History & Culture of Australia: DR Marcin Buczek
History & Culture of Australia: DR Marcin Buczek
History & Culture of Australia: DR Marcin Buczek
OF AUSTRALIA
dr Marcin Buczek
Some Facts
OFFICIAL NAME : Commonwealth of Australia
CAPITAL: Canberra
TOTAL AREA: 7,700,000 sq.km
POPULATION: 24 million people
HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General
FORM OF GVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy
PORTS: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
LONGEST RIVER: the Darling (2,740 km)
HIGHEST POINT: Mount Kosciusko (2,230 m)
NATURAL RESOURCES: coal, zink, nickel, gold, wool
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Australian Day , 16 January (1788)
MONEY: basic unit – Australian dollar
NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kangaroo and Emu
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Advance Australia Fair / “Waltzing Matilda”
The flag of Australia is the only one to
fly over a whole continent. The small
Union Jack represents the historical
link with Britain, the large seven-
pointed star represents the six States
and Territories, and the small stars
from the Southern Cross – a
prominent feature of the southern
hemisphere night sky.
• hunting tools
• laws, customs,
ceremonies
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Early Aboriginal Culture
Aborigines usually lived and traveled in small
groups called clans.
Clans included one to five families.
They shared a common language and religion.
Neighboring clans often traded food, tools, and
other goods.
Hunters and Gatherers
Early Aborigines were hunter-gatherers,
They hunted kangaroos, possums, turtles and seals.
They used bones, wood, and stones, to construct tools and weapons
for hunting.
They used nets and harpoons to catch fish.
In the Outback, Aborigines used spears and boomerangs to hunt.
A boomerang is a piece of carved wood thrown by hunters at their
prey.
Many Aboriginal tribes also gathered edible fruits and plants.