Tag: culture
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Learning About Australia— Its States And Territories
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #Australia The Top End of the Northern Territory has a lush, green, tropical environment. The rest of the territory might also get a lot of rain in the wet season, but it is mostly desert, and red rock. Looking at our path sailing around Australia: For countless generations—long before European ships arrived—First Nations…
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The Flat Friends Wanted To Learn About The Māori and Aboriginal Peoples…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #maori #aboriginal While we were in New Zealand the Flat Friends heard a little about the Māori. The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). When we got to Australia we began hearing about the Aboriginal people. They are the diverse indigenous peoples of mainland Australia and its islands,…
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The Flat Friends LOVED the music of Australia…
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #music #australia Kids – Great Aussie Songs as discovered on YouTube Ten Thousand Miles AwayBound for Botany BayThe Wild Colonial BoyWaltzing MatildaTie Me Kangaroo Down SportAlong The Road To GundagaiWith My Swag On My ShoulderClick Go The ShearsI Still Call Australia HomeI Am AustralianAdvance Australia Fair Kids the world over learn our home…
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Vava’u, Tonga shared their culture and community with Flat Stanley and Flat Hal
Many of the ports Flat Stanley and Flat Hal have visited on their cruise have welcomed the passengers with local music, dance, residents in native dress sharing a glimpse of a life different than ours back home and taking time to talk with us and make us feel not just welcome in their community, but…