Australia. Guide to Australia

‘Aboriginal’

Танами (Tanami) - Rocky-sandy desert in the north of Australia. Tanami Desert occupies the central part of Northern Territory of Australia and a small area north-eastern part of Western Australia. To the south-east of the desert town is Alice Springs, and to the west - Great Sandy Desert.

  

  

The desert is a typical central Australian desert steppe areas with extensive sandy plains. The main landforms are sand dunes and sandy plains, and small water pools of the river Lander, where there are holes with water, drying up swamps and salt lakes.

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Территория Джервис Бей ( Jervis Bay Territory, JBT) - Located on the southeast coast of Australia, on the south shore of the bay Jervis, about 200 km south of Sydney.Jervis Bay Territory area is about 6677 hectare. the land was bought by the Australian Government in 1915 year, the state New South Wales, to the capital Канберра had access to the sea. Up 1989 Territory, the Jervis Bay was part of the Australian Capital Territory.

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Тасмания (Tasmania) - Australian state, located on the same island in the 240 km south of mainland Australia, and separated from it by Bass Strait. administration also extends to the next island (King, Flinders and others) Macquarie Island and the remote. The area of ​​the state - 68 332 Km., population - 494 520 person.

Most of the residents – Anglo-Australians (more 80%). This is a nation formed mainly descendants of immigrants from Britain and Ireland. They are used to measure its history in 1788 year, When we stopped at the island of the first colonists. About 1% – Aborigines, indigenous people of Tasmania (Australoid Race). Considered, that they live on an island near the 40 Thd. Years. Also there is the Chinese, Indians and other ethnic.

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