COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
The official name of Australia
is Commonwealth Australia
derived from the Latin
"australis" meaning southern.
CITIES
Canberra: It's Australia capital city.
The population is 381,488 people
Sydney: It's Australia largest city.
The population is 4.663.283 people.
It's Australia and Oceania most populous city.
Melbourne: It's Australia and Oceania second
most populous city. The population is 4.442.918 people.
AUSTRALIANA CUSINE
VEGEMITE
Is a dark brown Australian food paste
made from leftover brewers' yeast
extract with various vegetable and
spice additives
PAVLOVA
Is a meringue-based dessert
named after the Russian ballerina
Anna Pavlova.It is a meringue cake with
a crisp crust and soft, light inside, usually
topped with fruit and, optionally, whipped cream.
ANZAC BISCUIT
An Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in
Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled
oats, flour, desiccated coconut, sugar, butter,
golden syrup, baking soda and boiling water.
Anzac biscuits have long been associated with
the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
(ANZAC) established in World War I.
Melba toast is a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast,
often served with soup and salad or topped with
either melted cheese or pâté. It is named after
Dame Nellie Melba. Melba toast is made by lightly
toasting slices of bread under a grill, on both sides.
The resulting toast is then sliced laterally. The thin slices are then returned to the grill with the untoasted
sides towards the heat source, resulting in toast half the normal thickness. Thus, it can be described as a
twice-baked food
DAMPER
Is a traditional Australian soda bread prepared by swagmen, drovers and other travellers. It is a wheat flour based bread, traditionally baked in the coals of a campfire.
NATIONAL SYMBOLS
FLAG
Is a defaced Blue Ensinga blue field with
the Union Jack in the canton (upper hoist quarter),
and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter. The fly contains a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars – one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars.
COAT OF ARMS OF AUSTRALIA
Adopted in September 9th 1912.
The design contains badge of each
state. The kangoroo and emu support
the shield.
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Advance Australia Fair
Adopted in April 19 1984
NATIONAL COLORS
The national colors of Australia
are green and red,Green and gold
are also the traditional team colors
of Australian national sporting teams.
Were adopted as an Australia National
Colors in April 19 1984.
NATIONAL FLORAL EMBLEM
Golden Wattle was adopted as
an Australia national floral in August
19 1988.
NATIONAL GEMSTONE
Opal production was worth $71.4 million to Australia in 2003 and supports many communities in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. Was adopted as an Australia national gemstone in July 27 1992
TOURISTIC PLACES
SYDNEY