Symbols of Australia National symbols

Symbols of Australia
National symbols
The coast of arms of officially called the Commonwealth coast of Arms is a formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia. A shield depicting symbols of Australia's six states,is held up by the native Australian animals the kangaroo and the Emu.The seven -pointed Commonwealth star surmounting the crest also represents the states and territories, while floral embles appear below the shield.
Total information about Australia
Country: Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra
Largest City:Sydney
Total area:7692024km/kv
Population:26006500
(Female:12,94mln; male:12,84mln)
Language:English
Government:Federal parlamentary constitutional monarchy
Currency:Australian dollar
Largest river:Murrey(2508kmv)
Higest point: Mount Kosciuzko (2228m)
Lower point:Lake Eyre(330m)
Australia the smallest continent and one of the largest countries and earth lying berween the Pacific and Indian oceans,in the southern Hemisphare . Pacific ocean to the East and the Indian ocean to the West.Australia is the sixth -largest country by land area. Australia's neighboring countries are Indonesia,Papua New Guinea
and East Timor to the North; New Zealand to the southest, and Vanuatu and Solomon Island to the Australia is diveded into six states:
New south wales, Victoria,Queesland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania,and two international territories the nothern territory and the Australian territory which contains Canberra
Canberra is the capital of the Union of Australia. The city and its suburbs form a separate aʼdministrative unit the Australia capital territory.It is located in the south -eastern part of the country, on the share of Lake Burley -Griffen.The climate is a subtropical continental climate.
Climate of Australia
December to February -Summer
March to May -Autumn
June to August -Winter
September to November -Sprin
The Australian continent covers a large range of climate zones, from the tropics in the north to the arid interior and temperatura regions in the south.Australia is the driest of all inhabited continents,with considerable rainfall and temperatura variability both across the country and from year to year

• Australia’s Government
• Federation (federal system)
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Parliamentary Democracy

Parliament House in Canberra is home to Australia’s government.
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Inside Parliament House
Branches of
Government

• Australia has 3 Branches of Government just like any other Democratic Country.
• Executive Branch – this is the Prime Minister
• Legislative Branch – this is Parliament. Parliament is made up of two groups: the House of Representatives and the Senate
• Judicial Branch – made up of all the courts in Australia

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Parliament

• House of Representatives (150 seats): Australia is divided into areas called electorates; people living in each electorate vote for a person to represent them in Parliament.
• The elected person becomes the member of parliament of the House of Representatives for that area.
• Senate (76 seats): People from each state and the 2 territories elect people to be their senators

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Legislature
Legislature = the central authority of a government

• Australia’s legislature is called Parliament.
• The citizens of Australia vote for members of Parliament.
• Members of Parliament belong to many different political parties.

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Leadership
1. Head of State: Monarch of the United Kingdom (king of UK Charles); little political power
2. Governor General: stands in for the monarch
3. Prime Minister: holds the most political power; works closely with the legislature
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How Leaders Are Chosen

• Governor General: appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister; the Constitution does not set a length of term but most serve for 5 years
• Prime Minister: is the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives; indirectly elected by the people

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Australia’s
History
Hobart-non-ferrous metallurgy, automobile and shipbuilding, cement, textile, food industry
Sydney-electrotechnical engineering, radio electronics, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, oil refining, chemical, textile, printing, food, and paper industries.
Perth-Heavy and transport engineering, chemical, textile, food industry enterprises;
Melbourne-industry: shipbuilding and ship repair, automobile industry, machine tool industry, agricultural machinery, textiles, food and footwear.