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Australia
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world, and located south of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, in the Southern Hemisphere.
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What are abiotic factors of the Great Barrier Reef?
THE BIOTIC - are living components of an ecosystems
THE ABIOTIC-are non living components of an ecosystems
Ecosystems a specific place where biotic or living components depends on abiotic or non living components
CORAL REEFS BIOTIC-oyster,sea grasses,shellfishes,clownfishes,starfishes
CORAL REEFS ABIOTIC -rock,minerals,amount of sunlight reaching the coral reef ,water
reference: living things and the
environment EXPLORING AND PROTECTING
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What is the percentage of Buddhists in Australia?
=Total Buddhists in Australia and Oceania (1.80%)==611,496=
What is the minimum distance to Papua New Guinea from Australia?
The straight-line distance from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to Cairns, Australia is 520.4 miles. A nonstop flight would take 55 minutes.
How hot is the outback in Australia?
During summer, it is not unusual for parts of the outback to exceed 40 degrees Celsius, which is the equivalent of 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
During winter, days are pleasant and warm in the outback, depending on which part of the country one is in. Further south, the days are cooler and the nights very cold, dropping easily to less than 0 degrees Celsius.
Wombats communicate through a variety of vocalisations. Their sounds include grunts, squeals, coughs, clicks and hisses.
Does Australia have freedom of religion?
Australians are free, within the bounds of the law, to say or write what we think privately or publicly, about the government, or about any topic. We do not censor the media and may criticise the government without fear of arrest. Free speech comes from facts, not rumours, and the intention must be constructive, not to do harm. There are laws to protect a person's good name and integrity against false information. There are laws against saying or writing things to incite hatred against others because of their culture, ethnicity or background. Freedom of speech is not an excuse to harm others.
How old do you have to be to leave school in Australia Victoria?
Year 12 (the last year of high school) is when most people finish they are normally 17 or 18, depending upon the state in which they live. In Queensland, for example, most school leavers are still 17, although this will change over the next few years as school intake age has changed. In New South Wales, students are 18 when they finish school.
Where did the British land in Australia?
The first British citizen to land in Australia was William Dampier.
In January 1688, William Dampier's ship the 'Cygnet' was beached on the northwest coast of Australia, at King Sound near Buccaneer Archipelago on the north-west coast of Australia. In July 1699, Dampier returned, reaching Dirk Hartog Island near Shark Bay in Western Australia. Searching for water, he followed the coast northwards, reaching the Dampier Archipelago and then Roebuck Bay.
James Cook was the next to land in Australia, exploring Botany Bay on the east coast and making his way up the coast, charting island, inlets and main points along the way until he was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef. He then came in to land at the Endeavour River in far north Queensland.
When the first British settlers arrived, they landed first in Botany Bay, but discovered the bay was not suitable for settlement. The First Fleet then continued north to Port Jackson, which is where the first colony was established.
Why do green and gold represent Australia?
On April 19, 1984, then Governor-General, Ninian M Stephen proclaimed "Green and Gold" as the national colors for the nation of Australia.
Dating back to 1899, the colors were first used when National Cricket Team Captain Joe Darling adorned green and gold caps and blazers for his team's English tour. Shortly thereafter, various Australian sporting teams began to drape the colors for International events, which eventually led into a full representation by the Australian sports community.
The reasons for this are plenty, not the least of which is the representation of Australia's Floral Emblem -- the Golden Wattle (Acacia Pycnantha), which is green and gold. Often described as "gum-tree green" and "wattle-gold", the colors have also been made to represent the landscape of Australia: gold meant to conjure "images of the country's beaches, mineral wealth, grain harvests and the fleece of Australian wool", and green meant to evoke "the forests, gum trees and pastures of the Australian landscape."
Not all teams have worn the colors since proclamation, however; as blue and silver tracksuits were used at the Beijing Olympic Games, drawing the ire of the pan-Australian community. It's likely we won't see this happen again for awhile.
Does Australia have a British system of government?
The Australian system of government is similar but not the same in that there is no house of Lords in Australia as there is in Britain but we do have a house of review called the Senate
What island country lies off the coast of Australia?
- Tasmania (Australia's largest island, and one of its states)
- Fraser Island (the world's largest sand island)
- Tiwi Islands (formerly Melville and Bathurst Islands)
- Christmas Island (an external territory)
- Cook Island
- Kangaroo Island
- King Island
- Rottnest Island (home of the quokkas)
- Stradbroke Island
- Moreton Island
- Great Keppell Island
- Hinchinbrook Island
- Phillip Island
- Wardang Island
- Recherche Archipelago
- Dirk Hartog Island
What is the Australian greeting gestures?
That depends on who is doing the greeting and the circumstances at the time. It can be with a simple hello and introduction, a shaking of hands, or an introduction followed by a light kiss on the cheek. On the other hand women walking past some work sites tend to get a some what more raucous greeting,
What country is Sydney Australia?
This is a "What color is George Washington's white horse?" type question.
The city of Sydney, Australia is in the country of Australia, specifically in the Province of New South Wales.
What country is next to Australia?
Papua New Guinea is the closest country to Australia. Other close countries to Australia are East Timor,Indonesia, New Caledonia and New Zealand.
Are the aborigines the first people in Australia?
No. Or at least, if they did, there is little to no evidence of them. People argue as to the orgins of the Aboriginals, but if there were people living here before them they were either wiped out or intergrated into Aboriginal culture. In any case, the Aboriginals have been in Australia for at least 50 000 years, so there's not much point in worrying what came before then.
How long would it take to get to Fiji from Australia?
London (LON) to Nadi (NAN) Shortest Flight Duration * 25 hours 55 mins * Via Los Angeles International Apt, Los Angeles (LAX) * this includes transfer time at Los Angeles International Apt, Los Angeles (LAX)
Do Panthers live in Australia?
The only panthers in Australia are those in zoos. Panthers are not native to Australia.
There are reports of rogue black panther lurking in bushland on the outskirts of Sydney and Brisbane, probably escapees from zoos. However, these reports remain unconfirmed.
There is no straightforward answer as to how Australia was discovered.
Australian Aborigines made it to Australia anywhere between 6,000 and 50,000 years ago. No written records exist, so one can only speculate on when they first arrived, and whether a land bridge existed by which they made the crossing, or whether they island-hopped from Asia.
The Asian people visited the northern coast regularly for hundreds of years before Europeans set foot on the continent, to collect sea-slugs (trepang), a valued delicacy in Asia.
It is believed that the Portuguese were the first to sight the Australian continent, quite by accident, but there are no records within Portugal itself to substantiate the claim. The source for this claim are the Dieppe Maps, which date between 1542 and 1587, and which were drawn up by a group of French cartographers using a Portuguese source. These maps name a large land mass believed to be the Australian continent as Java-la-Grande.There is some speculation that the maps, not being to scale, actually represent an exaggerated western Java, possibly even Vietnam.
Willem Jansz/Janszoon was a Dutchman who was seeking new trade routes and trade associates. He became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula, on 26 February 1606. However, he believed the Cape to be part of New Guinea, from whence he crossed the Arafura Sea, so he did not record Australia as being a separate, new continent.
In 1616, Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog sailed too far whilst trying out Henderik Brouwer's recently discovered route from the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia, via the Roaring Forties. Reaching the western coast of Australia, he landed at Cape Inscription in Shark Bay on 25 October 1616. His is the first known record of a European visiting Western Australia's shores.
The first Englishman to visit Australia was William Dampier, in 1688.
James Cook (not yet a captain) charted the eastern coast of Australia and claimed it in the name of the British in 1770, calling it New South Wales. He charted the east coast between April and August of that year. For this reason, Cook is often wrongly credited with discovering Australia.
If a child is born in Australia will they be an Australian citizen?
A child born in Australia will be a citizen if one of the parents is Australian or a permanent resident of Australia.
If neither of the child's parents are Australian, the child will be a citizen on its 10th birthday if the child is living in Australia.
Otherwise, no.
Is a third of Australia covered by deserts?
This is not a straightforward question.
To many people, desert is land that has no cultivation value at all, and if this is the case, less than half of Australia is desert. However, some regard the outback as desert, whereas large portions of the outback are used for beef cattle and sheep.
According to the Desert Knowledge Australia Fact Sheet, 70% of Australia is classified as desert or semi-arid. However, much of this land is used for grazing beef cattle and sheep, so it is not desert in the truest sense. Other figures state an estimated 44% percent, or over one-third of Australia is made up of sandy or stony arid desert, while another 37% is semi-arid grassland or scrub.
Is Australia the largest island?
No. Australia is a continent which lies between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
How much does it cost to send a postcard from Australia to Germany?
To send anything that weighs less than 20g from the uk to anywhere in europe should cost 68p as of november 2011. You'd need to buy stamps from a post office.
Postcards weigh less than 20g; Germany is in europe. So it should be 68p.
Why is western Australia sparsely populated?
Compared to the eastern coast and southeastern corner of Australia, there are considerably fewer people in the western half of Australia. This is mainly because the land is less fertile and more of western Australia is taken up by desert, compared to the east, as rainfall is lower.
