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Most of the trees wereevergreens, and had unusually thick, leathery leaves. Thick leavescan retain water for long periods of time, and there were very longdry seasons in many parts of the continent. The eucalyptus, uponwhich the koala bear lives, is unusual because it may be as small asa spruce Christmas tree, or it may be as much as two hundred feethigh. There are many different kinds of eucalyptus, and each kind isa different size. The settlers found that the timber of theeucalyptus is very strong, and useful for heavy construction jobs,such as dock pilings and cattle fences. Australia has a beautifulflowering tree the British had never seen before. This is the acacia,which bears thousands of colorful blossoms each year. There are so many of thesetrees, and they are so beautiful, the acacia has been made thenational flower of Australia. Australian birds are not very differentfrom birds of Africa and parts of Asia. The emu of Australia is verylike the ostrich. Like the ostrich, it cannot fly, but can only runswiftly along the ground on its long, powerful legs. There are somebirds that are found only in Australia. One is the kookaburra, or"laughing jackass." This bird is named for the sound itmakes. Some people have used the kookaburra as a kind of living alarmclock, because every morning and evening at about the same time aflock of kookaburra birds will suddenly start making their loudnoises. Another interesting Australian bird is the lyre bird, whichlooks like a small harp, or lyre, because of the way its tailfeathers stand up. Australia has more poisonous snakes than any othercontinent, but only about six of them have a deadly poison. Todaythere are plants and animals from all over the world in Australia.Settlers have imported them, and they have done well in theAustralian climate. Australia's big problem is rabbits. It began whenan Englishman took a pair of rabbits to Australia as pets. The rabbits escaped, andwere never caught. That one pair of rabbits was the start of atremendous rabbit population. Over a period of years, there werefinally so many wild rabbits that they were eating and spoiling thefarmers' crops. To keep them under control the Australians have builtlong fences and held annual rabbit hunts. There are so many rabbitsin Australia that thousands of rabbit skins are exported every year.They are used when inexpensive fur is wanted VALUABLE THINGS INAUSTRALIA Two years after the 1849 "gold rush" when goldwas discovered in California, the same thing happened in southernAustralia. Australia had its gold rush in 1851. In just one year thepopulation of Port Phillip, where the city of Melbourne is today,increased from 50,000 to 250,000. Even today, gold mining is veryimportant in Australia. Over thirty million dollars' worth is minedeach year. Australia also has large iron and coal deposits, whichproved valuable during both world wars, because they made it possiblefor Australia to manufacture armaments for the Allies. There is agood supply of other necessary minerals. Australia also has a goodsupply of gem stones, used for making jewelry. Australian opals areespecially plentiful, and there are some sapphires and diamonds.
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