I.The Land The continent of Australia lies between equatorial South East Asia and the Antarctic
I. The Land The continent of Australia lies between equatorial South East Asia and the Antarctic
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I. The Land
I.The Land ·Isolated from other major land masses, Australia's distinctive flora and fauna evolved through its long period as an island continent. One of the animals that are unique to the continent is the platypus -often described as the world's most unusual animal
I. The Land • Isolated from other major land masses, Australia’s distinctive flora and fauna evolved through its long period as an island continent. One of the animals that are unique to the continent is the platypus – often described as the world’s most unusual animal
I.The Land ●1 The kangaroo-a macropod (meaning large footed')is sometimes as much as two metres in height.It is a marsupial which means that the young joeys',or baby kangaroos,live in the mother's pouch until they are ready to fend for themselves
I. The Land • The kangaroo – a macropod (meaning ‘large footed’) is sometimes as much as two metres in height. It is a marsupial which means that the young ‘joeys’, or baby kangaroos, live in the mother’s pouch until they are ready to fend for themselves
I.The Land ·The koala is another marsupial but one looks like a small,woolly,grey and white bear.It lives mainly in the branches of trees,especially the eucalyptus whose leaves are the koala's main food
I. The Land • The koala is another marsupial but one looks like a small, woolly, grey and white bear. It lives mainly in the branches of trees, especially the eucalyptus whose leaves are the koala’s main food