Australia Day

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/australia-day

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Australia Day?Australia
2. How many people live in Australia Day?Approximately 26 million
3. How big is Australia Day?7,692,024 square kilometers
4. What is the capital of Australia Day?Canberra
5. What language do people speak in Australia Day?English (official), many Indigenous languages
6. When was Australia Day built?1940

First Fleet: The 11 ships that carried the first European settlers to Australia in 1788.
Indigenous Australians: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the original inhabitants of Australia.
Federation: The process by which the separate Australian colonies united to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
Dispossession: The act of taking away someone's property or land.