4 semestr 2021-2022 o‘quv yili

 
Geography

world’s smallest continent, 6
th
largest 
country
 
Area
: 7,686,850 sq km (slightly smaller 
than the contiguous 48 US States)
 
Capital: 
Canberra
 
Population: 
21 million (July 2008 
estimate) 
 
 
 
 
 
Government 

Democratic, federal-state system 
recognizing British monarch as 
sovereign

Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of 
Australia
 
Money
: Australian Dollar (AUD)
 
Climate: 
generally arid (= dry) to 
semiarid
 
Languages: 
English and native languages
 
History

United Kingdom formally claimed the western 
part of Australia in 1829 

Australia
gained 
Independence
on the 11th 
December 1931
 
Industry 

mining, industrial and transportation 
equipment, steel
 
Agriculture 

wheat, barley, sugarcane and fruits
 
Natural Resources

plentiful supply of precious metals such as iron 
ore, copper, gold or uranium
 
Livestock

cattle, sheep and poultry
 
Animals
Owls, bottlenose dolphin, crocodile (salt water), 
bilby, parrot, dugong, fur seal, pelican,
great white shark, platypus, tree frog, western 
swamp tortoise, giant cuttlefish, pygmy possum, 
dingo, red kangaroo, emu, kingfisher, kookaburra, 
flying fox (grey-headed),frilled necked lizard, 
sulphur crested cockatoo, Tasmanian devil, koala, 
kangaroo, wallaroo, magpie, wombats, wallaby.