The Entrance, New South Wales

Australia is situated in the Southern Hemisphere as well as the Eastern Hemisphere sharing its location with Europe, Africa and Asia. It is the smallest and most isolated continent and due to this fact, it is referred to as the 'island continent. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world by land area. Australia is the flattest continent, with an average height of 330 metres above sea level, as well as an average annual precipitation of 450 millimetres, making it the driest inhabited…

2: gippslond lakes of Victoria 3: lake Victoria in Victoria 4: parking river in nsw 5: snowy river Victoria 6: old river Western Australia 7: mount Kosciuszko nsw 8: mount zeal northern territory 9: mount ossa Tasmania 10: pedirka desert South Australia 11: great Victoria Desert in Victoria 12: Tanami desert in northern territory 13: Western Australia has an arid to semi-arid climate with warm tropical regions in its north and dry arid in its center 14: warm temperate to arid 15:…

the British needed to find a new place that they could settle and send their convicts to. The British had many push and pull factors that made them want to establish a settlement in New South Wales. Some of these factors included that the convicts couldn’t be sent to the US anymore, the industrial revolution was also a huge factor and they were drawn to Australia to start a new settlement there. When the war of Independence ended in America, the British had to find a new place to send their…

Francoise, and Jon Utzon. “Sydney Opera House.” Picon, Antoine: L’art de l’ingenieur, Paris: Editions du Centre Pompiduo (1997) This genuine piece of architecture is possibly Australia’s most famous building. The Sydney Opera House is located in New South Wales, Australia in the city of Sydney. In 1955, Bennelong Point officially became the ideal site of where the house would be constructed. This impressive architectural structure was built in three different stages. In the first stage, the…

Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip. Anzac Day, is known as the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand. This holiday broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and “the contribution and…

On the 26th of January, 1788, the Eora people watched as the first fleet, a group of 11 ships carrying convicts and supplies landed in Sydney Cove. In 1818, the founding of the colony's 30th anniversary, the first official celebration for foundation day, as it was called, was held. The government ordered a 30-gun salute at Dawes Point. In 1837 the first running of the Australia Day regatta was held in Sydney Harbour. Happy with the success of the regatta, the organizers resolved to make it an…

Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was established by the British in 1788. It is a centre of business, and the centre of transport in Western Sydney. Parramatta is the oldest city in Australia. It consists of many important historical buildings and places such as Cumberland Hospital Museum, Harris Park Heritage Walk, and it is the home of education, and has many schools as Arthur Phillip High School, which was built in 1960. Parramatta has many celebrations, and events,…

The Australian Strike at Wave Hill station(August 1966), commonly known as The Wave Hill “Walk off” symbolised a turning point in aboriginal rights, as Aboriginal workers abandoned their duties at the cattle station in protest of poor wages and working conditions. The strike soon shifted its motives and became an issue of humanitarian rights, as the Gurindji people were denied ownership of their stolen land. The issue swiftly became symbolic of maltreatment of Aboriginal people throughout…

The Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia. located in outback South Australia about 200 kilometres north from the city of Adelaide (125 miles). The Flinders ranges stretch for over 430 kilometres. Starting at Port Pirie and ending near lake Callabonna 120 kilometers from Cameron corner, the junction of South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. How where the ranges formed? Believe it or not about 8oo million years ago the Ranges…

area inside of south-eastern Australia. They are to major rivers Murray river and the Darling river, It goes over most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and Australian Capital Territory .It also goes over parts of the states, e.g, Queensland (lower third) , South Australia (south-eastern corner).Some facts about the Murray Darling basin is that the river is one of Australia’s longest ever river. The Murray River flows between Mount Kosciuszko (Southern Alps) and Goolwa (South…