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 * The Map of Australia **



Australia is an island which means it is completely surrounded by water. Australia is made up of States and Territories. Australia has four seasons, winter, spring, summer, fall, but they happen at different times than our seasons. Children in Australia are just finishing their summer vacations and are heading back to school! We have an outline of the map of Australia to hang in our classroom - as we learn more about Australia, we will fill in the map with words and pictures.


 * The Flag of Australia **



The Australian flag is blue, white and red. It has a Union Jack in the upper left corner, the 'Star of Federation' in the bottom left corner (with 7 points to represent the States and Territories) and the Southern Cross constellation, taking up the right half of the flag. We compared the Australian flag and the Canadian flag - ask us what is the same and what is different!