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The bureau predicts that Australia will reach 30 million by 2025 and 38 million by 2050. Entrepreneurs think we should aim to reach 50 million, the tipping point to make us a world economic player. Environmentalists think we should reduce our population because the continent’s resources can’t sustain more than 18 million people. The bureau says neither of those scenarios can be achieved this century.

Australia is the 55th most populated country in the world (China is top with 1.35 billion) and the 12th most spacious country in the world (Russia is biggest with 17 million square kilometres, while we have 7.7 million). We have one of the lowest population densities: 2.8 people per square kilometre, compared with Singapore with 6390 per square kilometre.

28.Read the text and note down the facts supporting its main idea.

The text is about ………………………………………………………..

Supporting ideas:

1) the population of Australia increases by one person every 1 minute and 12 seconds

2) …………………………………………………………………………

3) …………………………………………………………………………

4) …………………………………………………………………………

29.Look at the charts (pic. 50 – 51) and fill in the missing information. Comment on the charts.

Ex. As the charts show Australian population is steadily growing. In 2010…

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30. Read about Australian mysteries and complete the table.

Mrs Chamberlain

was sentenced to twenty years in gaol for …

Tasmanian tiger

Harold Holt

31. Now ask and answer questions as in the example: Ex. What happened to Mrs Chamberlain? – She was … Who was sentenced to 20 years in goal? Why? – …

What happened to Azaria Chamberlain?

In 1980, a two-month-old girl disappeared from a tent a camping ground near Uluru. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, said she was dragged away by a dingo. In 1982, Mrs Chamberlain was convicted of the child’s murder and spent four years in gaol before being declared innocent.

Who put the dope in Schappelle Corby’s bag?

In 2005, a 28-year-old Queensland woman, described as a ‘beauty student’, was arrested at Denpasar Airport in Bali after customs officers found a four-kilogram package of cannabis in her boogie-board bag. After trial, she was sentenced to twenty years in gaol. She says she was the victim of an international smuggling racket. Conspiracy theories flourish about Australian airport baggage handlers, drug dealers and even members of her family.

Where is the Tasmanian tiger?

The last known thylacine died in Hobart Zoo in 1936, but Tasmanians occasionally report forest sightings of a wolf-like creature with yellow fur and dark stripes on its back.

What happened to Harold Holt?

In December 1967, the prime minister disappeared while swimming in rough seas at Cheviot Beach, south of Melbourne. One entertaining theory held that he was picked up by a Chinese submarine. Another held that Holt was depressed over waning support for his commitment to the Vietnam War.

Who carved the Marree Man?

In 1988, a four-kilometre-long carving of an Aboriginal hunter appeared in the desert sands of Lake Eyre South, 60 kilometres from the town of Marree in South Australia. In order to create the landmark, the site must have been surveyed from space and the figure would have taken months to plough.

What killed Bogle and Chandler?

On New Year’s Day, 1963, the bodies of Gilbert Bogle, a CSIRO scientist, and Margaret Chandler, the wife of another CSIRO scientist, were found on the banks of the Lane Cove River near Chatswood Golf Course in Sydney. No cause of death has been determined. There was speculation they were working on secret drug projects for the CIA.

Who was attacking the Family Court?

In 1980, Judge David Opas of the Family Court was shot dead at the front door of his Sydney home. In 1984, a bomb went off at the Family Court in Parramatta, Sydney, and later that year the wife of Family Court judge Ray Watson was killed by a bomb at their home. No one has been charged with these crimes.

32. Complete the missing information about Australia. Use Wikipedia to help you. Be ready to tell about Australia.

Name origin:

Total area:

Population:

Official languages:

Ethnic groups:

Motto:

National anthem:

Capital:

Largest city:

Government:

Head of state:

Longest river:

Highest mountain:

Currency:

Self-Assessment

Module 6

1.Look through Module 6 to find the answers to the questions 1 – 20.

1.How many provinces are there on the territory of Canada?

2.What oceans is Canada surrounded by?

3.How many national parks are there in Canada?

4.What is the largest city in Canada?

5.What is Quebec famous for?

6.What territory is associated with the Klondike Gold Rush?

7.What is the national anthem of New Zealand?

8.What trilogy was screened in New Zealand?

9.What is a land of volcanoes?

10.Who are Maori? What are their customs and traditions?

11.What did Rudyard Kipling call ‘the eight wonder of the world’?

12.Where is Wellington?

13.What is the famous resort town that is often called the ‘Adventure Capital of the World’?

14.What are the opportunities for thrill-seekers in New Zealand?

15.What sports were invented in New Zealand?

16.What is the population of Australia?

17.What marsupials live in New Zealand?

18.Who is Azaria Chamberlain?

19.What languages do Canadians speak? Why?

20.What languages are spoken in New Zealand?

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