Australia Geography

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the world's largest coral reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is made up of nearly 2900 coral reefs and over 600 islands

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The Great Barrier Reef

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a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, known for stable and warm tropical climate

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Coral Sea

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a massive sandstone rock formation in Australia's Northern Territory, made of sandstone, which appears to change color depending on how the Sun shines on it

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Uluru/Ayers Rock

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world's third largest ocean located between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Southern Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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largest ocean of the world that borders Asia and Australia, the Americas, the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean (highlighted in dark blue)

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Pacific Ocean

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Australian mountain range that runs on the eastern coast of Australia, from Queensland through New South Wales and into Victoria.

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The Great Dividing Range

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largest desert in Australia, located in southern Australia, consists of sand dunes, small sand hills, grassland plains, and salt lakes (highlighted in red)

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Great Victoria Desert

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Australian government programs from 1910 into the 1970s that removed Aboriginal children from their families and sent them to white families and church run-in institutions for cultural reprogramming.

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Stolen Generations

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Moving from place to place

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Nomadic

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Native people of Australia

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Aborigines