1. Australia
By: Kaylan
and Tristan

2. Special holidays
December 26 is the Boxing Day holiday celebrated
throughout most of Australia, except the state of South
Australia. South Australia observes a holiday known as
Proclamation Day, instead of Boxing Day, on December
26.
Boxing day is not actually fighting, Boxing Day is
traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when
servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their
superiors or employers, known as a "Christmas box".
Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public
holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or
second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on
national or regional laws. It is observed in the United
Kingdom, Hong Kong and Australia.

3. Traditions: Crab Racing
Hermit crabs sit in an aquarium before the start
of a crab race at a pub called the Friend in Hand
in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 21, 2013. Crab Racing
is held every night at several pubs across Sydney.
With up to 30 crabs placed in the center of a
table and then released to see which one reaches
the edge of the table first and declared the
winner. Betters typically win prizes like t-shirts
or beer.

4. Communication Styles
Australia is a nation with over 100
languages being spoken by those
sections of the population who have
emigrated there from all over the world,
English is the official and by far the most
commonly spoken language.

5. Geographic areas of greatest
population
Settlers arrived on the Australian continent from Southeast Asia
about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began
exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were
made until 1770, when Captain James Cook took possession of
Australia in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created
in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
They federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in
1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to
rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to
make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I
and II.