Australia

Semana Cultural
CPIP San Juan Bautista. Alquerías
 Australia is one of the seven continents of
the world. Can you remember the names of
the other continents?

Europe
North America Asia

Africa
South America
Australia

Antarctica
 Seventeen million people live in Australia.
They speak English because many of their
families came from England two hundred
years ago.
The first people in Australia were the
Aborigines, but there are only 160,000 in
Australia now.

An Aborigine
 The weather in Australia is usually hot and
dry, and the center of the country, the
“outback”, is a desert. Ayers Rock is a
famous rock in the middle of the outback. It
changes colour under the sun – sometimes it
is blue, and sometimes it is red or brown.

Ayers Rock
 Australian farmers have very big farms.
They have many sheep on the farms.
Australian wool is very famous. There are
crocodile farms too. Crocodiles are very
frightening and very sharp teeth.
There are many other interesting animals in
Australia. Dingos are dogs, but they do not
live in people’s houses. They are wild and live
in the outback.

A dingo
 Kangaroos and koalas live in the outback
too. They carry their babies in a special
pocket, a “pouch.” Koalas are gray and have
big ears. They can climb trees. Kangaroos are
bigger than koalas and have very strong legs.
They can jump very high and move very
quickly.
A kangaroo
A koala with its baby
 Australia is an interesting country. Perhaps
one day you will go to Australia. Would you
like to go?