Australia英文简介.ppt

Australia: Basics Population: 20,351,000 Major Cities: Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Brisbane Area: 7,692,024 square Km Official Languages: English, Native Religions: Catholic, Protestant Currency: Dollar 1$= 100 cents Life Expectancy: 80 GDP per Capita: U.S. $26,900 Literacy Percent: 99 Trivia: World’s largest island and smallest continent Australian National Anthem Australians all let us rejoiceFor we are young and freeWeve golden soil and wealth for toil,Our home is girt by sea:Our land abounds in natures giftsOf beauty rich and rare,In historys page let every stageAdvance Australia fair,In joyful strains then let us singAdvance Australia fair.Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,?Well toil with hearts and hands,To make this Commonwealth of oursRenowned of all the lands,For those whove come across the seasWeve boundless plains to share,With courage let us all combineTo advance Australia fair.In joyful strains then let us sing,Advance Australia fair. Basic Facts Founded in 1788 as a British convict colony, Australia was a place of banishment until gold strikes in 1851 opened floodgates of immigration. Independence came in 1901, with a constitution adapted in part from that of the United States. Immigration has been key to Australias development since 1788; from 1945 through 2000 almost six million immigrants arrived. Aborigines number about 517,000, and the government is making efforts to settle aboriginal land rights. Australia has one of the worlds highest living standards with 85 percent living in urban areas. Landscapes Located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Australia combines a wide variety of landscapes. The highest mountains are part of the Great Dividing Range that lines the east coast from Cape York Peninsula south to the state of Victoria. West of the Great Dividing Range the landscape consists mostly of plains and plateaus; the Macdonnell Ranges near the countrys centre are an exception. The