Australia

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Australia

In this lesson...

• You have to pay close attention
• We will provide you with information
• You will be active participants

At the end of this lesson, you can:

• You can identify the link between The Secret River and Australia 
  
• You can actively reproduce our provided information 
  
• You can be creative with a given assignment, as a group
  

Lesson aims

But first.....

The Australian flag

• Competition
  
• The Union Jack
  
•  The Commonwealth Star
  
• The Southern Cross
  

The Australian flag

Competition

The Union Jack

The big Star

The Southern Cross

Australian currency

Currency

The Royal Australian Mint 

Size of the coins

100 euro = 157.79812 AUD
100 pound = 175.528716 AUD

The Kangaroo

But first......

The Kangaroo

National Symbol
Mainly in Australia

Marsupials

More kangaroo's then there are humans in Australia

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The spiritual heart of Australia

Uluru or Ayers Rock 

Simpson desert

Large sandstone formation

Pitjantjatjara Anangu

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the Coat of Arms

But first............

The Coat of Arms

The official symbol of Australia

1901 start Commonwealth

Represents the Australian 
Commonwealth

Population

Australia is listed as one of the twenty biggest populations in the world. 

True or false?

False!

Australia has a population of 25 million people - this ranks them the 53rd largest population in the world.

Before the settlement: 750.000

25.167.715 persons, 1 m 23 s

June 2017: 3.2 per square km.

Population per state

Indigenous population

Immigration 

True or false?

The theory of how the world is created and how the culture of Aboriginals is developed is called the Dreamtime by the Aboriginals themselves. 

Aboriginals  

• Southeast Asia
• Created by the spirits 
• Ancestors created the world 
• Dreamtime 
• Art as a way to pass on their cultural stories 

The Dreamtime means the developments of the ideas that the Aboriginal world contains and the fact that art is an important part of their society.

Art

• Paintings on canvas or board,
  
• not rocks, bark & bodies 
• First exhibition (1937)
• Didgeridoo 

1770

• Captain James Cook
• Botany-Bay
• Settlement for the convicts 

Language

True of false?

Certain Australian words have a different meaning than the English we’re familiar with. 

Aboriginals 

• Their languages were mostly wiped out 
• Kriol -> known for its phonetic spelling 

English 

• Australian English -> British English 
• Strine
• Mix of: Cockney (London), Ireland and Aboriginal descent 

Facts 1/3

Because different types of English are spoken in Australia, misspelling often occurs. 

For example: labor/labour, program/programme  

Facts 2/3

Certain Australian words can have a different meaning than the English we’re familiar with. 

For example: crook = ill, shout = round of drinks, tube = can of beer

Facts 3/3

Almost everything is abbreviated in Australia 

(some add o or e)

For example: reffo = refugee, garbo = dustman

(some add suffix: I, ie or y)

For example: Aussie = Australian, barbie = barbecue, footy = football

Other languages 

• Mandarin (1,6%)
• Italian (1,4%) 
• Arabic (1,3%)
• Greek (1,3%)
• Cantonese (1,2%)

History

Australia was the second country who gave women the right to vote. 

True or false?

True!

Abel Tasman

• Abel Janszoon Tasman
• Dutch seafarer and explorer
• VOC - Dutch East India Company

Abel Tasman

• Instructed to explore the Indian Ocean
• June 14, 1643, 10 months
• Circumnavigated without seeing 
• Separated

Abel Tasman

• Negligent
• "South Land"
• Relations of New Guinea
• Torres Strait
• Gulf of Carpentaria
• North and west coast
• Failure

1788 settlement of Australia

New South Wales: 

Penal colony in 1788

• Overcrowded prisons in Britain
• James Cook's discovery
• Sir Joseph Banks
• Botany Bay

First settlement:

850 convicts

9 transport ships

2 small warships

Jan 1788

Botany Bay: unsuitable

Sydney Cove, Sydney Harbour

January 26

Democracy and liberalism

 1792: first signs of stability

Governor Philip

military Lieutenant-Governors

Arrival of first free settlers

Native born and convicts

Importance free citizen

Democracy

Food

Snag on the barbie 

Food

Dagwood Dog 

Food

> Chinese and Thai influences 

> Fish

Food

Cheese and bacon roll