A Primary Source Guide to Australia

Bring kids to the Land Down Under, the world's only island continent! It is also the world's flattest continent, filled with unique creatures whose isolated circumstances make them native to nowhere else on Earth. Populated by first the Aborigines and then European immigrants, Australia has seen cultural and civil rights clashes not unlike those in the United States. Yet its people are some of the friendliest on the planet. From mystical beliefs to modern business practices, readers...
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Bring kids to the Land Down Under, the world's only island continent! It is also the world's flattest continent, filled with unique creatures whose isolated circumstances make them native to nowhere else on Earth. Populated by first the Aborigines and then European immigrants, Australia has seen cultural and civil rights clashes not unlike those in the United States. Yet its people are some of the friendliest on the planet. From mystical beliefs to modern business practices, readers will get an insider's view of Australia through primary-source artwork, documents, and photos, and entertaining, fact-filled text.