Australia

We have just learned about Australia in Geography. Can you do this quiz?

1. Australia is called the land ___________________.

2. The first people to live in Australia were ___________________.

3. Australia is about the size of the ___________________.

4. The middle part of the country is called the ___________________.

5. Australia has about ten times more ___________________ than people.

6. A ranch is known as a ___________________ in Australia.

7. A marsupial is an animal that carries its young in a _________________.

8. The Great Barrier Reef has the world's largest deposit of ___________________.

9. Australia was first used as a ___________________ colony by the English.

10. The aborigines used the ___________________ as a weapon.

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Australians speak English just like you and me, but there are some words that Australians use that are very different.

We say:	Australians say:
countryside	bush
chicken	chook
friend	mate
good day or hello	g'day
sweater	jumper
sweets	lollies
farm	station
ketchup	tomato sauce
sheila	girl, female
barbecue	barbie