“Australia
In Its
Regional and
Global Contexts.”
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AUSTRALIA IN ITS REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT.

  1. “Australia’s Place in the World.”

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  1. Copy and paste the map of Australia, in relation to the rest of the world, into the space below.

  1. On the map draw a line that represents both the Equator and the Greenwich Meridian.
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  1. Provide information for the following facts:

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia

Total Area:7.74 million square kilometres

Head of State:Brittish Monarch

Capital City: Canberra

Population: 20.2 million

Highest Point:2228 metres above sea level (Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales)

Lowest Point: 15 metres below sea level (Lake eyre) South Australia

  1. “Australia’s Location in Asia-Pacific.”

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  1. What is the latitude and longitude for the following capital cities?

i)Jakarta … 110 west 10 south

ii)New Delhi … 70 west 10 north

iii)Suva … 180 west 20 south

iv)Manila … ??

v)Port Moresby … 145 west 10 south

  1. What is the capital city of the following countries?

i)Japan … Tokyo

ii)China … Bejing

iii)New Zealand … Auckland

iv)Solomon Islands … Honiara

v)Vietnam … Hanol

  1. What direction is?

i)Australia from New Zealand … North west

ii)Japan from the Philippines … North

iii)Thailand from Sri Lanka … north est

iv)Vanuatu from Kiribati … south west

v)Maldives from Burma … south west

  1. From the map, list FIVE islands groups that Australia controls and

administers?

i) Coco’s Island

ii) Christmas

iii) Norfolk

iv) Tuvalu

v) Ashmore and Cartier

3. “Australia’s Regional and Global Links.”

1.Aid:

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Scroll down to the Key Facts. List SIX Key Facts about Australian Aid:

•In 2011-2012 the Australian Government plans to spend almost $4.8 billion on development assistance. This is an estimated 0.35% of
•Gross National Income for the year.
•Australian taxpayers contribute around $3.30 per week each to Australia's aid program.
•The Australian Government has committed to increase Australia's official development assistance (ODA) to Gross National
•Income (GNI) ratio from 0.34% in 2009‑10 to 0.5 per cent by 2015‑16.
•Australian Government funding for NGOs through AusAID amounted to $160.45 million in 2008-09, which is around 14.5% of the total
•funds raised by the sector.
•In 2008-09 the Australian community contributed $808.8million to non-government organisations (NGO) for their overseas programs
•which makes up 73% of their total funds raised.
•In 2008-09 about 1.08 million Australian people belonged to regular supporter programs, a 4.9% decrease on the 2007-08 period.
•There were 12,712 volunteers contributing their time to the work of NGOs.

Return to the Top of the web page and answer the following questions:

  1. What is the focus of Australian Aid?

To help other countries in need

  1. How many poor people live in the Asia – Pacific Region?

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  1. What is Australia doing to help poor countries in relation to:

Education:

Fundraising and building school for the children to attend.

Gender Equity and Empowering Women:

Informing and ensuring that everyone has fair opportunities

Health:

Sending over many doctors and health aids to heal and help the sick

Disability: Combating Disease:

Bringing over people to immunise the poor society’s against small diseases

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change:

Helping them use sustainable environmental products

Water and Sanitation:

Providing them with a clean water tap

Terrorism:

Sending in troops

Humanitarian Aid:

NON- government agencies

4. Why do you consider it important for Australia to provide so much Aid to the international community?

It is very important for Australia to have humanitarian aid to help those people in need because we are a country with great benefits and we should share this with the less fortunate countries.

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  1. Communication:

Australia has a number of satellites in space so as to assist us with communication (phone and internet connections), weather maps and geological imaging.

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List SIX Australian made or Australian owned satellites in operation today.

•Australis-OSCAR 5, Australia's first satellite and the only successful Australian amateur satellite, made in 1966 but not launched until January 1970.

•WRESAT, the first Australian-made satellite to be launched into space, made in 1967 and launched from Woomera late that year.

•AUSSAT A-series, the first nationally-owned communication satellites, launched in the mid-1980s and still in service, now renamed the Optus A-series.

•Optus B-series, the successor to the Optus A-series, launched in the early 1990s and now the mainstay of C&W Optus' satellite communication business.

•WESTPAC, the Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network (WPLTN) satellite, launched in July 1998 and owned by Canberra-based Electro Optic Systems Pty Limited (EOS).

•FedSat-1, the Federation Satellite, an initiative of the Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems, originally due to be launched in late 2001 to celebrate Australia's centenary of federation.

•Optus C-series, comprising a single Space Systems / Loral 1300-series satellite launched on an Ariane 4 in mid-2003.

Optus D-series, currently comprising a pair of satellites under construction in the United States.

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Copy and paste an Image of an Australian communication satellite in the space below:

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Copy and paste Australia’s weather map into the space below:

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Copy and paste the geological map of Australia into the space below:

  1. Culture:

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Read and list below the FOUR principles that underpin Australia’s multicultural policy:

-The Australian Government celebrates and values the benefits of cultural diversity for all Australians, within the broader aims of national unity, community harmony and maintenance of our democratic values.

-The Australian Government is committed to a just, inclusive and socially cohesive society where everyone can participate in the opportunities that Australia offers and where government services are responsive to the needs of Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

-The Australian Government welcomes the economic, trade and investment benefits, which arise from our successful multicultural nation.

-The Australian Government will act to promote understanding and acceptance while

responding to expressions of intolerance and discrimination with strength, and where

necessary, with the force of the law.

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Read “Bob in OZ” blog back to Britain.

What is the message he is attempting to communicating?

The message is trying to say that everyone is from another country and they all make up our nation.

Copy and paste “Bob in OZ” Image of Multicultural Australia.

  1. Defence:

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Place your cursor over the red dots and the Global Operations icon on the world map and complete the table below:

Country / Defence
Operation
East Timor / ASTUTE
Afghanistan / SLIPPER
Iraq / RIVERBANK
Middle East / PALADIN
Solomon Islands / ANODE

Australia also provides Boarder Protection for Australia.

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Outline the purpose of Operation RESOLUTE.

The purpose of operation resolute is to protect the borders and marine interests of Australia.

  1. Trade:

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Read “Australia’s Composition of Trade 2008-2009” and answer the following questions in the space below:

  1. What was Australia’s total value of trade in goods and services (in $Aus) for 2008-2009?

14.6 per cent in 2008-09 to $563.7 billion

  1. What countries were Australia’s top three trading partners?

China ($83.0 billion), Japan ($75.3 billion) and the United States ($53.1 billion)

  1. Which country was Australia’s top export market?

Japan was Australia's largest export market in 2008-09, accounting for 19.3 per cent ($55 billion) of total exports, rising 46.7 per cent

  1. What was Australia’s total value of exports for 2008-2009?

Exports increased by 21.9 per cent in 2008-09 to $284.7 billion and 1.8 per cent in volume terms

  1. What were Australia’s top three export commodities?

Australia's top three exports were coal ($54.8 billion), iron ore and concentrates ($34.2 billion) and gold ($17.5 billion)

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Copy and paste the pie graph that represents “Australia’s Main Exports.”

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Tourism:

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Study the information carefully and answer the following questions:

  1. In 2006, how much (in $Aus) did tourism, both international and domestic, contribute to the Australian economy?
  1. Approximately how many international tourists visited Australia in 2006?
  1. Approximately how much money did international tourists contribute to the Australian economy in 2006?
  1. How many Australians travelled overseas in 2006?
  1. How many Australians are employed in the tourist industry?
  1. Briefly evaluate how tourism is important to the Australian economy?
  1. Sport:

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Read Jonathon Moore’s reflection on the Sydney Olympics (2000).

  1. What do you think Jonathon Moore means when he states that “Australians would rather win a gold medal than a Nobel prize?”

He means that Australia puts their sport in front of their education events.

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What did the Sydney Olympics establish records in?

Ticket sales, internet traffic and audience figures

  1. How were the Sydney Olympics a “Huge Boost to Australia?”

It was a huge boost for tourism and put Australia on the map.

“For a British journalist, Sydney's two weeks in the sun were an eye-opening experience”

  1. Why did Juan Antonio Samaranch describe the Sydney Games as

“the best Olympics ever?”

He called the Sydney Olympics the best Olympics ever because they had a strong team of committed and motivated workers who made it great. Also the athletes also showed the spirit of Australia.

  1. Google, copy and paste THREE appropriate Images from the Sydney Olympics (2000).

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