AUSTRALIA THE LAND DOWN UNDER by Emma
AUSTRALIA THE LAND DOWN UNDER Australia is a continent.  It is located land down under because it is down near the very bottom of the in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.  Some people call it the world, near Antarctica.  There are six states in Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, West Australia and Tasmania
		Famous Places Australia has many wonderful places that you could visit.  On the east coast of Queensland is the Great Barrier Reef.  It is the world’s largest coral formation.  It has tons and tons of tiny bright-colored fish and coral that you can see from the moon.  Take a look at a map of Australia and you can find the Great Barrier Reef.  Ayers Rock is a famous landmark in Uluro, the national park of Australia.  It is red and 1.5 miles long.  There are caves in it that have ancient paintings drawn on the walls.  The largest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne.  The capital city is Canberra.  Michael Tjakamarra Neelso made a beautiful mosaic in front of the parliament house.  The Murry River is the largest river in Australia.  It is 1,609 miles long, and a wonderful place to take a relaxing boat ride.
Climate Australia has a range of temperatures.  In parts of it there are hot dry sandy deserts and in other parts it is wet like in Tasmania’s rainforest. There are violent storms called cyclones where the wind can get up too 100 mph.  There seasons are opposite of America’s seasons.  In summer (America’s winter.) it is about 86^oF and in winter (America’s summer) it is about 77^o F.  So if you go to Australia you will pretty much be wearing shorts and T-shirts all year long.		Rainbow
Aborigine		People Australia’s people are both different from and alike people in America.  There are 18,000,000 people living there.  Black first lived in Australia, but now there are many white people living among them.  The main religion is Christianity, and many of them are Catholics.  A cave serves as a home for the people who live in parts of Australia where the sun is scorching hot.  They live in them for protection.
Food Australia has foods much like America’s, and some very different.  The similar foods include wheat, barley, papaws, currants, apples, grapes, strawberries, oranges and my personal favorite, mangos.  More unusual foods are grubs, turtle eggs, and daisy yams.  Australia has vineyards where grapes are grown to make wine.  The main meal in Australia is meat, veggies, and povlova-a sponge cake with chocolate and coconut.		Papaws
A Bushfire		Interesting Facts  There are many things to know about Australia.  Watch out bushfires acre once a year.  If you were to this fascinating continent/country/island than you would probably be watching or playing Rugby (football) and all day long.
Animals Australia’s animals are known to only live in Australia.  Kangaroos and koalas are well known as marsupials are located all over the island.  Emus are another one of most exiting creatures.  Emus are birds that can’t fly.  Other birds both colorful and great to watch are spotted in Tasmania’s cool and wet areas.  The Tasmanian devil and the wombat (a small, fluffy, bear-like animal) live in Tasmania.  Platypuses like and grassy areas to raise their young in.  They’re also found in Australia.  Farmers use their cattle and sheep to help them on the farm.                Australia is scary and exiting. Now you know why.		Kangaroos Common Ringtail
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