Australian Facts and Stuff

1. What is demography?

Is the study of human population.

2. In what year did the Australian population reach 20 million? How quickly is the population growing?

December 4 2003 and it is rising very quickly with lots of immigrants coming in.

3. How many Aboriginal people are estimated to have lived in Australia before Europeans arrived?

at least 750,000

4. What the two main ways the population can grow? What percentage of the population growth in 2010 can be attributed to each way?

immigration and birth rate.

5. What is the total fertility rate for 2010?

1.2 per woman

6. What was the total fertility rate for Australia in 1935? How does this compare to other years? 7. Why do you think that it compares this way?

2.1 per woman

8. What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950?

it has shrunk dramatically and the population is growing slower than before.

9. What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US?

2.6 children in AUS, and in the US it is 2.6 very much the same

Are we a racism nation?

1. Who is the author and what is his job title?

Graeme Innes and his job title is disability and race discrimination commissioner.

2. Who does he work for and what is supposed to do in this job?

Australian Human Rights Commission in his job he has to do work with: same-sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry, achieving removal of discrimination across federal law; drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and ratification by Australia; three inspections of Australia's Immigration Detention facilities; and development of a National Disability Strategy.

3. What does the author say is often the beginning of a racist comment? Have you every heard anyone use this line to say something racist? If so, what did they say?

yes. I'm not racist but... asians are crap drivers.

4. What percent of Australians are born overseas or have an overseas parent?

50 per cent

5. What is a 'monoculture'?



6. What are some welcome benefits of online technology?

Online technology has helped hundreds of thousands of people in the world with countless things like work.

7. What are some unwelcome results of online social media?

cyber bullying, inappropriate sites such as hacking sites and sites that give the wrong information.

8. What makes racism online so dangerous?

it can be unknown who ever wrote the racist comment and then it goes viral and then others go with it

9. What will help stop racism online?

more laws and regulations on racism and rude comments towards other people.

10. What does the author suggest we need to do to stop racism?

How has Australia changed in your life time?

Physical Changes
- the drought in central Australia has become one of the worst drought in history
- great barrier reef and pollution has the BGR has lost a lot of reefs and marine life because of pollution.
- pesticides have have a dramatic affect on wildlife in Australia.
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Socio-economic Changes
- petrol prices have risen from less than a dollar a litre to over 1 dollar 50 a litre.
- lots of jobs have been lost.
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Cultural Changes
- More immigration and asylum seekers have entered Australia looking for a better life and work
- Lots of controversy with the Aboriginals and the 'white' people of Australia
- All of the full-blood Aboriginals have all gone but thousands of half-cast are still alive.