Australia

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Australia

Today's schedule

Introducing Unit 3: Australia

Do exercises Unit 3.1

Learning objective

After this lesson, you can name multiple facts about Australia

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What do you know about Australia?

Did you understand what he was saying?

1. I understood everything
2. I understood most
3. I understood some
4. I understood nothing

Australian Fun Facts

The largest cities are: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

However, none of these are the capital of Australia! What is the capital of Australia?

What is the capital of Australia?

1. Wellington
2. Calgary
3. Perth
4. Canberra

There were people living in Australia before English settlers claimed the country. What are they called?

1. Indians
2. Aboriginals
3. Maori
4. Tutsis

Australia is a huge country, with a relatively small population. How many people per square kilometer are there in Australia?

1. 15
2. 33
3. 72
4. 3

Population explained 

Australia has a population of around 25.7 million people. 

The size of Australia is 7.688 million squared kilometers. This means Australia is 22x as big as Germany, which has  population of 83.2 million people .

True or False?
Australia once waged war against emus (large birds) and lost that war.

1. True
2. False

The Great Emu War

The Great Emu War took place in 1932. 
Soldiers armed with guns were told to fight the pest of emus in Australia, since they were destroying farms. Many emus were killed, but the Australian government gave up after a month.

U3L1 Australia

Exercises 1,2,3,4 Online

• Done? Go to lesson 3.2 study box (page 124)  and mark all the words you don't know
• sHave a look at the grammar box page 93 and the past participle ( voltooid deelwoorden) on page 94.

Learning Objective check

After this lesson, you can name multiple facts about Australia