Asia & Australia

What is a continent

Australia has many strong connections to Asia. A connection is a link or a
tie between people or between people and places. The connections that
Australia has to Asia are because people, goods and ideas pass between
the two continents. For example, many Australian tourists travel to Asia,
and many Asian tourists travel to Australia.

Write five questions you would like to know the answer to, in relation to, the connections between Australia and Asia.

Map showing distance from Brisbane to other major cities

a) Which continent is Australia’s closest neighbour?

b) Name the four closest cities to Brisbane shown on the map, and the countries that
they are in. Use an atlas to help you if necessary.

c) Based on this map, which continent would you expect Australia to have the most
connection with? Why?

69 thoughts on “Asia & Australia”

  13. 2. A) Auckland ( New Zealand ) B) Jakata (Indonesia) c) Tokyo ( Japan ) D) Beijing ( China )

  15. C)I think it would be Asia because it has 4and more big cities that are close to Australia .

  18. a. Auckland 2287 km
    b. Auckland (New Zealand)
    Jakarta (Malaysia) 5409 km
    Tokyo (Japan) 7131 km
    bejing (China) 8374 km
    c. Asia. because a lot of our produce comes from China and Japan, and it is a pretty big country.

  19. 3.Our opinion is Bejing (China) because most of the products in Australia are made in China

  20. 3. England because it has the Queen and food gets sent from there with stuff made from Japan and our flag has the English flag in the corner🇬🇧

  22. 3) China because most of the things shipped to Australia are from China or a Aisian country.

  23. 1. what is an easier way to remember what continents are?
    2.what makes a continent?
    3.I know that we trade with Asia a lot but what other continent do we regularly trade with?
    4.If Europe and Asia are connected by land why don’t they call it the one name instead. ( is it called Eurasia)
    5. Are north America and South America connected by bridge or land because they look connected.

  28. 1 why dose a lot of our imports come from China
    2 why is rusher apart of Asia
    3 is newseland classified as Australia
    4 where is the most pouplaited contrey in Asia
    5 what is the most pouplaited state,terotory in Australia

  30. 1) what is a good way to remember a continent?
    2) What makes up a continent? Really big pieces of land: Australia, Europe, Asia,Africa, North America, South America.
    3) We trade a lot with Asia( china), but what other courtiers that we regularly trade with?
    4) What is the most popular continent, out of: Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctic.
    5) Are North America and South America connected be bridge or land because they look very close on the world map.

  38. 3. I think that China (Asia) we trade the most with because it is very close and they have lots of good products.

  41. 1) Asia is the closest because Auckland is not a Continate and Asia is 7,463 kilometres away.

  42. 3. I think Asia Because it is a large country with lots of major city’s in or maybe New Zealand because it is very close

  46. Measurements for question B
    Auckland= 2287kms
    Jakarta=5409kms
    Tokyo=7131kms
    Beijing=8374kms

  47. C) Asia because it’s the closest to Australia it’s has a lot of people wanting to come to se Australia from Asia and all the trading beetwen the two countries.

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