1、Australia and Oceania,Notes,Great Dividing Range,Located: East Coast This is where most rivers begin,Central Lowlands,Rivers: Darling Murray Why important?,Outback,Great Barrier Reef,Location: NE Coast Worlds largest reef National Park Made up of 2,500 small reefs of coral Length: 1,250 miles (Basic
2、ally New York City to Miami) Coral are the limestone skeletons of tiny sea animals,Coral,Islands,Melanesia “Black Islands” Micronesia “Little Islands” Polynesia “Many Islands” New Zealand,Photo of New Zealand,Climate and Vegetation,Australia Tropical Rainforest Desert Grassland Oceania Tropical Rain
3、forest Coconut Palms New Zealand Marine West Coast (Temperate) Manuka: Small Shrub Kauri Tree,Photo of Manuka and Kuari Tree,Native Cultures,Aborigines in Australia Means “from the beginning” Came from SE Asia Nomads at first Traveled in Clans (means family group),Maori in New Zealand Came from Paci
4、fic Islands of Polynesia by boat Est villages where farmed and fished,Aborigines,Maori,European Settlement,Colonization Why?,Natural Resources,Australia Only 10% Farming Wheat Barley Fruit Sugarcane Ranching: Cattle, Sheep, Chickens Minerals: Bauxite Coal and Petroleum,New Zealand Fertile Soil (55%) Sheep and Wool Timber Hydroelectric Power (75%) Geothermal Energy (Water heated underground by volcanoes) Fishing Industry,
