Image 1: The kangaroo is a marsupial and the national animal of Australia.
Image 2: The boomerang is a simple weapon that's been used in
Australia for 10,000 years. The boomerang is mostly used for sport
now. It is shaped in such a way that if you throw it properly it
will return to you.
Image 3: The emu is the national bird of Australia. It is
the largest bird native to Australia and the only living member of the
genus Dromaius. Although emus cannot fly, they can travel great
distances at a fast trot and can sprint at 50 km/h (31 mph)
Image 4: Sydney Opera House is a famous Australian building and
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It houses multiple performance
venues. As one of the busiest performing arts centres in the
world, the Sydney Opera House provides a venue for many performing arts
companies including the four key resident companies Opera Australia, The
Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra.
Image 5: Australia's flag has a blue field with the Union Flag
in the upper left quarter and a large white seven-pointed star known as
the Commonwealth Star in the lower left quarter and the Southern Cross
on the right hand side.
Image 6: Australia's national flower is the golden wattle.
It is a tree which flowers in late winter and spring, producing a mass
of fragrant, fluffy, golden flowers.
Image 7: Australia has a lot of sheep and cattle farms.
Image 8: Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere
comprising the large island continent of Australia, the island of
Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Australia has 6 states and 2 major territories.
Image 9: The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven national
wonders of the world. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's
largest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900
islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of
approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef
is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east
Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and
is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.
This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny
organisms, known as coral polyps.
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