There are now only about 250,000 Aboriginal Australians,

Aboriginal

The Aborigines have lived in Australia for about 50,000 years.

Aboriginal

Agriculture involves growing crops and raising animals,

landbouw

All the announcements in the railway station were in English.

mededeling

The holiday brochure had beautiful photos of Australia.

brochure / gids

Brown bears and grizzly bears live in the Rocky Mountains,

bruine beer

Well-known Canadian animals include the polar bear, moose and caribou.

kariboe

The typical climate of central Canada is short hot summers and long cold winters.

midden- / centraal-

On the eastern coastal areas of Australia the beaches are beautiful.

kust-

The high temperatures drop considerably at night and it can get very cold.

aanzienlijk

The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef over 2000 km long.

koraalrif

The official language is English and the currency is the Australian dollar.

munteenheid

There are often severe storms called cyclones on the north-east and north-west coasts.

cycloon

The official language is English and the currency is the Australian dollar.

dollar

Droughts are common - more than 33% of the country has less than 26mm of rain a year.

droogte

The government is making major efforts to preserve the Aboriginal culture.

moeite

The Rocky Mountains are home to large deer called elks.

eland

The emu is a well-known Australian bird that has long legs and cannot fly.

emoe

Niagara Falls are the largest falls in the world.

waterval

On the eastern coastal plains of Australia there are areas of grasslands.

weidegrond

Brown bears and grizzly bears live in the Rocky Mountains,

grizzlybeer

There are often severe storms called hurricanes on the north-east and north-west coasts.

orkaan

Tourism is an important industry in Australia.

industrie

The Australian interior has a continental climate because it's a long way from the sea.

binnenland

Well known Australian animals include the kangaroo and the koala.

kangoeroe

Well known Australian animals include the kangaroo and the koala.

koala

The "laughing" kookaburra is a well-known Australian bird.

lachende hans / kookaburra

Average temperatures in Ottawa are minus 6 to minus 15 degrees Celsius in January.

min

There are often heavy rains called monsoons in the tropical north.

moesson

Well-known Canadian animals include the polar bear, moose and caribou.

eland

They're a very musical family – they all sing and play the piano and the guitar.

muzikaal

Native Canadians have lived in Canada for at least 10,000 years.

inheems

All the notices in the railway station were written in English.

mededeling / bordje

The official language is English and the currency is the Australian dollar.

officieel / voer-

Australia is famous for its outback – the hot dry land in the centre.

woestijn / "outback"

A plain is a large flat area of land.

vlakte

Well-known Australian animals include the kangaroo, koala and platypus.

vogelbekdier

Well-known Canadian animals include the polar bear, moose and caribou.

ijsbeer

West-central Canada is mostly prairie grassland.

prairie

The government is making major efforts to preserve the Aboriginal culture.

behouden

The tropical rainforests in the north have a huge variety of birds.

regenwoud

About two-thirds of Australia is rocky desert or semi-desert.

halfwoestijn

Snow is frozen water that falls from the sky.

sneeuw

Spiders are insects with eight legs.

spin

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure in the world.

structuur

It was a beautiful, warm day with lots of sunshine.

zonneschijn

The tropical rainforests in the north have a huge variety of birds.

tropisch

There is a lot of frozen land called tundra in the north of Canada.

toendra

The tropical rainforests in the north have a huge variety of birds.

variatie