Australi The Smallest Continent Between The Indian And...

Australia is the smallest continent between the Indian and Pacific Ocean and is a nation of many contrasts. For instance, mainland Australia is not only the largest island but it also is the smallest and flattest continent on the planet. Australia’s capital is Canberra. Despite the fact that Canberra is the capital, other cities like Sydney, which is the largest city in the country, have more influence both locally and internationally. â€Å"Australia was once a British colony and after its discovery in 1788 people from Great Britain settled there. In the past decades, people from all over the world have come to Australia. Today it is a multicultural society and the continent is also one of the richest countries in the world. It produces wool and meat on one side, as well as gold, bauxite and other minerals on the other (English Online).† In 1688, the privateer William Dampier became the first Englishman to reach Australia, but in 1770 a British sailor, Captain James Co ok, found the fertile east coast of Australia. He called it New South Wales, and claimed it for Britain. New Zealand is a beautiful island a part of Oceania; it is located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The island is also known as â€Å"The land of the long white cloud† or â€Å"Aotearoa†. â€Å"Europeans first laid eyes on New Zealand on 13 December 1642, when the great Dutch explorer Abel Tasman caught sight of the west coast of the South Island. The next Europeans to visit Aotearoa – New Zealand came under the stewardship