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1、Geographicallyisolated?It’sthesmallestcontinentintheworldandit’sthebiggestislandintheworld.Australiaisanisland,surroundedbywater.Itislocatedonthesmallestcontinentintheworld.Itisthesixthlargestcountryintheworld.WesternAustraliaNorthernTerritorySouthAustral
2、iaNewSouthWalesQueenslandVictoriaTasmaniaAustraliaCapitalThePeoplePopulation:21,700,000(March2009)Populationgrowthrate:0.87%Ethnicgroups:Caucasian92%,Asian7%,aboriginalandother1%(2001)Languages:English79.1%,Chinese2.1%,Italian1.9%,other11.1%,unspecified5.
3、8%(2009)OfficialNameCommonwealthofAustraliaQueenElizabethIIhasbeentheheadofstatesince1973TheQueenisrepresentedbyagovernor-generalandbyagovernorineachstateNationalbirdEmu鸸鹋NationalanimalkangarooNationalColoursGuess?goldandgreenWhy?LongassociatedwithAustral
4、iansportingachievements,thenationalcolourshavestrongenvironmentalconnections.Goldindicatesimagesofthecountry’sbeaches,mineralwealth,grainharvestsandwidedesert.GreenevokestheforestsandpasturesoftheAustralianlandscape.GreenandgoldarethecoloursofAustralia’sn
5、ationalfloralemblem–thegoldenwattleCanberraCapital1908–sitechosenforAustralia’scapitalFamousLandmarks–FederalParliamentHouse,TheNationalLibrary,TheHighCourt,TheAustralianWarMemorial,TheNationalArtGallerySydneyLargestandoldestcityinAustraliaHosted2000Olymp
6、icsFamouslandmarks–TheSydneyHarbourBridgeTheSydneyOperaHouse,BondiBeachNotthecapitalbutthebiggestcityinAustraliaAustralianOpenTennisChampionshipsMelbourneTheCommonwealthofAustraliawascreatedonJanuary1,1901-FederationDay-whensixformerBritishcolonies-nowthe
7、sixStatesofAustralia-agreedtoformaunion.政府（Government):澳大利亚国家政权和义务由联邦政府、州政府和地方政府三级分担。FederalorCentralgovernmentStategovernmentLocalgovernmentBasicStructureofAustraliaGovernmentBasicStructureofAustraliaGovernmentFederalGovernmentLegislature—ParliamentExecu
8、tiveJudiciarytheSenatetheHouseofRepresentativesPrimeMinister&CabinetHighCourtofAustralia&federalcourtsColonialPeriodWilliamDampierwasthefirstEnglishsailorlandedonthenorthwestcoastofAustraliain1688JamesCooklandedonth
