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Australia
By RebeccaH

Mem Fox Possum Magic. Great book. About traveling around Australia.And looks at many foods.
Wombat Stew. Makes a great display all the animals. Koala Lou.
Look at our weather. Fantastic reefs. Great Barrier Reef, Coral
Bay Reef. Look at the outback. Our animals and how they are different. Koala, kangaroo, platypus.
look at our native people the aboriginals.
Look at ANZAC Day and why we celebrate it. Celebrations that are different. Look at the population of Australia. Flag, map. What is the Southern Cross.
Look at Daisy Bates Caroline Chisholm Dawn Fraser Victor Chang
Jenny Kee

Paul Jennings
Neville Bonner
Olivia Newton-John
Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Francis Greenway
Lachlan Macquarie
John Macarthur
John Konrads
Henry Lawson
Fred Hollows
Look at our food. Look at the names change eg footpath - sidewalk.
Compare how it is different. Look at School of the Air and the Flying Doctor. Children who receive their schooling over the radio because they live so far from a town and the doctor who flies to remote settlements.
I live in Perth Western Australia. Need any other info or help email me. If I think of other things or a website I will post.