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CIVILISATION DES PAYS ANGLOPHONES|AUSTRALIA |
• I – General background :
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( The Australian flag clearly shows a link with Geat Britain with the Union Jack in the corner. On this flag, “the Southern Star” can also be seen. There is one point for each state of Australia.
( As it is 18.000 away from Europe the flight to go there lasts 24 hours. It is 7 (in summer) to 9 (in winter) hours ahead.
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( It has roughly the same size as the US. The Australian Federation is composed of six States : Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and Southern Australia. To those six States two territories have to be added : the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. There are few inhabitants and lots of problems in the Northern Territory. It used to belong to Southern Australia.
( Sidney is the largest city, populated with over four milion inhabitants, i.e one out of five Australian. As it was built on a harbour, lots of people go working by boat.
Sidney is often thought to be the capital city but actually it is Canberra. Only 332.798 people live there. This city was built because of the rivalry between Sidney and Melbourne. They couldn’t agree to decide which city was the best one to pich up as a capital, so they decided to build a new town and created a new special territory around this town : the Australian Capital Territory, so that there is no jealousy about which state the capital city belongs to. The building started in 1913 around a lake. In 1927, the Parliament moved to Canberra.
( Australia is such a dry country. You can find equatorial, tropical, subtropical and temperate climates as well as deserts and grasslands. Because it is rare, peope are encouraged to save water.
Most people live along the Eastern coast where there is rain and a temperate climate. 80 % of the population live within 50 kms of the coast. Almost one third of the country is