XIV.Australia-GeographyandHistory(09年)摘要.ppt

Possum 负鼠, 飞袋貂 Platypus [5plAtIpEs] 鸭嘴兽 echidna [e5kidnE] 针鼹(ant-eater) Tasmanian devil is now found only on the island of Tasmania. 14.2.4 Political Divisions: six states and two territories New South Wales: the premier state, Sydney. As the first colony established by Britain in 1788 it is the oldest of the Australian states. Victoria: the garden state, Melbourne. It became a colony in 1851. Queensland: the sunshine state because it has 7.5 hours of sunshine daily, Brisbane South Australia: the festival state, Adelaide [5AdEleid] Western Australia: the state of excitement, Perth Tasmania: the holiday isle, Hobart [5hEubB:t] Northern Territory, Darwin Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Canberra (the garden city) Aerial View of Sydney Harbor Melbourne, Australias second largest city * * * * XIV. Geography and History In Chapter XIV we are going to study 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Geography 14.3 History Official name Commonwealth of Australia Capital Canberra 堪培拉 (Pop. 322,600) Area 7,682,300 sq km, the smallest continent in the world, but the sixth largest country, and the only continent that contains one country Population 20,090,437 Canada: 33,679,263 14.1 Introduction The largest countries by area in the world 1. Russia 17,075,200 km 2. Canada 9,984,670 km 3. China 9,596,960 km 4. United States 9,372,610 km 5. Brazil 8,511,965 km 6. Australia 7,686,850 km 7. India 3,287,590 km Largest cities, with population Sydney 悉尼 4.27 million Melbourne 墨尔本 3.6 million Brisbane 布里斯班 1.8 million Ethnic groups White 91 percent Asian 7 percent Aboriginal and other 2 percent Languages English (official), indigenous languages In Canada Roman Catholic 43 percent Anglican 7 perc