It’s the sixth largest country in the world

It lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

It is part of Oceania

1600km to the west is New Zealand

Key words

hemisphere 半球outback 内陆extend 延伸dune 沙丘

The Great Dividing Range

大分水岭

interior 内陆volcano 火山

Extension words

Coral Sea 珊瑚海

Arafura Sea 阿拉弗拉海

Timor Sea 帝汶海

Tasman Sea 塔斯曼海

Perth 珀斯

Nullarbor Plain 纳拉伯平原

Chapter 24 Australia and New Zealand

Landforms

Great Barrier Reef

KangarooKoala PlatypusEmu lyrebird

Animals

Maoris

Sydney Opera House

Geo-States Australia and New Zealand

Which one is the national flag of Australia?

Commonwealth 联邦

Constellation 星座

National NamePopulation

（ ten-thousand person ）

Land Area（ ten-thousand s

q.km ）Population Density（ person/sq.km ）

Russia 14070 1700 8.3

Canada 3321 998 3.3

Bangladesh 14737 15 916

Japan 12705 38 334

China 132802 960 132

Australia 2100 768

CIA 《 World Fact Book 2008 》

2.72.7

Geo-States Australia and New Zealand

Where Are Australia and New Zealand?

SouthernHemisphere

Equator

NorthernHemisphere

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WesternHemisphere

EasternHemisphere

00 Longitude

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Where Are Australia and New Zealand?

Pacific Ocea

n

Indian Ocean

Location

equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Major Bodies of Water

Coral Sea

Arafura SeaTimor Sea

Tasman Sea

Indian Ocean

Pacific O

cean

Western Plateau

Central Lowlands

EasternH

ighlands

Three Regions

Western Plateau

Ayers Rock / Uluru

Nullarbor Plain

Central Lowlands

Eyre Lake Basin （ Great Artesian Basin ）

Murray-D

arling

watershed Plain

Eyre Lake

Murrumbigee and Darling Rivers

outback

Eastern Highlands

Great Dividing Range

New Zealand

What are the names of New Zealand’s two large islands?

Mount Cook

rolling hills

active volcano

Major Cities

MelbourneMelbourne

AdelaideAdelaide

BrisbaneBrisbane