3. Cathy Freeman is an Aborigine athlete. She won a gold medal in the
400m sprint at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
4. Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics
between September 15th and October 1st
2000
Cathy Freeman was an Aboriginal
Australia athlete. She lit the flame at the
Opening Ceremony.
5. Vegemite is an Australian spread that is often
eaten with bread and toast in the place of jam
or butter. It is made from yeast, vegetables and
spices
Barbecues are popular all year round in
Australia due to weather.
7. Sia is a popular singer from
South Australia who was
achieved success with songs
such as Titanium and
Chandelier.
Australia
produces many
popular shows
such as Home
and Away and
Neighbours. Why
do you think
these shows are
so popular?
8. Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial
Services (Qantas) was founded in 1920. Qantas
and Imperial Airways flew their first passengers
to Britain in 1935, and the federal government
took over Qantas in 1947. Qantas carried over
48.8 million passengers in 2017. Sydney International Airport is the busiest
airport in Australia, handling 35,630,549
passengers in 2017.
10. Sydney Opera House. What does it remind
you of?
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is an
arch bridge across Sydney Harbour. It opened in
1932 as the main highway and railroad link
between Sydney on the south shore and its
suburbs to the north. Its span of 500 metres
makes it is one of the longest steel-arch bridges
in the world.
12. The platypus was named for its unusual feet.
The word platypus comes from the Greek
words for ‘broad’ and ‘foot’.
Kookaburrasarebirdsthatbelongtothe
kingfisherfamily.Onetypeisknownasthe
laughingkookaburrabecauseitscallsounds
likeapersonlaughing.
13. In the Coral Sea, off the coast
of Queensland, Australia, lies the Great Barrier
Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world.
A reef is composed of the skeletal remains of
millions of tiny corals. A coral is a type of
invertebrate, or animal without a backbone.
Concern for the reefs’ preservation has
made tourism and fishing there
controversial.
