In middle of the past year, the Department of Statistics of Australia has released another report "Year Book Australia" with a variety of statistics about the country.

We use these statistics and consider the major Australian cities and their populations (June 30, 2008):

• Sydney = 4,399,722
• Melbourne = 3,892,419
• Brisbane = 1,945,639
• Perth = 1,602,559
• Adelaide = 1,172,105
• Canberra = 345.257
• Hobart = 209.287
• Darwin = 120.652

It turns out that in large urban areas lives approximately 13.7 million people, representing 63.9% or two thirds of the population of Australia.

An average Australian population density is 2.8 persons per square kilometer, but at the Australian Capital Territory, this value reaches 147, and the smallest population density is at the Northern Territory, where at 1 square kilometer there are only 0.2 people.

The density of population in Sydney fluctuates (depending on the area) from 7.500 to 8.400 people per square kilometer, while in Melbourne this index is around 7.300.

By State (in thousand people):

• New South Wales = 6.984
• Victoria = 5.314
• Queensland = 4.294
• Western Australia = 2.171
• South Australia = 1.603
• Tasmania = 498
• Australian Capital Territory = 346
• Northern Territory = 220

In 1917 were released the first Australian passports – X Series. During the First World War passports helped to identify and keep track of soldiers crossing the borders of different countries.

Phrase «Australian Passport» appeared on the passport only in 1949, and before that used the inscription «British Passport». In the same year were released two series passports – «B Series» for use in Australia by the citizens of the UK and «C Series» only for citizens of Australia.

Australian passport, 1957

In 1950 30,000 Australian passports were granted.

50 years later, in 1999-2000, the number of passports granted was almost 1.45 million. On the production of so many passports were expended 37 tons of paper, 95,000 meters of yarns, 69,000 feet of gold leaf and more than a thousand litas glue.

Until 1983, a statement of married women for an Australian passports was supposed to be signed by the husband. In the same year it became possible to apply via Australia Post.

Initially, passports were filled manually, but in 1984 began using a computer print, and first in the world laminated pages.

Since 1986, the Australian children were getting separated from their parents' passports, in connection with the introduction of individual records of a citizen Australia (Single Identity).

In 2001 an Australian passport for the first time was able to be scanned and automatically read by a computer. Today, all applications for Australian passports are recognized and stored in the system automatically.

Since 2005, Australian passports include biometric information.

Australian Passport Chip Page

On the average, one Australian passport is issued every 27.5 seconds.

Having an Australian citizen, you can travel using an Australian passport. This world map illustrates the visa regime for citizens of Australia:

A detailed list of countries and visa requirements for citizens of Australia can be found here.

A specialist in the field of naturopathy Mim Beim said that she and colleagues developed a simple seven rules for a good sleep, based on the principles of modern medicine and traditional healing methods. So …

1. Keep in the medicine cabinet "sleeping grass". "Unlike sleeping pills, herbal soothing herbal teas and tinctures are not addictive", – said Dr. Beim. – Therefore, to achieve the desired effect, you should take the "sleep-grass" twice: after dinner and before bedtime. Gentle but effective soporific effect have valerian, hops, lemon balm, motherwort, peony. You can take a mono-infusion – to 30-40 drops, but you can try to combine the herbs themselves (as to total no more than 30-40 drops) and choose the best composition. But you should remember that all sedative herb lowers blood pressure.

2. A light supper before retiring. For those who do not eat after six in the evening, night's sleep is worse – more superficial and alarming. The fact that in sleep the brain need fuel. So the best option – a light supper in half an hour before bedtime with a small amount of carbohydrates. This will increase the levels of serotonin and normalizes blood sugar levels, which generally has a calming effect on the body. Therefore, old-fashioned cup of hot milk with honey at night, a piece of cheese and biscuits, or half a banana will fall at an opportune moment.

3. Remember the "sleep hygiene". Not so important to force yourself to go bed at 10 pm . Yet we understand that for the modern working man it is practically impossible. But that's just to go to sleep at the same time is the most important. And the worst – "hill" mode. Go to sleep each day to a aired on the night room. But before bedtime, avoid large strenuous exercises and watching movies with disturbing music (just churning intonation worrying sleep).

4. Do not drink before bedtime. This is important. Despite the fact that alcohol has a relaxing effect, should abandon this practice. "Alcohol breaks the cycle of sleep, particularly sleep with rapid eye movement, when people go to dream – saw a naturopath Mim Beim. – This means that the body is not able to completely relax and rejuvenate".

5. Running and biking – in the morning, yoga – at night. Special exercises will help to improve you sleep. The active loads (running, cycling, treadmill, weight trainers) should be performed in the morning. A class aimed at the gradual stretching of the muscles and restore breathing (yoga, pilates and tai chi), it makes sense to move to the evening. This will help reassure not only the body but also to "switch" from the daily concerns of the brain.

6. Bath caresses your skin and … cheats the brain! Specialists have found that the deepest sleep occurs when body temperature is less than the average day. Typically, this happens in the morning. If you cleared up at night and sleep either in one eye, try to trick the brain. Convince it that the body is immersed in the realm of sleep, you can use a warm bath or shower, which artificially reduces the body temperature.

7. To regulate daily rhythm in the human body helps the hormone melatonin, produced by the pineal gland of the brain. "Shift work, frequent flights and poor sleep affects levels of melatonin – says Dr. Beim. – Therefore, for adjustment the internal clock the hormone can be administered in tablets. But assign it only has a sleep physician or neurologist.

The first settlers in the region were the Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, who arrived here, according to various dating methods about 40000 – 65000 years ago. Later, after the arrival of European colonists in Queensland was established British colony, which became a separate administrative-territorial unit at June 6, 1859. This date is now celebrated annually as The Queensland Day.

The territory which is now occupied by the Brisbane, was originally a colony of Moreton Bay, designed to link back-convicted offenders who have committed a second offense in exile in New South Wales. Later, the state government began to encourage the establishment of the free settlement that today has led to the development of agriculture, tourism and natural resources.

Most of the state's population lives in South-East Queensland, which include the capital Brisbane, Logan City, Redland City, Ipswich, Toowoomba and the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Other important regional centers: Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Harvey Bay, Ingem and Mount Isa.

Informal name of the residents of Queensland is "Banana Benders", probably comes from the huge number of banana plantations in the tropics of the state.

Name

The state got its name in honor of Queen Victoria, who signed a decree establishing a new state in parts of New South Wales in June 6, 1859. Popular in those days, Victoria chose the name after himself. Cooksland, which offers local influential Presbyterian minister John Dunmore Lang – in honor of the English explorer James Cook. In honor of the queen was also named the southern Australian state of Victoria.

Queensland History

The history of the region goes back for thousands of years, including a long-aboriginal (pre-colonial) period and during colonization of Australia by European settlers. The first Australian Aborigines came to the region about 40,000 years ago, and the first navigators who investigated the north-east of Australia before it was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1770 were Dutch, Portuguese and French. In June 2009, was marked by a 150-year anniversary of the state and its separation from New South Wales. Queensland was the scene of military clashes between natives and colonists, as well as one of the centers kanaka labor migration from the islands of Oceania.

Geography

Queensland Territory covers an area of 1.853 thousand sq km (second among states in the country). In upstate washed Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea Pacific Ocean in the east – the Pacific Ocean. In southern Queensland border with New South Wales, in the west – with the Northern Territory and South Australia.

The state capital Brisbane is located on the coast 100 km north of the border with New South Wales. In the state is Mount Isa – the fifth in size city in the world. The area of the city of more than 40,000 sq km. Queensland is divided into 11 major geographic regions and three smaller ones (Atherton, Granite Belt and Chennel Country) located in the extreme southwest of the state.

Queensland is rich in picturesque places of natural origin, such as: Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast having the best beaches in the State; Mountain Bath and the Great Dividing Range with numerous waterfalls, picnic areas and magnificent scenery, Carnarvon Gorge, Whitsunday Islands and the Isle of Hinchinbruk.

In the state of five protected areas of World Heritage sites: The Australian Reserve Riversleigh fossil mammals in the Gulf Country, Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve, Fraser Island, Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics of Queensland.

Climate

Due to the large size of the state of the climate in different parts of its territory is extremely diverse. Low rainfall and hot summers are typical for internal west monsoon 'wet' season for the extreme north and warm-temperate climate to the coastal strip. Temperature minimum is typical for the interior and southern districts of the state. The climate of the coastal strip is influenced by warm ocean waters, which results in the absence of extreme temperatures and constant moisture for precipitation.

There are five climatic zones are prevalent in Queensland, and differ in temperature and humidity:

• Hot humid summer (far north and the coast)
• Warm humid summer (coastal elevated hinterlands and coastal south-east)
• Hot, dry summer, mild winter (central west)
• Hot, dry summers, cold winters (south west)
• Moderately warm summers, cold winter (inland south-east, eg Granite Belt)

Nevertheless, most of the settlements in Queensland are subject to shifts of two seasons: "winter" with a predominance of warm temperatures and minimal rainfall and hot summer with high temperatures and high precipitation.

Officially recorded a maximum temperature in the state amounted to 49,5 ° C, Birdsville December 24, 1972 (amounting to a maximum of 53,1 ° C, Cloncurry 16 January 1889 was not recognized officially).

Minimum temperature of -10.6 ° C, Stanthorpe June 23, 1961, and The Hermitage 12 July 1965.

Demography

The bulk of the population lives outside the Queensland capital, which distinguishes it from other mainland states. At June 2004 the number of metropolitan population was 45.7% of the state's population, the country as a whole metropolitan population is 63.8% of the total population.

Christian: 70.9%:

• Roman Catholic: 24,9%
• Anglican: 22.3%
• United Church: 8,4%
• Lutheran: 2,1%
• Other: 13.2%

Not Christians: 2.3%

• Buddhists: 1.1%
• Muslims: 0.4%
• Hindus: 0.3%
• Jews: 0.1%
• Other: 0.4%

Unbelievers: 14.8%
Not reported: 12.0%

On December 9th 2005 the population of Queensland officially reached the mark of 4 million people. Queensland is the fastest growing states in Australia, which comes more than 1500 people a week, of which 1000 in the southern part of the state. According to projections, by the end of 2020 Queensland will become the second most populous state in Australia. According to the Cleveland Office of Economic and Statistical Research of the State's population at the end of 2007 there were 4,228,290 people, representing almost 20% of the total Australian population.

In 2007 the fertility rate in Queensland has reached 2.09, which was its highest level since 1977.

Economy

Queensland economy over the past 20 years, experienced a boom in tourism and mining. The large influx of Australian and overseas migrants, large amount of investment the federal government, the increase in mining and a growing aerospace sector provides the fastest economic growth among Australian states until the foreseeable future.

From 1992 to 2002, GDP growth has surpassed the Queensland performance of all other states and territories. During this period, the College of Queensland increased by 5.0% annually, while the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Australia grew annually by an average of 3,9%.

In 2003, Brisbane had the lowest cost of living among all the state capitals of Australia. But already at the end of 2005, he became the third room stay among the state capitals after Sydney and Canberra, ahead of the cost of living in Melbourne for $ 15000.

The primary sector includes: growing bananas, pineapples, peanuts, a wide variety of other vegetables and fruits of temperate climate and tropical cereals, wine, livestock, cotton, sugar cane, wool and mining: bauxite, coal, silver, lead, zinc, gold and copper.

The secondary sector is essentially a further processing of the above products of the primary sector: bauxite from Waipu is processed into alumina at Gladstone. There are also copper refining and processing of sugarcane for sugar.

The main branches of the tertiary sector is retail trade and tourism.

Tourism

Tourism is the leading branch of the tertiary sector of the economy of Queensland. State of sunshine annually attracts millions of Australian and foreign tourists. Queensland – state of contrasts, consisting of a sunny tropical coastal areas, lush tropical forests and arid inland areas.

The main tourist attractions are:

    * Great Barrier Reef
    * Brisbane
    * Whitsunday (Airlie Beach, Uaytheven Beach, Hamilton Island, Daydream Island)
    * Gold Coast
    * Far North Queensland (Cairns, Port Douglas, Deintri)
    * North Stradbroke Island and South Stradbroke Island
    * Sunshine Coast
    * North Queensland (Townsville, Magnetic Island)
    * Harvi-Bey/ostrov Fraser

Queensland Gold Coast is sometimes called the "capital of Australia's Theme Parks" for its five major amusement parks:

    * Wet 'n Wild
    * Drimuorld
    * Movie-World
    * Sea World
    * Whitewater World

There are also wildlife parks, including:

    Gold Coast:

            * Wildlife Sanctuary "Currumbin" in Currumbin
            * Wildlife Park David Fliya in Burleigh Heads

    Sunshine Coast:

            * Aquarium of the Underwater World in Mooloolaba
            * Australia Zoo Steve Irwin's name near Beerwah / Glashauz Mountains (Steve Irwin's house until his death on September 4, 2006)

    Brisbane:

            * Lone Pine Koala in Fig Tree Pocket
            * Brisbane Forest Park in The Gap
            * Alma Park Zoo in Dakabine

    To the north of Brisbane:

            * Wildlife Sanctuary "Kambartcho"

Hotel accommodation in Queensland is about 22% of the total tourist expenditure, followed by restaurants / meals (15%), airfare (11%), fuel (11%), and a shopping / buying gifts (11%).

Transport

Queensland passes through a number of national highways, particularly through South-East Queensland are such high-quality highway as M1.

The main railway companies are Queensland Rail and Pacific National predominantly serving the coastal ports, including the Brisbane port and auxiliary ports of Gladstone and Townsville.

Brisbane Airport is the principal in the state to international and domestic air travel. Airports Gold Coast and Cairns are the two sleduyuschimim meaningfully to service international flights. Other regional airports served by an internal message: Great Barrier Reef, Harvey Bay, Mackay, Mount Isa, Prozerpayn / Whitsunday Coast, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast and Townsville.

Passenger movement in South-East Cleveland carried out a comprehensive public transport system TransLink, consisting of bus, rail and ferry services. Also there is a regional bus network and rail links with other states. In most regional centers are bus stations.

Governance

The executive branch is represented by the Governor, who is appointed and Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the Prime Minister. At the moment, the post of governor is Mrs Penelope WENSLEY, AO. Head of Government – Prime Minister appointed by the governor with mandatory approval of the Legislature. Prime minister at the moment is Anna Bligh, representing the Australian Labor Party. Other ministers, the Executive Council, appointed by the Governor from among the members of the Legislative Assembly on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

Queensland Parliament or the Legislative Assembly is unicameral. Queensland – the only Australian state with a unicameral legislature. Bicameral system existed until 1922, when the Legislative Council was abolished by the Labour members of the team of suicide ", so named because of the fact that they have appointed to vote for the abolition of their posts and positions.

The judicial system of Queensland consists of the Supreme and District Court approved in accordance with the Constitution of Queensland, as well as various other courts and tribunals, approved by ordinary Acts of Parliament of Queensland.

In 2001 Queensland adopted a new codified constitution, repealing most of the different Acts of Parliament were part of the old constitution. The new constitution entered into force on 6 June 2002, the anniversary of the signing of letters by Queen Victoria on the formation of the colony of Queensland in 1859.

Universities

• Australian Catholic University (Brisbane Campus)
• Queensland University of Technology
• Bond University
• Griffith University
• James Cook University
• University of Queensland
• University of the Sunshine Coast
• University of Central Queensland
• University of Southern Queensland

Arrival people in Australia

The general opinion of historians, a man arrived in Australia no later than 40 thousand years ago – this time include traces of man discovered in the Upper Swan, Western Australia. In Tasmania, which was then connected to the mainland by a land bridge, a man fell at least 30,000 years ago.

There are also more bold predictions about the time of appearance of the first people in Australia. Thus, the analysis of ancient pollen from the south-eastern Australia indicates an increase in fires, dating from about 120,000 years ago. Individual researchers attributed these fires to human activity, calling into question their dating. Charles Dortch dating stone tools found at Rottnest, about 70000 years ago. In general, researchers are dating, more than 40,000 years, with skepticism.

Human migration to Australia occurred in the final stages of the Pleistocene, when sea level was much lower than the modern. Repeated glaciation in the Pleistocene led to the sea level during the last glacial maximum in Australasia has been more than 100 meters below the current one. At this time, the continental coast stretched much further, covering the Timor Sea, so that Australia and New Guinea formed a single continent known as Sahul, connecting land by an isthmus, which took place on the waters of the current Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria and the Torres Strait. Despite this, sea and in those days was a significant barrier to travel, so it is assumed that the first humans came to Australia, swimming across short distances from island to island. Offered two hypothetical route of this migration: one – the chain of small islands between Sulawesi and New Guinea, and the second – in the north-west Australia via Timor.

Evidence of the existence of bridges between Australia, New Guinea and the nearest to the last islands of Indonesia, including in the more ancient times, is a community of flora and fauna of the region. Only about 4000 BC. er. sea level in the region finally stabilized at the current level.

It is unknown exactly how many diverse populations settled in Australia before the Europeans arrived. Top 21. approximately the same weight have a hypothesis "triple hybrid" and the origin of a single population.

Some Y-chromosome data indicate a relatively recent influx of population from the Indian subcontinent.

Fire and the disappearance of megafauna

Archaeological evidence (the remnants of charcoal) show that the fire began to be used more often as the Australian Aborigines have used it to drive the game, and / or burned on to the soil, a new green growth, attracting new animals, as well as for clearing impassable forest. Thickly overgrown once the territory became more open sklerofitovye thickets and open forest into a meadow. In the vegetation gradually prevailed fire-proof plants, in particular, casuarina, eucalyptus, acacia and grass.

Changes in the fauna have been even more dramatic. Australian megafauna, ie species considerably larger than people had died, and along with it – and many smaller species. In general, almost simultaneously became extinct about 60 different species, including the family diprotodonov (marsupial that looks like a hippo), several large flightless birds (eg, geniornisa), carnivorous kangaroos, lizards five-meter and miolaniyu – a turtle the size of a small car.

The immediate cause of mass extinctions remains uncertain. It could be fire, hunting, climate change, or a combination of some or all of the factors (when a popular version of the climate now is not considered a major). In the absence of large herbivores, which could keep the growth of low vegetation, while their manure to fertilize the soil fires were becoming larger and increasingly varied terrain.

Period of about 18000 – 15000 years ago, is characterized by increased aridity across the continent at lower temperatures and menshh rainfall than at present. In the late Pleistocene, about 13000 years ago, due to rising sea levels gradually began to disappear large tracts of land: a jumper from New Guinea in place of the modern Torres Strait Bass plain between Victoria and Tasmania, as well as a bridge to Kangaroo Island.

Since then, the Tasmanian Aborigines were geographically isolated. About 9000 years ago, the population of small islands in Bass Strait and on Kangaroo Island were killed.

As shown by the linguistic and genetic data, there were prolonged contact between Australian Aborigines in the far north of Australia and the Austronesian people of New Guinea and surrounding islands, but these contacts were limited to trade, the number of mixed marriages were extremely small, mass colonization was not. Makasarskie boats – EdNA – also mentioned in the stories of Aboriginal people of Broome to the Gulf of Carpentaria. There were temporary settlements, there are cases where the Australian Aborigines migrated to Indonesia.

Culture and Technology

The last 5000 years are characterized by a relative improvement of climate, rising temperature and precipitation and a more complicated social structure of tribes. The main items of trade were songs and dances, as well as flint, precious stones, shells, seeds, spears, food, etc.

Languages Pama-nyunga spread almost all over Australia, except in the north and Arnhem. There is also a relative continuity of religious ideas and myths around Australia. Some plot lines of songs are known throughout the continent.

Initiation of boys and girls (rite of passage into adulthood, often associated with the trials) was observed ceremonies and festivals. Behavior regulated by strict rules governing relationships with numerous relatives and responsibility to them. Australia was a very complex system of kinship and related restrictions on entry into marriage with certain lines of kinship.

Political power in the hands of community elders, and not hereditary chiefs. Disputes were resolved at the community meeting in accordance with a complex system of tribal laws (example is shown in today's movie "Ten boats"). Were frequent blood feuds and tribalism. Tribes are often entered into alliances through marriage, had no idea about the origin of the common heroes.

Cremation of the deceased entered into the practice of about 25000 years ago, much earlier than anywhere else on earth. Earliest examples of Aboriginal art in a cave on the plain Kunalda Nalarbor dated about 20000 years ago.

In the most fertile and populated regions of the Aborigines lived in semipermanent settlements. In the fertile basin of the Murray River fishing and farming is largely superseded hunting and gathering, which dominate in other regions. Sturt expedition along the Murray River has come to the false conclusion that the Australian Aboriginal peoples practiced agriculture, as its members saw big stacks of hay, used for long-term storage of seeds.

Cultural and linguistic diversity

It is estimated that in 1788 the total number of Aboriginal Australia was at least half a million. Their population consisted of hundreds of separate, different cultures and language groups. Most Aborigines were hunters and gatherers had a rich oral tradition, has developed its own system of agriculture.

White colonists until recently shown little interest in culture and heritage of Aboriginal Australians, so much knowledge about their customs and languages irretrievably lost. When James Cook first made the claim of Britain to New South Wales in 1770, indigenous population consisted of approximately 500 carriers of Australian languages.

Contacts outside Australia

The inhabitants of the northern coast – Kimberley, Arnhem Land, neighborhoods Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape Cape York – over the centuries maintained contact with neighboring peoples (mostly native Austronesian languages). Even after the final disappearance of a land bridge in place of Torres Strait as a result of sea level rise there an active movement of people and goods between the northern coast of Australia and New Guinea. Intermediate stops during the navigation by boats were coral reefs. About 2500 years ago and Torres Strait Islander colonized carriers sea Melanesian culture, which appeared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speakers of Australian and Papuan languages. They continued to maintain contact with the aborigines north-east Australia.

On the other hand, for many hundreds of years of Indonesian fishermen, "Bugis" natives of the Moluccas (eg, gangs) fished along the coast of Australia. Makasarskie traders from Sulawesi have regularly visited the coast of northern Australia, where catching sea cucumber, which was they traded with the Chinese at least until the beginning of the XVIII century.

On the cultural and technological exchanges indicate individual motifs in aboriginal art, the appearance of items such as canoe-dolblenki, tobacco and pipe smoking, the presence of makassarskih words in indigenous languages (eg, Balanda as a symbol of the white man), the presence of descendants of Malay subrasy among Australian Aborigines as a result of intermarriage and migration.

"Oz" as it is affectionately called by the locals, is remarkable not only for its remoteness from the rest of the world, but a completely different culture, nature, flora and fauna. That there is one contemplation so like a big teddy "bear" phlegmatic koalas. This is perhaps the world's only bear, which can safely pat, do not fear for their health. However, it is no wonder – because the koala, in fact, jointly not bear, a marsupial, like kangaroos. If we talk about the famous skipjack kangaroo – it's an animal, of course, is a symbol of the continent, and was awarded an honorary place on the Australian flag. This funny animal can jump to decent heights with its very impressive size and weight, approximately equal to the weight of the person.

Choosing a holiday in Australia, you choose a journey into another world, where everything is like in the mirror. In January – summer, in July – the snow. Looking at the night sky, you will not see with childhood familiar to you the stars. Here is quite different, equator picture of the sky.

Australian standard of living is very high. In September 2009, Forbes magazine declared it one of the top ten rated the reliability and attractiveness of the economies. Australia is the third Human Development Index of 170 countries. It is also noteworthy that education in Australia is now one of the most popular and prestigious in the world. Therefore, you will be pleased and interested to meet and may even make friends with local residents, able to communicate in a variety of topics.

Cote d'Azur, golden sand, blue lagoons and beautiful wave – all this you'll find a short drive from the bustling and crowded metropolis. After all, the coastline in this country – the biggest in the world. Hundreds and thousands of surfers and divers from around the world tend to visit this magnificent country, which can be called a paradise for water sports. Visit the Great Barrier Reef – one of the wonders of nature, length 2,030 km, consisting of 3,000 coral islands, banks and lagoons, amazing novichkovpodvodnikov and experienced divers. Many tourists who see the reef from the surface of the ocean, learn diving right in Australia to remember this for a long time with nothing comparable, the world's oldest reef.

Come to Australia – a country on the contrary, the country of stunning contrasts. You will enjoy here!

    * The quality of teaching at the level of world standards
    * Effective original techniques
    * Highly qualified teachers
    * Wide range of educational programs
    * Excellent climate and favorable ecological conditions
    * High level of comfort against the backdrop of an exotic nature
    * Friendly people
    * Favorable price for tuition and accommodation

 Language Schools in Australia and New Zealand differ in a modern technical equipment. It offers students modern language laboratories, computer rooms and libraries with departments of multimedia.

Educational programs can combine learning with sightseeing and sports. Courses provide an opportunity to see the country and have a good rest. You will enjoy the quality of education, unique nature, wonderful beaches and numerous monuments of culture of these amazing countries.

Studying in Australia can take the following cities: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide, Perth. Education in New Zealand can enter the language centers in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington. Learn English in Australia and New Zealand can both children and adults with any level of language proficiency. You can start to learn English, prepare for the exam IETLS, ESOL, or pull up your skills for further education. You can also get training in Australia for specialized business education programs and receive certificates and diplomas. The training programs include homestays or campus.

Give you a choice of several English language courses available at the school. Upon successful completion of training you will receive the appropriate certificate, which certifies your level of progress in learning this foreign language. Jobs in Australia Students who arrived in Australia on the program "Work and Study in Australia" are allowed to work no more than 20 hours per week. School where the student learns English, helps find work in the field of hospitality and tourism. So you are at work can improve their skills in English. Typical jobs for Russian students: An administrator at the hotel, waiter, bar staff, cleaner, peddler in the kitchen. Wages for such work range from 12 to 18 Australian dollars per hour depending on the job. Living in Australia for students, who arrived in Australia on the program "Work and Study in Australia" is available with a choice of accommodation: in families, apartments and dormitories. If you live in the apartments you can choose one or double room. Naturally, the cost, depending on the place of residence varies. Cost of the program Work and Study in Australia now list the cost of services, which you will need to pay to join the program "Work and Study in Australia". The cost will be given in Australian dollars. Registration fee – 200; selection of the employer – 395; teaching English language courses – 280 per week (minimui training should last for 3 months), the consular fee – 8600 USD; medical insurance – 95 (taken from the calculation of three months of arrival, if more, then must pay). Plus, the flight to Australia. The program "Work and Study in Australia"? it's a good chance to master the English language and close to know Australia. We should add that in Australia fairly liberal immigration laws. If your profession will be in the list of professions in which this country needs, and your skills will be high enough, then you have every chance to go to work in Australia. And by the way, there are going citizenship after 4 years of residence in this country. And it all begins with "Work and Study in Australia"!