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