1. What is the capital of Australia?

What does its name

mean?
The capital of Australia is Canberra. Australia means
meeting place.
2. How many states are there in Australia? 6
3. What are the biggest cities in Australia? Sydney,
Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin
4. Who discovered Australia? When? Captain James Cook in
1770.
5. Who were the first people who came to Australia?
Convicts (British criminals)
6. Why did so many people come to Australia in the 19th
century? To look for gold
7. How are Native Australians called? Aborigines
8. What instrument do they play? The Didgeridoo
9. What is Uluru? How it is also called? A huge rock in the
desert. It’s called Ayers Rock.
10. What’s Australia’s highest mountain? Mount Kosciusko
11. What’s Australia’s longest river? Murray-Darling
12. What is Tasmania? Australia’s biggest island.
13. Which animals live in Australia? Koalas, kangaroos,
crocodiles, emus, platypus, echidnas and dingos
14. What are stilt houses? Where can you fid them? They are
wooden houses on tall posts. We can find them in
Brisbane.
15. What is the outback? The hot and flat centre of Australia,
the desert.
16. What is the name of the largest outback town? Alice
Springs
17. How many children use the School of the Air? 20.000
18. How long is the Great Barrier Reef? 2000km
19. Where does Australia’s money come from? Sheep (wool),
cattle (meat), wheat, fruit, wine and minerals
20. What is the name of the tornado that devastated
northern Australia in 1974? Cyclone Tracy
21. Does it snow in Australia? Where? Yes, only in the South
East and Tasmania.
22. Where can you see the Opera House? In Sydney
23. Name four famous Aussies: (remind them of the power
point)

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