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Australia & Australian Culture Posters, Prints, & Maps, pg 1 of 3
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educational posters > geography > Australia pg 1 | pg 2 | Australia National Parks < social studies
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 Australia, the only nation to occupy an entire continent, is also made up of numerous small islands in the Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans. The country of New Zealand is to the southeast of Australia, Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea are to the north, and the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia are to the northeast. Canberra is the capital of Australia.
The Australian Continent has been occupied by indigenous peoples for at least 42,000 years. The common term Aborigines evoked by the European settlers included hundreds of cultures and communities with a great variety of languages, environments and technologies.
Captain James Cook mapped and claimed the east coast of the continent in 1770, calling it New South Wales, but did not attempt settlement. With the loss of the American Colonies, Great Britain moved its penal colony to Australia in 1788, subsequently more Crown Colonies were formed over the continent in the next century, eventually leading to their federation and establishing the Commonweath of Australia in 1901.
The name Australia is from Australis, the Latin for "The South". Australia is refered to as the "land down under" because of its location in the southern hemisphere. Australia is also the driest inhabited continent, the flattest, and has the oldest and least fertile soils.
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Continent of Australia Wall Poster
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• continent posters
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Satellite Map of Australia Poster
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• more Earth from Satellite posters
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Australasia from Space Poster
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Australia View of Earth Art Print
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• map posters
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Australia Political Map Art Print
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• map posters
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Aerial of the Great Barrier Reef, Photographic Print
(World Heritage Site)
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• coral / invertebrates posters
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Uluru / Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Photographic Print
(World Heritage Site)
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• more Australian National Parks posters
• geography / land features posters
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Aborigines, Darwin, Australia, Photographic Print
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Handprint, Aboriginal Paintings, Raft Point, The Kimberly, Australia
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• anthropology posters
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Kangaroo Crossing Sign by Road, Western Australia, Photographic Print
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• Kangaroos are native to Australia and the name was first recorded by Captain Cook in 1770.
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A koala bear clings to a eucalyptus tree in eastern Australia, Photographic Print
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• The Koala is a arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia.
• Eucalyptus trees can be found in almost every part of the Australian continent.
• animal posters
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Tasmanian devils, Tasmania, Australia, Photographic Print
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| • The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world and is only found on the Australian island state of Tasmania. |
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View of the Sydney Opera House Photographic Print
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• more architecture posters
• opera posters
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An opal miners hut in the outback desert town of Andamooka, Photographic Print
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