https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z by Carter, Pence en-us 2018-05-03 15:02:10 UTC 2018-05-22 13:02:04 UTC hello@padlet.com carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/257697404 Try to picture how Australia must have looked to European explorers when they first arrived there more than 200 years ago. It probably seemed a very odd place. Winter came in July. Summer heat peaked in January. Animals hopped around, carrying their young in pouches. The land was flat and very dry. Even the patterns of stars in the night sky looked strange.]]> 2018-05-03 15:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/257697404 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/257698609 2018-05-03 15:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/257698609 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258083852 Well as you can guess the ozone hole is well a hole in the ozone layer.]]> 2018-05-04 16:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258083852 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258084443 Australia is the only country in the world that is also a continent. It is set off from the rest of the world by the vast Pacific and Indian oceans. Australia gets its name from the Latin word australis, which means “southern.” Australians also call their country “Down Under” because on maps it lies “under” the equator.]]> 2018-05-04 16:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258084443 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258086169 2018-05-04 16:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258086169 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258086533 The Aborigines believe in a time long ago that they call the Dreamtime. These spirits formed the land and created people. Land is sacred to Aborigines. To Europeans, land was something to be owned and used.

]]> 2018-05-04 16:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258086533 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258561514 After independence, Australians created a “white Australia” immigration policy. . Any person who wanted to immigrate had to pass a “dictation test.” Those who could not were turned away. This test limited immigration mainly to white Europeans.]]> 2018-05-07 14:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258561514 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258565750 2018-05-07 15:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258565750 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258885224 Sunny December in the Southern Hemisphere As you recall, Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere. Its seasons are the opposite of those in the northern half of the world. Summer there starts in December and runs through March.]]> 2018-05-08 13:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258885224 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258890851 2018-05-08 13:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258890851 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258891691  Miniature penguins waddle ashore each night after dark. The swans you see on lakes are black, not white. You might even see a very odd animal that looks like a cross between a duck and a beaver a few of the country's curious creatures. these animals live in australia]]> 2018-05-08 13:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258891691 carter_pence https://padlet.com/carter_pence/ic0kd1eqju7z/wish/258923736 In December, Australia's beaches are usually crowded with sunbathers and surfers. They know that because of a hole in Earth's atmosphere, they are at risk of getting more than sunburn at the beach. they could also get skin cancer.

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