Guess the Country...: Guess the Country... (The information in this lesson is not required for the exam).


Slide2: Koala


Slide3: Kangaroo Marsupials


Slide4: Emu


Slide5: Echidna Platypus Mammals which lay eggs.


Australia: Australia


Australian Cities: Australian Cities 85% live in cities (very high) more than 90% live on the coast many families prefer houses to apartments


Climate and Land: Climate and Land Centre is desert: dry, hot days, cold nights North is tropical: hot and humid South is pleasant


History: History 40 000 years ago (or more): aboriginal people arrive 1788: British prisoner colony 1900: the states become a country


Politics: Politics John Howard (Prime Minister)


Slide11: Uluru


Sydney Olympic Games 2000: Sydney Olympic Games 2000 Previous Australian Olympics were in Melbourne, 1956 Australians felt proud of the Games in Sydney I hope Beijing 2008 will be a similar success!


Waltzing Matilda: Waltzing Matilda not the national anthem words written by an Australian poet, Banjo Paterson in 1895


Slide14: Swagman or “Matilda”


Slide15: Billabong


Slide16: Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Chorus: Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda my darling, Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide17: Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide18: Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred Up rode the troopers one two three With that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me squatter = land owner thoroughbred = a good horse trooper = policeman


Slide19: Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong “You’ll never take me alive,” said he And his ghost may be heard as you’re passing by that billabong You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide20: Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Chorus: Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he watched and waited ‘til his billy boiled You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide21: Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Chorus: Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide22: Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorougbred Up rode the troopers one two three With that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Chorus: Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me With that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tuckerbag You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide23: Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong “You’ll never take me alive,” said he And his ghost may be heard as you’re passing by that billabong You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Slide24: Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me And his ghost may be heard as your passing by that billabong You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me