Australia

Australian Animals Animals In Australia the kangaroo are the symbol to people throughout the world.

The kangaroo’s family has at least 50 different species. They can jump about 13 feet each jump. The kangaroo’s top speed is about 40 miles.

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Emus can reach about 30 miles per hour on foot because they can’t fly. The koalas live in the eastern forest; they were almost instinct in the 1920’s.

Crocodiles live in the coast of Australia in the north and east of Australia.

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The galah parrots live in many different areas of Australia. People love to keep these parrots as pets. Just because swans in Europe are white, people think in Asia the swans are white but they are black. The Mouse-sized pygmy has a pouch just like a kangaroo to carry its young.

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The hairy-nosed wombat doesn’t like the heat of the day so it sleeps in the day.

It can run up to 25 mi. per hour. The Tasmanian devil, duck-billed platypus live in Australia too. The world’s poisonous snakes, six of the seven live in Australia.

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SPORTS Australians some of the same sports we do. Australians love anything and everything to do with them. They like to play, watch, and bet on them. A lot of people who live in Australians have hero, who are athletes. The most watched sport there is football. They play by Australian National rules.

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Summer has warm weather is it is the perfect time for more sports. Most summer sports are played on or near the beach. Australians like to go sailing, surfing, and wind surfing. They do really well in swimming contests.

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But, you can’t forget cricket! Cricket is a favorite national sport. Also many girls learn netball, a game like basketball. Kids start to play sports at school by age five.

People also like to watch types of races. http://www.lighteningonline.com/wp-content/netball.jpg

Government Have you ever wonder about Australia’s government? Well, did you know Australia is only a federation with six states and two governments?

Each state has its own parliament, government, and governor. Australia has three parties. The government is headed by a general.

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Voting/Electing People have to wait three years before they can elect again. Australia and North America have different governments. The difference is that the government leader of Australia isn’t elected separately. They use the British’s government. The people of the House of Representative and the senators vote in the parliament. vote for the law.

They

People have to vote in

both federal and state government. they have to be over 18.

But,

Forming the Government Australia was created in 1901 when the British agreed to federate. The Queen of Australia was Queen Elizabeth II. Popularly is what the government is based on. The government formed in The House of Representative. The Liberal Democratic was where the government founded.

Australia! (: Daily life In 1945, Australia population was about 7 million people. More than 6.5 million migrants, including 675,000 refugees have settled in Australia. Restricted license is at the age 18, full license is at the age 21. Many people who have came to Australia family. Since 1945, were motive by a commitment to

The age people get married is at the age 27. Church wedding is still common. The most common activities going out is dancing and going to the movies‌. Dating begins at the age 15... It is like what we do in America.

School starts at the age 5 or 6. School days start at like 9 in the morning and ends at 4 at night... The classes you would take are English, Math, Social Studies, Science, P.E., Health, and Art.

Australia`s food

Food in Australia: I love Australia’s food. Let’s start with the appetizer. Before school they eat donuts made from sweet potatoes. At school they eat sandwiches for lunch. The tuma persa, a cheese used in sauces. They make salsa from the world’s hottest pepper, usually served with chips or bread.

Now, we move to the entree 窶連t home they eat meat; potatoes, pasta, and bread with butter .Australia also enjoy seafood such as shrimp, clams, and oysters and so on. Their most common foods they eat are barbecue sausages. Chops of steak, a salad and soft drinks. Country-style pork ribs with jalapeno pesto usually served in restaurants.

Now, my favorite part, dessert. For dessert kids have ice cream, most often in the summer .Adults have /or fruit salad. The other option is pudding. Oh yea, also ice cream sandwiches.