AUSTRALIA

1. IT was first inhabited by the aborigines:nomadic people who lived and still live in small tribes

2. it is divided into 7 States: WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, QUEENSLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES, VICTORIA AND TARMANIA

3. EARLY SETTLERS NAMED THE NEW TOWNS: Sydney after Viscont Sydney, Melbourne after Lord Melbourne, New South Wales is a region in Britain, Victoria after the Queen, Queensland after the Monarch, Adelaide after King William's wife and Perth after a town in Scotland.

4. THE WORLD LARGEST ISLAND & SMALLEST CONTINENT

5. 3 MAIN CLIMATIC ZONES:tropical subtropical moderate

6. ULURU - also known as Ayers Rock is the best known Australian landmark. the rock was created some 600 million years ago. it is a SURREAL MONOLITH