There are now only about 250,000 Aboriginal Australians,

The Aborigines have lived in Australia for about 50,000 years.

Agriculture involves growing crops and raising animals,

All the announcements in the railway station were in English.

The holiday brochure had beautiful photos of Australia.

Brown bears and grizzly bears live in the Rocky Mountains,

Well-known Canadian animals include the polar bear, moose and caribou.

The typical climate of central Canada is short hot summers and long cold winters.

On the eastern coastal areas of Australia the beaches are beautiful.

The high temperatures drop considerably at night and it can get very cold.

The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef over 2000 km long.

The official language is English and the currency is the Australian dollar.

There are often severe storms called cyclones on the north-east and north-west coasts.

The official language is English and the currency is the Australian dollar.

Droughts are common - more than 33% of the country has less than 26mm of rain a year.

The government is making major efforts to preserve the Aboriginal culture.

The Rocky Mountains are home to large deer called elks.

The emu is a well-known Australian bird that has long legs and cannot fly.

Niagara Falls are the largest falls in the world.

On the eastern coastal plains of Australia there are areas of grasslands.

Brown bears and grizzly bears live in the Rocky Mountains,

There are often severe storms called hurricanes on the north-east and north-west coasts.

Tourism is an important industry in Australia.

The Australian interior has a continental climate because it's a long way from the sea.

Well known Australian animals include the kangaroo and the koala.

Well known Australian animals include the kangaroo and the koala.

The "laughing" kookaburra is a well-known Australian bird.

Average temperatures in Ottawa are minus 6 to minus 15 degrees Celsius in January.

There are often heavy rains called monsoons in the tropical north.

Well-known Canadian animals include the polar bear, moose and caribou.

They're a very musical family – they all sing and play the piano and the guitar.

Native Canadians have lived in Canada for at least 10,000 years.

All the notices in the railway station were written in English.

The official language is English and the currency is the Australian dollar.

Australia is famous for its outback – the hot dry land in the centre.

A plain is a large flat area of land.

Well-known Australian animals include the kangaroo, koala and platypus.

Well-known Canadian animals include the polar bear, moose and caribou.

West-central Canada is mostly prairie grassland.

The government is making major efforts to preserve the Aboriginal culture.

The tropical rainforests in the north have a huge variety of birds.

About two-thirds of Australia is rocky desert or semi-desert.

Snow is frozen water that falls from the sky.

Spiders are insects with eight legs.

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure in the world.

It was a beautiful, warm day with lots of sunshine.

The tropical rainforests in the north have a huge variety of birds.

There is a lot of frozen land called tundra in the north of Canada.

The tropical rainforests in the north have a huge variety of birds.