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Geography Topic 4 Definitions 2011
Question | Answer |
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1700s, 1820s | Time period when the Australian race was British |
1850s (gold rush) | Time period when the Australian race became more Chinese |
Post WW2 | Time period when the Australian race had more immigrants with help from the federal government |
After the Vietnam War | Time period when the Australian race had more Vietnamese |
Populate or perish | Belief that to build a strong economy and defend ourselves we must have a large population |
Aging population causes | Baby boomers (1945-1961), declining birth rate and increasing life expectancy |
62% | Percentage of Australians living in capital cities |
1990s | Time period when empty nesters and DINKs began to move back into urban cities |
1901 | White Australia policy |
1972 | White Australia Policy dismantled in favour of multiculturalism |
18.9-37.7 million | Population of Australia in 2101 |
100,000 | New settlers each year |
35.9 | Median age in 2002 |
40.4-42.3 | Median age in 2021 |
Sydney | Growing by ~1000 people per week |
1.2% | Natural increase in 2012 |
0.0%-0.4% | Natural increase in 2050 |
Impacts of an aging population | Health care and nursing homes needed and fewer people to pay taxes |
Gentrification | Rich people buying in poor areas and redeveloping them, creating a desire of people to live in that area |
Economy of scale | Benefit for business of growing Australia's population |
Lack of resources | Reason against growing Australia's population |
Government policies on the aging population | Raise the retirement age, reduced discrimination on the basis of age and 9% compulsory superannuation to reduce the reliance on the aged pension |
Reduce immigrant intake | Method used to prevent Australia's population growth which includes mandatory detention of asylum seekers |
Stabilise the population within a decade | Goal of the greens and democrats |