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= = __**DID YOU KNOW about AUSTRALIA﻿?**__
 * [[image:australia-flag.jpg width="360" height="148"]]**
 * Year 5:**

Australia is the word’s smallest continent and the world’s sixth largest country. Australia covers an area of 7,686,900 square kilometres. That’s slightly smaller than the United States mainland which is 7,827,848 square kilometres (does not include Hawaii and Alaska). Niamh McElhinney.

http://www.australiafacts.org/

The most popular exhibit in the Museum of Victoria is the stuffed body of the legendary race horse Phar Lap kasper johns

Almost 5 million people born overseas live in Australia.

Australia has some of the most deadly snakes in the wor ld. Australia has more venomous snakes than any other country and the three deadliest snakes in the world all live only in Australia!! Gianni

This is an Australian cockroach, most people think they are yuk, but some people actualy eat them. Jasiah Aiono
 * Year 6:**

Amelia Dunn.
Year 7: (ROX)

One third of Australia’s land is desert. Australia has 10 deserts of which the largest is the Great Victoria Desert, covering just under 5 percent of the country. Ironically, the Great Victoria Desert is not located in Victoria but is in Western Australia and South Australia. The Great Victoria Desert covers 348,750 square kilometres which makes it around one and a half times bigger than the UK or slightly smaller than Montana.

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http://www.australiafacts.org/

Australia is also New Zealands Continent. ***Sarah***

Australia Has sharks just off shore of Cairns and the residents are not permitted to swim in some beaches!! ***Sarah***

-The top grossing films ever in Australia are: 1. Titanic (In 1997) 2. Shrek 2 (2004) 3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004) 4. Crocodile Dundee (1986) 5. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Grace []

**Year 8:** Australian men born in the last few years can expect to live to around 77 years and women to 82 years. _Rose)

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The top three sports males take part in are golf, cricket and tennis. For females its aerobics, lawn bowls and netball. *Rose*

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There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia and only around 20 million people. ~Rose~

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**Over 90% of the world's opals** are mined in Australia. *Rose*

[|http://hubpages.com/hub/interesting-information-about-australia]

*The secret ballot box, which is used quite a lot in democracies these days, was first done in Victoria, in the year 1856.
===*The longest stretch of railways in the world, measuring 478.4 kilometers in length, is in Western Australia, between the towns of Ooldia and Nurina. -Mary- ===

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-australia-1149.html

 Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason. Caitlin [|http://www.convictcreations.com]

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