AUSTRALIA

Interesting facts about

AUSTRALIA

40,000 years ago, the first people came to Australia from Indonesia and they travelled on boats. In 1770 British Captain James Cook came to New South Wales and Australia became a British colony. In 1901 Australia became a free nation but remained a part of British Commonwealth.

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The climate

Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere. It means that if you go to the south, it gets colder. In the north of the country it is always hot. In Australia there are hot summers and mild (mírný) winters. There is snow only in the Australian Alps and in Tasmania. When people in Europe have winter, the Australians have summer. Therefore they celebrate Christmas in the middle of summer and on the beach).

It is Australia´s most famous rock and it is also called Eyers Rock. It is about 600 million years old and it was once at the bottom of the sea. It is one of the largest monoliths in the world and it is made of sandstone . You can climb to the top of the rock and have a wonderful view of the outback. On top of the rock there are valleys, caves and strange shapes. It was a sacred place for the Aboriginal people

Uluru rock

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It is the world's largest coral reef system. You can see it from the space and it is over 2,000 km long and it has got more than 900 islands. There are many different types of corals, fish and other sea animals.

The Great Barrier Reef