User talk:Ethan2002

Australia is as big as united states mainland but has a smaller population than texas. The vast, dry interior, kown as the outback, consist mainly deserts and grasslands. It contains mineral reserves and is used for grazigng huge numbers of sheep and cattle, but few people live there. Most australians live in or near cities along the east, southeast and southwest coast, where the climate is temperate and the land fertile. The far northeast is tropical, with areas of dense rain forest. The southeast is cooler, and mountain snowfall are common. Most of australia's native people, the aborigines, live in town and cities, but some still follow old traditions in the outback. Aborigines originally came to australia more than 40,000 years ago, having crossed from the island of new guinea, an australian territory until 1975, is made up of several is land chains and half the island of new guinea. The main island is covered in jungle and sorruned by swampy swamps. Most people live in small villages, where they grow food in gardens and raise animals.