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AUSTRALIA 



Outline and Questions on Australia Continued 



If you were sailing from San Francisco to Sydney, what waters would you pass 

 through? In going from Liverpool to Sydney? 



Who are the Anzacs? 



What city in the western hemisphere is most nearly in the latitude of Sydney? 



What point in America corresponds in north latitude to the position of the south- 

 ern coast of Australia in south latitude? 



Does the equator cross Australia? Does either of the Tropics? 



What characteristic have the Australian natives that shows they are not negroes? 



How does a study of the animals prove that Australia has long been an island? 



What steps has the Commonwealth taken toward having a beautiful capital? 



Is Australia as far from South America as South America is from Africa? 



What effect has Australia's position had on its vegetation? 



How do geologists rank Australia as to age among the lands of the world? 



What peculiarity have most of the mammals of the continent? 



Who were the first settlers of Australia? 



What is the attitude toward immigration? 



How does Australia prove the falsity of the statement "All mammals bear their 

 young alive"? 



What effect did the War of the Nations have on Australia's wool trade with the 

 United States? 



What is the "bush"? What is wattle? 



In what stage of civilization are the native peoples? 



How large a proportion of the population is made up of them? 



How does the date of the great gold rush compare with that in California? 



What effect did it have on the history of the country? 



What tiny forms of animal life had much to do with making navigation dangerous 

 along the northeast coast of Australia? 



How does the density of population in Australia compare with that in Canada? 



How has the plant life adapted itself to the arid conditions? 



What effect, if any, has the climate had on the distribution of population? 



If the entire population of Australia were removed to Queensland would the 

 average density be greater or less than that of the United States? 



How does the altitude of the highest peak compare with that of the highest point 

 in Africa? In North America? 



How do Australians give support to the British navy? 



What progressive system coming into favor in Canada and the United States 

 originated in Austral i r.' 



What fruit trees are native to the continent? 



How does the head of the government obtain his office? 



How is religious instruction given in the schools? 



In what direction doc th w<~.\\ mt< run- n mon drain? 



How close a supervision has the government over the railroads? 



What radical pension system has been adopted? 



What is the final court of appeal? Under what circumstances may it be called 

 upon to act? 



How does the constitution resemble that of the United States and differ from 

 that of Canada? 



Why has Australia special need of good railway communication? 

 I>eople of all races welcomed in Australia? 



