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37 Cards in this Set
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Darwin
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Capital of Northern Australia
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Kakadu National Park
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Home of aboriginal Tribes + Crocs etc.
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Ayers Rock
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World's largest single rock, known by its aboriginal name, Uluru
Bottom of Northern Australia |
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Cairns
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Gateway to Great Barrier Reef in Queensland
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Brisbane
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Capital of Queensland
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Gold Coast
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Home of resorts; in Queensland
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Gateway to Australia
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New South Wales
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Sydney
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Penal Colony; Capital of New South Wales
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Blue Mountains
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Droplets of aromatic air - blue haze
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Canberra
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Federal Capital
1900s New Capital b/t Melbourne and Sydney Means - Meeting place in aborigine |
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Australian Alps
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Ski Villages in Victoria
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Melbourne
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Capital of Victoria
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Philip Island
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Penguins; South of Melbourne
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Adelaide
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Capital of South Australia
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Murray River
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Australia's Equivalent to Miss. River
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Kangaroo Island
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Kangaroo Reserve South West of Adelaide
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Coober Pedy
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Opal capital
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Perth
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Capital of Western Australia
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80% of world's mother-of-pearl was once in this North Western City
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Broome
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Hobart
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Capital of Tasmania
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World Heritage National Park
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Protects 30% of Tasmania
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Aborigines
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Asian immigrants from 50,000 years ago that traveled on land bridges
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Captain James Cook
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Claimed and named New South Wales in 1700s
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About 750,000 lived in Australia when the British arrived. Today,
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less than one percent of the population is aborigine.
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Between 1942-1972
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more than 2 million immigrants
WWII |
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___% of population lives on Coast
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80
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Outback
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Interior, mostly desert
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6 States
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1. Northern Australia
2. Queensland 3. New South Wales 4. Victoria 5. South Austalia 6. West Australia |
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2 Territories
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1. Northern Territory
2. Australian Capital Territory |
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___% of the continent consists of plains and plateaus
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90%
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Australia is surrounded by
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South Pacidic and Indian Oceans and by the
Timor, Arufura, Coral, and Tasman Seas |
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Great Barrier Reef
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Worlds longest coral reed, extends more then 1250 miles
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Great Dividing Range
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Queensland and New South Wales
Main mountain range |
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Timor Sea
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Northwest of Northern Austalia
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Arufura Sea
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Between Northern Australia and Queensland
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Coral Sea
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Runs along Queensland's Barrier Reef
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Tasman Sea
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East of Tasmania
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