Tag: australia - location, political divisions and physical features

The Reef is highly vulnerable. In the past three decades, it has lost half its coral cover, because global warming has produced horrific coral bleaching. Coastal development also looms as a major threat.

The Great Barrier Reef is in the Coral Sea, on Australia's north-eastern coast. It stretches more than 2,300km along the state of Queensland's north- coastline, beginning at the tip of Cape York Peninsula in the north and extending down to Bundaberg in the south.

Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie - places famous for gold mines are located in Australia. Coolgardie Goldfield still continues its long association with the gold industry.

Wheat is one of Australia's major crops and one of the most important grain crops in world commerce. Wheat is a cereal grain used for human consumption and animal feed. Australia produces around 22 million tonnes annually with a gross value reported at over AU$6 billion.

Australia’s national bird, the Emu is the world’s second-largest living member of the ratite (ra-tight) family of flightless birds. Most Ratites are now extinct; only the emu, ostrich, cassowary, kiwi and rhea are alive today. The Emu was designated in 1960 by the Australian government to be their national bird.