1. Major Geographic Qualities of Australia
Relative location and isolation
Peripheral development/empty interiors
Marginalized indigenous population
Highly clustered urban populations
Changing human geography via immigration and activism
Exporters of livestock products

2. Australia’s
Physiographic
Regions

3. Climate

4. Biogeography
Sub-field Of Geography- The Spatial Arrangement Of Flora And Fauna
Evolved From The Overlap Between Geography And Biology
Alexander Von Humboldt ( )
Branches:
Zoography
Phytogeography
Australian Realm as “laboratory”-why?

6. Australia Federal since 1901 Population of 19.9 million 85% urbanized
Comprised of 6 states and 2 territories
Population of 19.9 million
Aboriginal population of 300,000
Arithmetic density of 7/sq mi
Physiologic density of 106/sq mi
GNP of US$24,920
85% urbanized
Major urban centers
Sydney (4.1 million)
Melbourne (3.4 million)
Canberra (342,000) - capital

7. POLITICAL
DIVISIONS

8. SYDNEY

9. THE INTERIOR

10. NORTH
QUEENSLAND
SUGARCANE FIELD
E.J. PALKA
E.J. PALKA

11. AUSTRALIA’S ECONOMY PRINCIPAL PATTERNS: EXPORTS RAW MATERIALS
BASED HEAVILY ON THE PRIMARY SECTOR ACTIVITIES
DEPENDS ON WORLD MARKETS
IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIES
SMALL DOMESTIC MARKET
TENUOUS TRADE LINKS WITH ASIAN TIGERS

12. AGRICULTURE
&
MINERAL
RESOURCES

13. ABORIGINAL ISSUES POPULATION DATES FROM 50000-60000 BP
1980s CAMPAIGN AGAINST MINING AND EXPLORATION OF SACRED LANDS
1992: ABORIGINES CAN CLAIM TITLE TO TRADITIONAL LAND
1993: NATIVE TITLE BILL – 78% of Australia
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND WRONGS
Rabbit-Proof Fence

14. Immigration Penal colonies Gold Rush 1851 Coastal settlements: English
White Australia policy ends: 1976
Contrast Canada
‘Asylum seekers’
80,000 immigrants annually
“Starting over”

15. ABORIGINAL
CLAIMS