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 Victoria History  Aboriginal history Aboriginals depend on the environment for food like kangaroos, emus, wallabies, reptiles, birds and possums. Aboriginals believed that there land was sacred and they had to look after it.The elders in the aboriginal family are responsible to teach the young laws, tradition, hunting skills, fire making, dancing and weapon making.If the aboriginals broke the rules they would be punished, wounded or killed.

European history In 1788 Europeans first settled in Victoria at Sydney cove. 46 years later Edward Hently landed at Portland and started a farm, but 31 years before that David Collins landed with convicts because Charles Grime suggested that the land was suitable. In 1835 John Batman bought the land of the aboriginals and of course the deal was illegal.

Government and laws The head of the state of Victoria is Queen Elizabeth the second and her state government makes the laws.In the House of Representatives Victoria has 38 members.It is the Victorian polices job to enforce the laws.The lowest court in Victoria is the Magistrate court. Which deal with minor civil and criminal matters. Facts  Capital city The capital city of Victoria is Melbourne. Population The population of Victoria is 5,022,000. <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Floral and Faunal emblems <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Floral emblem is the Pink Heath and the Fauna emblem The Ledbetter’s possum <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">State flag of Victoria <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victoria was the first state to get their own flag. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Climate About 36% of Victoria is covered by forest.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Temperatures vary widely but most of the state falls within the warm. <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time zone <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australia has three time zones and Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Australian Capital Territory are all in the Eastern Time zone. <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Major industries <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The major industries in Victoria are oil mining, manufacturing and trade

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Native plants and animal s <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The department of Sustainability and environment is responsible for policies and programs to manage the native<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Flora and the Fauna on public and private land. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are also in charge of the survival of the Flora and Fauna. Providing advice on conserving and managing species. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The native animal of Victoria is the Ledbetter’s possum. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ledbetter’s possum is also known as the Fauna. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The habitat of the Ledbetter’s possum is the forests of montane ash. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ledbetter’s possum is unique to the other mammals .<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The floral emblems name is the pink health. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 190%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 190%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landmarks and tourist attractions <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tourist attractions <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tourist attractions of Victoria are Ballarat (Sovereign Hill) with the 1854 gold rush, Phillip Island (Penguin parade) is famous because every night of the year penguins come to shore.There are also other tourist attractions such as the Melbourne zoo, the Melbourne aquarium, MCG/sporting events, Swan Hill (Pioneer settlement), Melbourne’s Luna Park and the paddle steamers of Echuca, some of the local tourist attractions in Bendigo are The Chinese gardens, the Central Deborah Mine, the talking tram and the Bendigo pottery. <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landmarks <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Great Ocean Road is famous for its spectacular views and the remaining Apostles.Wilsons Promontory is for trekking and hiking it also covers 50 000 hectares, the Shrine is also a great landmark all yearround for people to go and acknowledge our soliders for their loss of life for our country.

<span style="font-size: 200%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mapping and direction s <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melbourne is the biggest city and also the capital city of Victoria. <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Murray river is the biggest river in Victoria and it is 2700kms long but it’s not in Melbourne it’s in Echuca. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latitude of Victoria is 37°S and the longitude is 144˚E. References [|http://www.about-australia.com] Gott, R 1997, //Victoria//, Reed library, Melbourne. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_river