Australia

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B ﻿ y: Faith Olson 




 * ~Historical Summary:  Australia is the only continent that is also a country. Also it is the largest island , yet the smallest continent . New South Wales was first discovered in the 1780s. However, Western Australia and Northern Territory have been known by Dutch explorers as early as the 1500-1600s . When settlers came, they <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">first settled into the states like Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> It wasn't until the <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">early 1900s, did the states decide to unite to become one country, Australia. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This is known as a 'Federation'. <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Aborigines were the first people to settle in Australia <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> and they wore very little clothing but they painted different designs on themselves to signify that they were and Aborigine. ||                        **<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Historical Timeline **

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 275px;"> || **<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">~Historical Enemies: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> During World War 2, <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Adolf Hitler had taken over Germany <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> and many other countries around that area and <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">controlled the Jews. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> He sent them to "Concentration Camps." <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Australia, being a pretty neutral country did not agree with this and became enemies to not Germany, but Nazi Germany. <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #2200c1; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">

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 * **<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">~Historical Conflicts: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> In Australia it is common to hear of the <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">religious conflict between the "Irish Catholics" and the Protestants. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Australians were also involved in the infamous <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Boer War" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> in South Africa. <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 1899 and 1902 more than 10,000 Australian soldiers sailed for South Africa to support British troops engaged in the war against the Boer Settlers. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In World War 1 more than <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">330,000 Australians served overseas. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Of these, nearly <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">60,000 died <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">152,000 were wounded <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, and over <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4000 were taken prisoner <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, of whom <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">395 died in captivity. <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #2200c1; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8mf1PkNRoGIkCK9lrOcgdV-PEjkJYh9ABSISrcAUEIg6ws-BAUA height="168" caption="Irish Catholics" link="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/ellis-island/cartoon-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/nast.htm&usg=__c9wQGiBO53enw2W75MxTxYSA07A=&h=580&w=804&sz=172&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=JkXd5IcRPVZA5M:&tbnh=136&tbnw=181&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dirish%2Bcatholic%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1134%26bih%3D699%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=128&vpy=182&dur=440&hovh=191&hovw=264&tx=108&ty=128&ei=cA73TOfwBoW8lQeelbGvBg&oei=QQ73TICYAYL88AawhNi8Bw&esq=4&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0"]]


 * <span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Australia: **




 * <span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Australia and the World: **



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<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 238px;"> || **<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">~Flag & Significance ** <span style="color: #ac64c9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~Red: hardiness, bravery, strength & valour ~White: peace and honesty ~Blue: vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice ||
 * <span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~Significance~ **
 * **<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">~Traditional Cultures: ** <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Australia is monolingual. The <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">English Language is most widely spoken and the accent of the people has added a distinctive flavor and vocabulary to the original language. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> The other languages that are spoken in Australia are <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Greek <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">, <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Italian <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> and the <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Chinese <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> Language... although <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">the Australian Aboriginal languages have survived. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> There are a number of <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">art galleries, ballet theaters and symphony orchestras and operas in the capital cities. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> Australian architecture is best shown-off in the iconic <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Sydney Opera House <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> and the <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Parliament House in Canberra <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">. <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Vegemite <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> is unique to Australia. This nutritious spread can be eaten at any meal. <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">Australians love their ale (beer) and an assortment of wines. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> Australians are very fond of sport, both as spectators and participants. Cricket, football (soccer), <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">rugby <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">, soccer (football), motor racing, golf and horse racing are among the many other <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">sports they enjoy. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;"> Australians are known to display <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">an attitude and character that is as strong as their beliefs <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: normal;">. Australian <span style="background-color: #6363d9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">dress code is largely informal.  <span style="background-color: #6363d9; border-collapse: separate; color: #2200c1; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;">[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwgNJUXtpBJkTEz7jRFXtU0lU7QTXElnLe1vJLUFAuUXc7TQTM-g height="211" caption="Australians Playing Rugby" link="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_large/2009/08/08/2008_tri_nations_south_africa_v_australia__tt1f_3e.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.stylehive.com/tag/live_south_africa_vs_australia&usg=__IAymTrYZddLVM_B8Vwx4XxwS3wk=&h=441&w=500&sz=61&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=wF5VCCTibP_cSM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=174&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daustralia%2Brugby%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1134%26bih%3D699%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=583&vpy=275&dur=2362&hovh=211&hovw=239&tx=129&ty=126&ei=3A73TO6uDIKC8gb6lOW0Bw&oei=3A73TO6uDIKC8gb6lOW0Bw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0"]]  || **<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">~Traditional Clothing: **



<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #6363d9; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-collapse: separate; color: #ffffff; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes..Ladies....Ugg Boots are from Australia :) But originally they were used to keep the elements from harming their bodies and they were made out of sheepskin, although they are not made of sheepskin they are still used for the same purpose. ["Ugg" is short for Ugly.]



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**<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~Lamington~ **

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**<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~Pavlova~ ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">

**<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">~Milo~ **

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**<span style="color: #6363d9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~TimTams~ **

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