INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND CULTURE Exam 2 Notes Study Guide Review Maps Australia New Zealand and the Islands The Pacific ONLY on Exam 5 THINGS TO REMEMBER FOR THE EXAM Tazmanian devils koalas barrier reef erris rock in the outback near alice springs in Australia When Travel agents sell Australia to tourists what would be obstacles faced distance expensive MAP Cities to keep in mind Cairns Travel to visit the great barrier reef 12 000 miles long can go to reef from Brisbane Cairns or Sydney NOTES 6 states 2 territories in Queensland most tourists travel here Canberra is a territory independent Gold coast near Brisbane casinos resorts etc Brisbane is KEY TRAVEL DESTINATION on east coast Sydney is the largest city over 4 million people opera house in Sydney designed by Danish architect hanger bridge Aborigines came to islands 50 000 years ago to AUS and Spaniards Portuguese and all them passed by and moved on from AUS wasn t until 200 years later Captain Cook named it New South Wales in name of England liked are and was part of colonial empire Canberra is capital Sydney and Melbourne fought for capital so built new capital Canberra know locations a lot of tourists traveling to Phillips islands Southern hemisphere Recommend them to go during December January SUMMER MONTHS penguins come out to Phillips island in the summer Australia is about the size of the US without Alaska only continent surrounded by water on all sides and flat in the center and smallest of all continents Outback is in the center North is very wet and humid Crocodile Dundee was near Darwin crocodiles up there Center huge rocks largest rock in the world erris rock travel to alice springs to see it in the desert colors change when the sun is going down Line from a little left of darwin down is western territory left of that line Broome pearls Perth mining Cold icy near Sydney Canberra Tazmania is cold Barrier reef alice springs to fly into to see rock Darwin for Kakadu national park Kangaroos koala platypus animals to see South have a lot of parks to go to Sydney captain cook says not part of great Britain Britain liked remote place so far away took all their prisoners on 11 vessels women and men 200 soldiers in 1700s and began in Sydney to hold them became a penal colony Australia means southern land POWERPOINT The Pacific The Land smallest flattest and least populated of major continents all of the continent is ONE country Interior mostly desert dry center outback Ayers rock Travel to alice springs Ururu SE from there religious center see rock center of Australia world s largest single rock Worlds longest coral reef great barrier reef NE Australia Cairns travel to go to the reef Brisbane las vegas south beach cancun 24 h Canberra capital Melbourne sophisticated Climate The People and their History South of equator seasons are opposite January and February are the hottest months rainy season june august First inhabitants came from Asia over land bridges 50 000 years ago Aborigines on canoes crossing pacific to Easter island south America traveled in rainy time for fresh water Spanish and Portuguese sailors explored the area in the 1500s thought too far away In the 1700s Captain James Cook claimed the land for great Britain potential gold mine asked native what the jumping animal was and he was saying kangaroo so called it that but actually meant IDK AUSTRALIA In the 1700s the British needed a new place to ship convicts to Established a penal colony in new south wales male and female convicts some soldiers went had families The aborigines are treated badly from day 1 less than 1 of population of australia is aborigines mostly in the outback out of 22 million people About 750 000 lived in Australia when the british arrived today less than 1 of the population Australia gained independence from great Britain in 1901 Between 1942 and 1972 more than 2 million immigrants came to Australia Italians greeks turks Croatians Macedonia used to be mainly English people WW2 pushed a lot of people out of Europe because lack of jobs destroyed cities etc It is almost the same size of US 6 states and 2 territories Canberra is the capital Sydney is the country s largest city STATES NEW SOUTH WALES left up from Sydney The gateway to Australia Sydney the capital of new south wales developed from a penal colony The harbor dominated the landscape great beaches opera house Outback is the center of the country mostly desert dry chain of restaurants gets its name Bridge from one end to other hanger has tour of 3 hours bungee jump Compromised was reached between Sydney started all here and Melbourne politics money is here Australia capital territory ACT In the 1900s the country needed a new capital Midway between the two cities Canberra became the capital Canberra In the aborigine means the meeting place VICTORIA Australia s smallest state on the southeast coast The capital is Melbourne Sports minded city Football soccer cricket and horse racing Phillips island is to south place to visit to see penguins in the summer keep a distance Northeast of Melbourne are the Australian alps many ski villages like to ski be there in july TASMANIA The island state Tasmanian devils eat a lot hyper etc mean Covered in snow almost all year round similar to british Colombia rain 30 protected world heritage national park Wet and lush Remains of the last convict s prison Mount Wellington usually covered in snow all year round SOUTH AUSTRALIA Wines come from here Self reliant state Everything you need is found here wine wildlife and desert German immigrants established oldest vineyards in Australia Kangaroo island is to the south kangaroos koalas emus in their natural habitat from Australia ostriches are from south Africa Emu meat exported from Australia WESTERN AUSTRALIA It is an area bigger than texas and alaska combined Perth is the capital GOLD MINING NORTHERN TERRITORY Darwin is the capital Crocodiles found here Mostly a Mediterranean climate rains come in the winter like California dry cycle Unspoiled beaches extend along the coast north of Perth Broome is principal exporter in the world of 80 of pearls Kakadu national park home to home of the aboriginal tribes with crocodiles buffalo birds etc right next to capital Tropical environment with mixture of aboriginal Asian and European cultures QUEENSLAND Brisbane is the capital 24 7 casinos resorts beaches fishing etc mining towns Has many luxury resorts with beautiful beaches mining towns modern citites
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