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1. Drought has a massive impact on the community. Drought causes economic hardship for the agricultural population, which has an effect on businesses, jobs and the local economy of the town.

2. When the soldier settlement was sold no profit was made when started a recession

3. The selling of the soldier settlements, the collapse of the wool industry, and the cost of living has increased.

4. Machines have replaced many employed people making them unemployed because they work faster and eventually cheaper.

5. Better roads have made the decline of Gulargambone even worse. New roads have connected the bigger towns/cities together and now cut out small country towns making the tourism worse. Most people don't want to live in small country towns for many reasons such as facilities and particularly entertainment.

6. Population, Ageing population and a loss of services for the people who remain in the community.

8. In 1954 the population was 900 and it declined very fast in the net 10 years down to 400. It has stayed steady until now.

9. 

10. a. The school enrollments raised to 325 in 1960 but it has slowing gone downhill since then and how less then 100 people go to the school.

b. This has probably happened because of rural decline and families wanting their children to have better education and better living.

11. Social: Rural decline has cause lots of families to leave to go to the cities and major country towns.

Economic: Lots of machines have taken over the employed people.

Environment: The drought has caused lots of businesses to lose money and jobs have been lost.

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1. Rural decline is when people migrate to urban areas from rural areas.
2. It is located on the Castlereagh River, half-way between Gilgandra and Coonamble in the central west region of New South Wales. 115 kilomtres north of Dubbo.
3. Has a temperate climate with periods of extreme heat in the Summer. The terrain is flat to undulating and the soils are fertile black and red types.
4. After World War II the Australian Government split the town into smaller blocks for returning soldiers.
5. Agriculture, Forestry, Population, Indigenous population, Tourism, Community events.
6. 447 people and 1072 in the surrounding areas
7. CDEP is Community Development Employment Project
8b) i) north west
ii) north north east
iii) north west
9a) i) 14818 3118
ii) 14816 3124
iii) 14820 3115
b) i) 62 53
ii) 63 53
iii) 61 51
c) i) 2km
ii) 5km
d) i) mainly forest but not many buildings not very dense
ii) railways, building very dense

Geography Preliminary - 2006

Source A-C
1. 0.7%
2. 60 million
3. Africa

Source D
1. 0.8 million males, 0.8 million females
2. 1.3 million males, 1.8 million females
3. Living in Italy would be much easier in Ethiopia. Death would occur much younger in Ethiopia than in Italy.

Source E
1. Dicks Hill
2. Camden Haven
3. 10 metres
4. Sewage Works
5. Approx. 1km
6. GR831001
7. Laurieton at 79m GR848986

Go back to where you came from reflection

My first reaction to the series of 'Go Back to Where You Came From' changed to my reaction at the end of the series. At first I was very against refugees coming and staying in Australia but now I believe that some refugees should be allowed to stay in Australia. The plot of people going in a backwards refugee cycle was a bit weird but it makes sense, getting the people ready for the future refugee camps in Jordan and Kenya.

1. 1.5%
2. Lots of chaos has risen from asylum seekers and refugees because of multiple reasons. Some of these include poor living conditions and isolation.
3. 15th
4.
5. The same
6. 11
7. It means that refugees from Malaysia can't leave.