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By Anita Ganeri
What's Uluru? What language is spoken in Australia? the place do koala bears reside? This booklet solutions those questions and extra because it introduces younger readers to the continent of Australia via age-appropriate maps, attractive images, and straightforward textual content. themes coated in the publication comprise the place the continent is, weather, geography, animals and crops, international locations, humans and languages, typical assets, towns, and recognized locations.
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Read this book to learn the answers to all these questions and more! This book introduces young readers to the continent of Australia through age-appropriate maps, engaging photographs, and simple text. Topics covered within the book include where the continent of Australia is, its climate, geography, animals and plants, countries, people and languages, natural resources, cities, and famous places. About the authors: Anita Ganeri studied languages at Cambridge University. She is now an award-winning author of children’s information books, covering a wide range of topics from grammar to volcanoes.
4. Kangaroos and koalas 3. Below 2. Aboriginals 29 1. com/tell-me/people-and-places/ our-7-continents Various games, puzzles, and activities about the seven continents can be found on this website. com/kids/games/ geographygames/copycat This fun game helps you to find the continents on a map of the world. com This site has lots of maps, facts, and figures about continents. 31 Index Aboriginal people 7, 21, 23 animals 14–15, 16, 28 area of Australia 5 art and music 6, 23 Canberra 26 cities 26, 28 continents 4 culture 23 deserts 8, 17 Eyre, Lake 11 famous places 6–7 farming 10, 18 Fiji 25 flying doctor 27 geography 8–11 Great Barrier Reef 15 Great Dividing Range 9, 10 Great Victoria Desert 8 Indian Ocean 5 islands 25 Kosciuszko, Mount 5, 9 lakes 11 mining 19 mountains 5, 9 Murray-Darling River 5, 10 natural resources 18–19 New Zealand 25 32 Oceania 25 outback 18, 27 Pacific Ocean 5, 25 Papua New Guinea 25 people 20–21 plants 16–17 population 5 rivers 5, 10 seasons 13 sheep farming 18, 28 sport 22 states 24 Sydney 26 Sydney Opera House 6 Tasmania 5 territories 24 Uluru (Ayers Rock) 7 weather 12–13 Western Australia 24 wild fires 12 Introducing Continents Introducing Australia • What is Uluru?
4. Name two types of marsupials. 4. Kangaroos and koalas 3. Below 2. Aboriginals 29 1. com/tell-me/people-and-places/ our-7-continents Various games, puzzles, and activities about the seven continents can be found on this website. com/kids/games/ geographygames/copycat This fun game helps you to find the continents on a map of the world. com This site has lots of maps, facts, and figures about continents. 31 Index Aboriginal people 7, 21, 23 animals 14–15, 16, 28 area of Australia 5 art and music 6, 23 Canberra 26 cities 26, 28 continents 4 culture 23 deserts 8, 17 Eyre, Lake 11 famous places 6–7 farming 10, 18 Fiji 25 flying doctor 27 geography 8–11 Great Barrier Reef 15 Great Dividing Range 9, 10 Great Victoria Desert 8 Indian Ocean 5 islands 25 Kosciuszko, Mount 5, 9 lakes 11 mining 19 mountains 5, 9 Murray-Darling River 5, 10 natural resources 18–19 New Zealand 25 32 Oceania 25 outback 18, 27 Pacific Ocean 5, 25 Papua New Guinea 25 people 20–21 plants 16–17 population 5 rivers 5, 10 seasons 13 sheep farming 18, 28 sport 22 states 24 Sydney 26 Sydney Opera House 6 Tasmania 5 territories 24 Uluru (Ayers Rock) 7 weather 12–13 Western Australia 24 wild fires 12 Introducing Continents Introducing Australia • What is Uluru?