Transcript Who are Australians and where do they live?

Lesson four:
Who are Australians and where do
they live?
The first settlers in
Australia
The first
humans settled
in Australia
over 40,000
years ago.
Australia
The numbers on the map show the estimated number of
years ago that each country was first inhabited by humans.
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/objects-throughtime/essays/50000-years-before-present/attachment/human-migrationmap/
Indigenous Australians
The first settlers in Australia are called
the indigenous or Aboriginal
Australians.
 The Aboriginal Australians make up
only a small part of the current
population (3%).
 They have a rich culture of traditional
dance, story telling, songs and art.
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The people of Australia
© Dr. Andrew Lee
© Dr. Andrew Lee
Like the UK, Australia is home to people originally
from different locations all over the world such as:
Vietnam, England, China, India, and Africa.
The indigenous population of Australia are
the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Cathy Freeman won the
400m final race the 2000
Sydney Games. She was
the first ever aboriginal
Australian to be a
Commonwealth Games
gold medalist at age 16 in
1990
Cathy Freeman ©The
paperboy, Flickr
Aboriginal Australian
Art and Culture
Aboriginal Art
The didgeridoo is a traditional
Aboriginal instrument
Aboriginal Colours ©Michael Loke, Flickr
Click the text below to watch an
Aboriginal dance performance:
The Crane Dance
Australia: Aboriginal Culture 009 © Steve Evans,
Flickr
European Explorers in
Australia
Captain Cook’s Arrival in Australia
Source: Wikipedia
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European explorers landed on the shores of Australia in the
1600’s.
The British settled in Australia after Captain James Cook was
sent to learn about the Pacific in 1768.
A map drawn by the
European settlers
Sydney Cove, 1789
Source: Wikipedia Commons
Migration to Australia
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Since the 1700’s, people from other
parts of the world have continued to
move to Australia and settle there.
Migration is the movement of people
from one place to another.
Source: http://www.theideal.com.au/the-ideal-strategy-for-successful-migration-to-australia/
There are six states in
Australia
The state boundaries are
created by man, unlike
landform region
boundaries.
Label the six states on
your base map.
Australia is one large
land mass with a small
separate island to the
south called Tasmania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Australia.png
Where have people living in
Australia migrated from?
The UK
Italy
China
India
South Africa
Vietnamese community
in Australia
Shopping Area © Dr. Andrew Lee
People in Australia come from
many different places
http://www.multicultural.sa.gov.au
How many people live
in Australia?
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Australia is a large country, with a relatively
small population.
Today there are around 23 million people living in Australia with around
600,000 being indigenous peoples of Australia.
People and culture
Australia’s
flag
Australia’s
Prime Minister
Canberra is
the capital
city of
Australia
Our
Queen
Elizabeth
is also the
Queen of
Australia.
The symbol of
Australia
Australian
dollars
How does Australia’s
population compare to other
countries?
Australia: 23 million
UK: 63 million
USA: 317 million
China: 1.4 billion
Where do people live?
Brisbane
Darwin
Most of the population
live around the edge of
the country in coastal
cities.
The weather is most
pleasant in this
regions.
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney
The parts of the map
shaded in orange have the
highest population.
Melbourne
Canberra
(capital city)
Where do people live?
2% of the Australian
population live in the
area of the map
shaded in yellow.
98% of the population
live in the area shaded
in white.
Coastal areas are
densely populated.
Inland areas are
sparsely populated.
Source: Amazing Maps, Twitter
Why?
 Travelling across the country is time consuming and
sometimes difficult.
 When people live in isolated inland areas, access to food,
water and services can be expensive and difficult.
 This is one reason why most of the population lives within or
near the big coastal cities.
Population distribution:
Australians live mainly in coastal
cities
This map
shows where
both
indigenous
and nonindigenous
populations
live.
Key:
1 dot = 500
people
http://www.environment.gov.au/node/22237
Population distribution:
Indigenous population
When you look
at where
indigenous
Australians
live, it is clear
they chose to
live in inland
areas as well as
coastal areas.
1 dot = 50
people
http://www.environment.gov.au/node/22237
Famous Australians
Life in Australia
Australia is a wealthy and safe country.
Though there are differences across the
population in terms of people’s incomes.
 There are good job opportunities and a
high-standard of living, homes, and
services.
 These are some of the reasons why many
people choose to move to Australia.
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Ageing population in
Australia
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Like many countries, including
the UK, fewer women are
having children and this means
that the average age of the
population is increasing.
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This will put a strain on health
care and pensions as they get
older.
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The geographical term for this is
an ageing population.
Main activity
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Label the location of these cities:
Darwin, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth
and Canberra.
Shade in the areas of the country with
the highest population on the map (using
slide 16).
Include a key to show the capital city
and the colour you used to shade the
most populated places.
Extension: Compare the maps of where the indigenous and non-indigenous
Australians live and write a few sentences about the differences between where
they live and why people have chosen to live in coastal areas.
Plenary
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Why do most of the non-indigenous population
live in coastal areas?
Where would they choose to live in Australia
and why? By the coast or inland?
Can they remember a traditional Aboriginal
instrument and a name of an Aboriginal
dance?
What is an ‘ageing population’?
Australian National
Anthem
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Australian National Anthem:
Australian National Anthem
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