Australia

By: Charles Wright, Will Powers, Elise De La Fuente, Nick Barlyn, Max Bloomquist
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What makes Australia?
Aboriginal Peoples
Of Australia
Origins
Food
● Insects, Animals, and Plants

● Hunting and Gathering

● Cook on ashes, in the ground, and on coals

● European ways have changed the way they cook

Religion
● Aboriginal people believe that they share their being with their country and all
that is within it.

● Stories are passed down through oral literature, with cultural nuance and
deeper meaning.

● All such myths variously "tell significant truths within each Aboriginal group's
storys being diffiernt” with thier god being Baiame.
Tools/Advancements
● Spears
● Boomerangs
● Weaving
● Cloaks
Art
Paintings of animals and scenery while also contributing their own unique ideas
-used vivid color

-would use dots or intricate shapes

Sculptures display the love and respect of the world around them
-creates a story

-created warped images

Australian Wildlife
Four Corners!
 What is the most deadly?
1. 3.

2. 4.
 Who is the most rare?
1. 3.

2. 4.
 Who is the fastest?
1. 3.

2. 4.
 What has the strongest bite?
1. 3.

2. 4.
Australia's Seas
Box Jellyfish

Gulper Eel

Frilled Shark
Desert
What makes Australia's Deserts so
important?

Dingo

Camel

Bilbies

Thorny Devil
Grassland
-It is home to over 460 different species of birds, 110 mammal species, 225 fish
species, and contains nearly 40% of Australia's reptiles.

-Examples

Elephant- largest land mamamal in the world

Kangaroo- can Jump up to 6ft strait up

Emu- Second tallest bird in the world

Meerkat- is a small carnivoran that belongs to the mongoose family

Species with Wings
Mistletoe Bird- Has a poop dance and plays vital role in the ecology of
australia

Laughing Kookaburra- One of the only birds with family construcks, they
won’t make their calls if they are alone

Pellucid Hawk Moth- One of the only moths in the world with transparent
wings, it’s also a crossbreed between moth, butterfly, and cicada

Lyrebird- able to mimic almost any sound it hears as well as car alarms and
human speech
Rainforest
● Saltwater Crocodile- Largest Crocodile in the world, Carnivour, Speeds up
to 18 km on land, lives in Queensland, Northern territory, and Western
Australia
● Sugar Glider- A small possum with gliders. Nocturnal, feeds on sap and gum
from trees, Omnivorous.
● Tree Kangaroo - Part of the Marsupial family, live in Queensland, slow and
awkward on the ground but very agile in trees, eats fruit and leaves
● Carpet Python- Up to 13 ft, Southwest Australia, eats lizards, birds, and
small mammals, nocturnal, climbs trees and shrubs.
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Australia's
Territories
Find Group
New South Wales/Victoria
Southern Australia
Western Australia
Queensland
The Great Emu War of 1932
-Was a military operation undertaken by the Australian military to kill as many emus as possible with lewis guns.

-Why did they do this? Following WW1 many veterans after coming back from war were given land by the
government for farming.

-The difficulties facing farmers were increased by the arrival of as many as 20,000 emus after their breeding
seasons.

-By November 8, six days after the first engagement, 2,500 rounds of ammunition had been fired.[6] The number
of birds killed is uncertain: one account estimates that it was 50 birds.

-Their were other attempts but overall it was a failure .

-Throughout 1930 and onward, exclusion barrier fencing became a popular means of keeping emu out of
agricultural areas
Kahoot!
Works Cited
“Northern Territory.” FOR TEACHERS for Students,
www.forteachersforstudents.com.au/site/themed-curriculum/northern-territory/facts/.

¨Reef Health.¨ gbrmpa.gov.au, Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority,
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/reef-health.

“Indigenous Tools and Weapons .” Indigenous Tools and Weapons,

members.ozemail.com.au/~mmichie/engag_t&w.htm.

Hastings, Karen. ¨10 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Australia´s Northern Territory.¨planetware.com,

Planet Ware,
https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/northern-territory-aus-nt-nt.htm

¨Australian Deserts.¨ outback-australia-travel-secrets.com, Outback Australia Travel Guide

https://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian_deserts.html