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Module 2 Australia and New Zealand Section 2 Background information about the text A brief introduction of Australia Australia has many characteristics that made it unique. For example, its flora and fauna, its nature resources, its landform, its river systems and its human characteristics.  The reason why there are many physical features is because the continent was isolated from others millions of years ago.  Australia has unique plants and animals. 80% of plants there cannot be seen anywhere else around the world naturally. They’ve got wet and dry sclerophyll forests, bush lands, rainforests and so on. There are special types of animals here like the marsupials and monotremes. It’s because their predators and competitors do not exist there. Other animals like reptiles, amphibians, birds are very different there too. They all developed features that suits the Australia environment.  Australia hasn’t got a lot of water resources but there are other resources like mineral and energy which they’ve got a lot. The most important mineral exports are iron ore, bauxite and so on. Most of them can be found in the western plateau region. Energy like fuel is from swamps buried millions of years ago.  Australia has unique landform. It’s the flattest and lowest continent on the earth. The highest mountain there (Mt. Kosciusko) is 2228 meters high.  The biggest drainage basin here is the Murry-Daring drainage basin. It holds the Murry River and the Daring River and flow to the Great Australia Bright.  People in Australia are very unique as well. Australia is a multi-culture country which has people from many culture backgrounds. It has the most culture diversity in the world. So as we can see, Australia is a very unique country with unique physical and human characteristics. 2. A brief introduction of the Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is considered to be one of the most recognizable ima