Amazwe ase-Australia kunye neNew Zealand angase abe kude kude nehlabathi elithile, kodwa ukusondela kwabo komnye kwenza ukuba babe ngabahlobo abasondelene nabo.
Nangona amazwe amabini enwalamano oluqinileyo kwaye i-flight-hour plane kuphela i-3-hour flight away, bafumana isabelo phakathi kwabo.
I-Australia kunye neNew Zealand zinenkcubeko eyingqayizivele, ekhulayo eyavela kwimbali enomdla kwaye ibalulekileyo, kunye neemeko ezithobekileyo ezithatha abavakhenkethi behlabathi lonke.
Yonke ngeAustralia
Ukuhamba ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha ezili-7.7 yezigidi, iAustralia yileli lizwekazi elincinane kunazo zonke emhlabeni, nangona libhekiswe kwabanye ngokuthi "isiqithi esikhulu". I-Australia ihlala kumzantsi we-equator kwaye iphelelwe yi-Ocean Ocean kunye ne-Pacific Ocean. Siyabulela kule ndawo esezantsi malunga neYurophu, eMbindi-Mpuma, eNyakatho Melika kunye ne-Asia yonke, e-Australia iyakwaziwa ngokubanzi ngokuthi "umhlaba we-Down Under".
Ilizwe lenziwe ngamazwe kunye nemimandla. Amazwe ase-Australia asekuhlaleni aquka iNew South Wales, i-Queensland, wase-Australia yase-Australia, iVictoria kunye ne- Western Australia, ngoxa i-Tasmania kuphela yindawo ehlala kulo lonke ilizwe, kulo lonke elaziwa ngokuba yiBass Strait.
Imimandla ngaphakathi kweli lizwe libandakanya iNdawo yaseNyakatho kunye ne-Australia Capital Territory, eyikhaya kwikomkhulu laseAustralia laseCanberra. Ezinye izixeko ezaziwayo e-Australia ziquka i-Sydney efumaneka eNew South Wales, eMelbourne eVictoria, naseBrisbane e-Queensland.
Ukususela ngo-2016, inani labantu base- Australia liqikelelwa libe malunga nabantu abayi-24.2 yezigidi. Ukuba lilizwe elinamasiko amaninzi, iAustralia iye yafumana abafudukayo abavela kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi ukususela kwikholoni yayo, njengesiTaliyane, isiGrike kunye namanye amazwe aseNtshona-ntshona abafudukayo ngo-1950.
Ezinye iimpembelelo ezinkulu zabafuduki ziye zavela e-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, eMbindi Mpuma kunye ne-Afrika, konke okubangelwa kwimozulu yenkcubeko e-Australia.
Nangona kukho iilwimi ezininzi ezithethwa emakhaya ase-Australia yonke, kuquka neentetho zesiNtu zaseAustralia, ulwimi oluyinhloko lweli siNgesi.
Urhulumente wase-Australia ngumgaqo-siseko womgaqo-siseko, kwaye indlovukazi yayo eyiNtloko yintloko yentsapho yaseburhulumenteni yesiNgesi, okwangoku u-Elizabeth II.
Konke NgeNew Zealand
I-New Zealand inommandla omncinane weekhilomitha ezili-268,000. Lihlala kumzantsi-mpuma we-Australia, kwaye kukho uhambo oluninzi lwentengiso phakathi kwababini, kuquka iinqanawa. Kwiinqanawa ezininzi zokuhamba ngeenyawo, kukho ixesha elihamba ngeentsuku ezintathu ukusuka e-Australia ukuya eNew Zealand.
Iziqithi ezimbini ezibalulekileyo zenza uninzi lweNew Zealand. ZiyiNyakatho yeSiqithi, esithatha iikhilomitha ezili-115 000, kunye neSouth Island, eyinkulu kwaye ihamba ngeekhilomitha ezili-151,000. Ukongeza, i-New Zealand yindawo yokusabalalisa kweziqithi ezincinci.
Inani labantu baseNew Zealand liqikelelwe ukuba libe yizigidi ezi-4.5 ukuya ngo-2016. Inkcubeko yesizwe yaseNew Zealand, isiko samaMori, ixhaphakileyo kuluntu lwangoku lweNew Zealand, ngaphezu kweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zohlanga olubizwa ngokuba lizwe.
Imozulu yolwandle ikhona eNew Zealand, ebonisa ukupholisa okupholileyo kunye nemvula. Ukuma kwimihlaba ephawulwe ngeentaba-mlilo eziphakamileyo, iintaba kunye neentlobo ezihlambulukileyo ezivela kubantu abavela kwimfazwe kunye nobubanzi ukuze bazuze.
Ihleliwe kwaye ihlaziywa nguSarah Megginson .