Wednesday, May 6, 2009

My second location.

The second place i am visiting is Australia. It is it's own country. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The only locations that border Australia is the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. The northern part of the country has a tropical climate, and the southeast and southwestern parts of Australia have temperate climate and moderately fertile soil. In the northern part of Australia it looks like a tropical rain forest and 40% of Australia is covered by sand dunes. The earliest human discovered in Australia was "Mungo Man" he is been predicted to be 40,000 years old. In the history throughout the years they had 250 different languages, and today about 200 of them are now extinct. Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish ships sighted Australia in the 17th century. The Dutch landed at the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606. Australia became known for its liberal legislation: free compulsory education, protected trade unionism with industrial conciliation and arbitration, and women's suffrage. From my first location you have to cross the whole Indian Ocean to get to Australia, and thats what I did.

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