Презентация "Культура Австралии"

Australia is a fascinating country. It is full of strange and wonderful places, unusual animals and amazing culture.

Australia is called “ the upside down world”, because it lies in the Southern Hemisphere where winter comes in July and summer begins in December.

It was discovered by the Dutch in 1606, but the continent was not settled till Captain Cook discovered the east coast in 1770. It was first used as colony for convicts.

Australia is an island, a continent and a country. It's the world's largest island and its smallest (but oldest!) continent. And it's the only country that has a whole continent to itself!

Australia is located to the south of Asia between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas.

The total area of the country is 7.7 million square km.

There are 6 states and 2 territories in Australia.

The population of the country is more than 20 million people. It is mainly of British origin. Most of them live in the eight large cities. There are about 200000 aborigines (native inhabitants) in Australia.

Aborigine means first inhabitant. Aborigines of Australia live in the hot, dry desert near the middle of Australia.

Aborigines came to Australia over 40 thousand years ago. Some people think they came in boats, others think there was a land bridge they walked across. No one really knows for sure.

Aborigines did not read or write, so they have no history books to study. They kept track of their past through songs and stories.

They believe in what they call Dreaming. This is when spirits created the world and gave it life. Then the spirits went to live in a rock or tree. These became sacred to the Aborigines.

• Aborigines did not build houses because they were constantly moving to new places hunting for food. It was so hot that they needed very little shelter

They started a fire by rubbing two sticks together, and they used this fire to cook their food and keep them warm if the night got chilly.

They had artists who carved and drew. They had a hard, but good life. This was the way it was.

Today there are few true Aborigines left. They work on large sheep and cattle ranches. Their children now attend school.

They have changed and survived, just as they have survived over 40.000 years in the deserts in Australia.