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  • What is the capital of Australia?
    Canberra
  • What kinds of metal can be found in Australia?
    gold, silver, iron, copper, coal
  • Who discovered Australia in the late 17th century?
    Abel Tasman (a Dutch explorer)
  • What is produced in Australia?
    meat, fruit, vegetables, wool wine
  • What is the largest Australian city?
    Sydney
  • What is "the outback"?
    the dry area of Australia
  • What dangerous animals live in Australia?
    spiders, snakes, crocodiles, sharks, jellyfish
  • What do we call the first people to arrive in Australia?
    the Aborigines
  • Name three animals that live in Australia.
    the kangaroo, the koala, the platypus
  • What is the School of the Air?
    an online teacher
  • What does the name "Australia" mean?
    southern land
  • What did the British use Australia first for?
    as a prison
  • Who claimed the land for Britain in the 18th century?
    Captain James Cook
  • When did the Aborigines arrive in Australia?
    10 000 years ago - during the last Ice Age