Each country is amazing, and when you get to know it better, you understand that each state has its own characteristics and interesting habits. Australia is a wonderful multicultural country with many different nationalities. There is no cold winter in this country - here summer lasts from December to February. When it snows in other parts of the world, Australian people bask and sunbathe on the beach.
Here you can meet dangerous and unique animals that you will not see anywhere else! We have compiled ten of the most interesting facts about Australia for schoolchildren and their parents!
10. Symbolic coat of arms
The coat of arms is an emblem, a distinctive feature of the people. For example, the Australian coat of arms depicts a kangaroo and Australia's largest emu bird, which carry a special meaning.
These amazing animals of the state do not know how to move backward, never back away, they only move forward or to the side. Even if they try, they cannot because of the structure of their limbs. Since animals do not move backward, this is a symbol of progress, movement only forward! This is the course that the state is moving.
9. Unique ecosystem
80% of Australians (and this is a large part) live in a hundred-kilometer coastal zone, while forests and deserts are preserved intact. Australia has amazing mountains: they are as diverse and unusual as the mainland itself. The highest mountain is called Kosciuszko, its height: 2228 meters.
On the continental territory are UNESCO World Heritage Sites: for example, Fraser Island, Great Barrier Reef, Uluru-Katyuta National Park, etc.
8. Paradise for gamers
If we compare the Australians with other inhabitants of the Earth, then one thing can be distinguished from them - they play gambling more than anyone else and do not spare their money for it. Games take a huge amount of time and money.
Residents of Australia spend most of their money on playing poker, and according to estimates of slot machines around the world, it turned out that 20% is located in Australia.
The Australians bring more profit to gaming sites than everyone else, the studies were amazing, because before they did not stand out with their love of gambling.
7. Continent of migrants
Australia has the highest immigration rate in the world. According to statistics, the nation is growing by one person every minute, this is due to the high level of immigration in the country.
27% of Australians were born outside their country, and in addition to the indigenous population, the country is inhabited by a variety of people who came from 200 countries.
Many want to move to Australia for permanent residence, because it is a country of economic prosperity, a wonderful climate, a favorable social environment, security and the absence of any external threats.
6. The largest farm
Australia's agriculture can be envied - it is well developed, and this is understandable, because the country is hot and arid. Most often in the country you can meet those who are engaged in fishing and raising livestock. Pastures occupy a lot of space - half of the whole country.
The largest farm on our planet is called "Anna Creek Station" located in southern Australia. Its area: 34 thousand km². The giant farm was sold in 2016 for 254 million euros, it also included cattle - 185,000 heads.
5. Saving or greed
Australians are a bit disliked by hotel employees and restaurant and cafe workers from other countries. Residents of Australia are not used to leaving tips - neither in their homeland, nor when they are traveling, visiting different countries.
Residents of other countries can take this line for greed, but maybe there is another reason for this - they just haven’t accepted it, and workers can take a tip for insult.
If you do not tip service staff in Australia, nobody will look at you askance, but if you give it, they will probably look.
4. Lost fauna
Many animal species in Australia have disappeared. This is due to the fact that the continent was actively explored. Before resourceful Europeans arrived in Australia, among the African fauna you could meet kangaroos whose growth exceeded 3 meters in height! You could also see lizards that reached 7 meters in length, ducks that were almost the same size as horses, marsupial lions, which reached about one and a half meters in length and 70 cm in height.
Leo is Australia's largest predator that has disappeared from the continent after being settled by humans. He could easily deal with any modern lion.
3. The country of winemakers
Wine is a part of Australian life related to leisure and business. Festivals are regularly held where you can enjoy wines and cuisine, which attracts vacationers from all over the Earth.
Australian wines cannot be confused with any others; they differ in taste characteristics. After the unforgettable aroma is felt by the one who tastes the wine, he will never forget it.
There are 60 types of wine-growing regions in Australia, and winemakers produce over 1.3 trillion annually. bottles of wine.
2. Camels
Australia is a country with a large population of camels in the world! Zoologists were able to count the number - 750 thousand populations. True, we are talking about wild animals.
In the 19th century, they were brought from Arabia, Afghanistan and India. With technological progress, the need for camels has disappeared and animals have been released - into nature.
They did not disappear, but successfully multiplied. Now they roam the deserts of Australia, but sometimes they cause great harm to farmers.
1. National reconciliation
In 1770, in the spring, an expedition of James Cook (a British leader) landed on the eastern coast of Australia, later it was colonized by the British. From this moment, the hard time came for the indigenous people - the destruction of the natives by the Europeans. A cruel leader, which no Australian can recall with ease.
Kevin Rudd (former Australian Prime Minister) apologized in 2007 for what happened to the indigenous people. That is what served as national reconciliation.