tasmanian devil

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wombat

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wallaby

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thorny dragon

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believe it or not they are actual real

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life animals but the most famous animal

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in Australia you guessed it the kangaroo

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the kangaroos population ranges between

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15 and 60 million all depending on the

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season add in koala bears

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828 species of birds including 55

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different kinds of parrots and you have

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a lot of interesting Wildlife to see

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Australia is also home to the Great

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Barrier Reef which is the largest and

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most complex Reef system on the planet

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it is a very important part of the

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ecosystem and is home to 350 species of

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corals and over 1 500 species of fish

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people from all over the world travel to

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the Great Barrier Reef each year another

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amazing natural attraction found in

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Australia is Uluru a sacred natural

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formation Rising

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1110 feet tall it is the largest rock in

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the world do you recognize this building

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it is called the Sydney Opera House and

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is one of the most iconic buildings on

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the continent what amazing architecture

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looking for more impressive man-made

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structures the Sydney Harbor Bridge is

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just the thing for you nicknamed the

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coat hanger this bridge Rises over 400

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feet tall and spans 1 640 feet visitors

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can even climb up to the very top would

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you dare Australia seems like a pretty

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cool place to visit don't you think

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guess what time it is it is Review Time

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fill in the blank Australia is a

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continent an island and a blank

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country

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true or false Australia is home to the

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largest and most complex Reef system in

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the world

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true the Great Barrier Reef is a vital

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part of the Earth's ecosystem

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which people arrived on Australia first

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the Aborigines or the British

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the Aborigines

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two-thirds of the country is very dry

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and desert-like what is that area

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usually called

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the Outback

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true or false Australia is located in

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the northern hemisphere

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false Australia is located in the

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southern hemisphere

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great job everyone the continent of

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Australia may be the smallest of the

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seven however it's the long history

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natural landscapes and surrounding

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Waters make it one of the most diverse

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destinations in the world hope you had

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