Humanities - Living in Australia

Liveability

What a place is like to live in based of several factors

Factors of Liveabaility

Enjoyment, Events, Healthcare, Nearby Schools, Transport, Jobs, and Safety.

Factors of Liveablity for Aboriginal Peoples

Access to Freshwater and Food, Shelter, and Natural resources.

What do Aborigina Peoples refer the land as?

Country (capital C)

In Modern Australia, How many people live in remote areas and why?

Very few people due to limited resources such as lack of infastructure, healthcare, entertainment and shopping.

In Modern Australia, How many people live on the east coast and why?

8/10 Australians live withing 50km of the east and south east coast (Cairns to Adeliade). They live here due to the liveable climate. Many who live in the cities retire there as well.

In Modern Australia, How many people live in large cities and why?

2/3 of Australians live in large cities. These provide a wide variety of jobs, excellent healthcare, schools,events, banking and sporting events.

In Modern Australia, How many people live in small towns and rural areas and why?

1/10 people live in these areas. Some move to these areas for cheaper housing. Theres usually a good sense of community in these areas

Label the following map with the states and territories, capital cities (there’s 8), a highly liveable city, a sparsely populated region and major river.

Highly liveable city is Melbourne, sparsely populated region is uluru or central Australia or Alice Springs, major river is Murray or Darling.

What can the Australian Government do to make Wydham more liveable? (list three)

They can build bigger hospitals, open new schools and improve roads or tunnels.

Advantages of Living in Rural Areas

Strong sense of community, no hustle/bustle which means less noise which is less busy, less traffic, and less air pollution.

Disadvantages of Rural Areas

Not as convient and fewer services such as schools, health-care and shops.

Urbanisation

People moving to cities that leads to a large growth of population. For example, Monsfield to Melbourne.

Urban Sprawl

When many people move out to urban areas which causes the area they’re moving to need to build more infastructure leading to loss of farmland and habitats.

Population Density

The measurement of the number of people living in an area usually measured in one square kilometre areas.