Australia/Oceania/Antarctica Review

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Australian Outback

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the desert-like Australian countryside far away from cities, where few people live.

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Australia

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Continent, country, and (sometimes considered an) Island.

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Ayers Rock

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also known as Uluru; found in southwestern Northern Territory, central Australia, it is a large, red sandstone rock.

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Great Barrier Reef

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a 1,250-mile chain of more than 2,500 reefs and islands along Australia's northeast coast, containing some 400 species of coral

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Canberra

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Australia's capital

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Who did the British first send to Australia as settlers?

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convicts

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What was the impact on the native Australians, Aborigines, when the British arrived?

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Loss of culture, land, language, etc.

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low islands

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Pacific islands made of coral reefs

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high islands

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Pacific islands created by volcanoes. Most are this kind.

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Maori

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indigenous people of New Zealand