1. Where Australians Live…
Location, Climate, & Natural Resources in Australia

2. GPS: SS6G13 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution
A. describe how Australia's location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live
B. describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade
EQ: How do Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact where people live and how they trade?

4. Location Of Australia Both a continent & a country
Lies about 2,000 miles southeast of Asia
In the southern hemisphere
Literally the “land down under”!

6. Task #1
Using your poplet app, create a poplet that describes the location of Australia.

7. Population Coastal areas are the most populated
Most people live along east coast
Most populated city is Sydney, in New South Wales
Another populated city: Brisbane, Queensland

8. Location Nearly 80% of Australians live in urban areas
Australia is one of the world’s most urbanized countries
70% of all Australians live in cities of more than 100,000 people
Sydney has 3 and a 1/2 million people
Melbourne has about 3 million people

10. Climate of Australia Varies across the continent
It’s south of the equator, so climate is opposite North America:
Summer: December through March
Winter: June through September

12. Task #2
Using the same poplet, complete sections that describe the population (where people live), and climate types by describing the type of climate found in each of the regions.

13. Climate: North Australia
Northern part of Australia is closest to the equator
Tropical climate and is warm-to-hot all year round
Gets more rain than any other part of the country
Winter: wet and cool
Summer: hot and dry

14. Climate: Central Australia
Desert is the largest part of Australia
Little rain falls here
Most of this area gets less than 10 inches of rain per year!

15. Climate: Coasts
Only the southeast and southwest corners have a temperate climate
Summers aren’t too hot & winters aren’t too cold (similar to Georgia)
Climate in these regions is the one that Australians prefer the most
Most Australians live along southeastern coast

16. Natural Resources of Australia
Outback refers to the dry interior
Mainly open countryside, including vast expanses of grazing land
Few widely scattered settlements in the Outback
Many of them grew up around mining operations…

18. Natural Resources: Mining
Australians mine for coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, zinc, oil, and natural gas
Lead the world in the production of diamonds, lead, & bauxite (used to make aluminum)!

19. Natural Resources: Mining
Minerals are often found in areas that are difficult to reach
Roads are expensive to build, but they are needed to get workers & equipment to remote locations
Expensive equipment is needed to move minerals to populated cities to trade

21. Natural Resources: Arable Land
Land that is good for farming
Enough areas with good land and rainfall to make farming an important business in Australia
Farmers here produce more than Australians can consume, so the food is traded and sold around the world

22. Task #3
Using the same poplet, list the natural resources found in each region.

23. Task #4
Using the CIA Fact book (go to cia.gov website) list the manufactured goods available in Australia in your poplet.
Understand that these represent the whole country and not specific regions so turn your chart sideways to make your entries

24. Questions to Consider:
Where do most Australians live?
What important business is done in the outback?
Why do most Australians live in southeastern Australia?
Most people live in cities
mining
Climate is not too hot or too cold

25. “I think I’ll move to Australia.”
In the story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, Alexander has a bad day and decides his life would be better if he moved to Australia. After listening to the story, write a persuasive letter to Alexander’s mother to indeed let him move to the “Land Down Under.”
Include information from the “Where do Australians Live?” PowerPoint to help justify your point. You will need to include descriptions of Australia’s location, climate, land, and resources.

26. Credits Where Australian’s Live retrieved from www.slideshare.net
Alexander image retrieved from
United Streaming video, A World of It’s Own