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Food 2/05 CM
Australia http://travel.cnn.com/australia |
Australia, the Land Down Under, home of the kangaroo, the koala and the kookaburras, is an island continent that was colonized by European settlers in the later half of the 18th century. Australian cuisine is commonly dismissed as heavy, fast food cooking or weird dishes with kangaroo or crocodile meat as ingredients. Wrong and wrong again! Like its indigenous flora and fauna, the landscape of Australian cooking and food is varied and diverse with surprisingly twists to normal recipes. Scroll below for some interesting facts about Australian food.
Meat, Fish and Vegetables ✤ The large coastline (11 million sq km) of Australia is home to many aquatic species, so it makes sense that seafood is a predominant food choice. Australia has nearly 600 varieties of fish, both ocean and freshwater, so fish species like the barramundi, abalone and lobsters feature regularly amongst most Australian recipes. |
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Food 2/06 CM
Australia http://www.innovation.gov.au/industry/FoodProcessingIndustry/Pages/AustraliasFoodProcessingIndustryFactSheet.aspx |
In 2012-13, the food and beverage share of total manufacturing value added was 21.6 per cent; this is virtually unchanged compared to 2002-03 share at 21.5 per cent. Overall, this showed that over the ten years from 2002-03 to 2012-13 the annual average growth was 0.1 per cent. Total manufacturing value add also grew at a negative rate over the same period but at a slightly higher rate of -0.2 per cent. In general, the percentage of total manufacturing value added compared to total Australian GDP has fallen from 9.7 per cent in 2002-03 to 7.1 per cent in 2012-13.
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Food 2/06 CM
Australia http://www.innovation.gov.au/industry/FoodProcessingIndustry/Pages/AustraliasFoodProcessingIndustryFactSheet.aspx |
In 2012-13, the food and beverage industry employed 225 100 persons representing 23.6 per of total manufacturing employment. Over the last 10 years employment in the food and beverage sector has continued to rise, including its share in total manufacturing employment.
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Food 2/06 CM
Australia http://www.ehow.com/about_5217612_australian-food.html |
Australia has given the world many wonderful things, such as kangaroos, koalas, Ayers Rock, and the famous Sydney Opera House. The country has also shared with the world its diverse culture, including its foods and wines. These delicacies are primarily to be found on the continent, but some can also be discovered in stores that carry imported foods.
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Animals 2/06 CM
Australia http://www.australia.com/about/key-facts/australias-animals.aspx |
Our unique animals are one of the many reasons people visit our country. Australia has more than 378 mammal species, 828 bird species, 4000 fish species, 300 species of lizards, 140 snake species, two crocodile species and around 50 types of marine mammal.
More than 80 per cent of our plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia and are found no-where else. Some of our best-known animals are the kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat. Australia’s native animals can often be difficult to spot in the wild, but you are guaranteed to see them in our world-class zoos and wildlife parks across our major cities and regional areas. These include Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, the Rainforest Habitat in Port Douglas, Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary, South Australia’s Cleland Wildlife Park and Queensland’s Australia Zoo, amongst others. |
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Animals 2/06 CM
Australia http://www.australia.com/about/key-facts/australias-animals.aspx |
Australia doesn’t have large predatory animals, the dingo, or wild dog, is our largest carnivorous mammal. Other unique carnivorous animals include the Numbat, Quoll and Tasmanian Devil, but none of these are larger than the size of an average house cat.
Dingoes are found all across Australia, except for Tasmania. Best places to see them are Queensland’s Fraser Island, Western Australia’s Kimberley and across the deserts of the Northern Territory and South Australia. Numbats are only found in Western Australia; and apart from wildlife parks, you can only see Tasmanian Devils in the wild in Tasmania. Endangered Quolls are also difficult to spot in the wild, but inhabit the wet forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a small area of northern Queensland. The bilby, a member of the bandicoot family, may be seen in Francois Peron National Park in Western Australia |
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Animals 2/06 CM
Australia http://www.traveltelly.com/2012/05/australian-animals-fun-facts/ |
-Did you know that you can find 4 different species of kangaroos in Australia?
You could spot the red kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and the western grey kangaroo. Most kangaroos only live in Australia but some of them are found in New-Guinea as well. Wallabies are family of the kangaroo and in OZ you could find a rock wallaby, tree wallaby, agile wallaby, red-necked wallaby and more. |
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Animals 2/07 CM
Australia http://www.traveltelly.com/2012/05/australian-animals-fun-facts/ |
-Did you know that the Australian Sea Lions only breed on the west and south coasts of Australia?
The best place to spot Australian Sea Lions is Kangaroo Island, near Adelaide. |
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://www.ego4u.de/de/read-on/countries/australia/facts-history |
Although Australia encompasses a vast amount of land (7,686,850 sq. km., or 2,967,909 sq. mi.), it only has six States - five of which are on the mainland, and one which is an island. The five mainland States are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. The island State is Tasmania. Australia also has two Territories, which have their own executive branches of government. Those are the Australian Capital Territory, or ACT, and Northern Territory. There are also several islands off the coast of Australia which are dependent upon it. Those are Ashmore, Cartier, Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Coral Sea, Heard, McDonald, Norfolk, and Macquarie Islands.
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107296.html |
The continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft; 2,228 m). The western half of the continent is occupied by a desert plateau that rises into barren, rolling hills near the west coast. The Great Barrier Reef, extending about 1,245 mi (2,000 km), lies along the northeast coast. The island of Tasmania (26,178 sq mi; 67,800 sq km) is off the southeast coast
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://www.infoplease.com/country/australia.html |
he continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft; 2,228 m). The western half of the continent is occupied by a desert plateau that rises into barren, rolling hills near the west coast. The Great Barrier Reef, extending about 1,245 mi (2,000 km), lies along the northeast coast. The island of Tasmania (26,178 sq mi; 67,800 sq km) is off the southeast coast.
Read more: Australia: Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel/Holidays/Cities | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/country/australia.html#ixzz2seWY5ThA |
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509135957AAn1SOG |
Australian women won the right to vote in 1902.
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509135957AAn1SOG |
The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aborigines, who migrated there at least 40,000 years ago from Southeast Asia.
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509135957AAn1SOG |
Australia not discovered by Europeans until the 17th century.
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509135957AAn1SOG |
.In 1770 Capt. James Cook took possession of the Australian land in the name of Great Britain.
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History 2/07 CM
Australia http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509135957AAn1SOG |
Australia has many natural resources which include natural gas and petroleum, diamonds, nickel, uranium, bauxite, coal, zinc, tin, iron ore, mineral sands, silver, lead, and (Wolfram) tungsten.
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