Where Australians Live

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Where Australians Live

• Location, Climate, Natural Resources in
  Australia

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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 Australias location, climate,
  and natural resources impact trade
• EQ How do Australias location, climate, and
  natural resources impact where people live and
  how they trade?

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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!

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Task 1

• Using the map on page 34 of the student atlas,
  complete the first column in your Geography of
  Australia chart
• Relative Location (who remembers this?)
• Absolute Location (who remembers what that is?)
• One major city (HINT Use this to approximate
  your absolute location)

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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

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Location

• Nearly 80 of Australians live in urban areas
• Australia is one of the worlds 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

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Climate of Australia

• Varies across the continent
• Its south of the equator, so climate is opposite
  North America
• Summer December through March
• Winter June through September

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Task 2

• Using the map on page 179 of the COACH book,
  complete column 2 Climate types by describing
  the type of climate found in each of the regions.

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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

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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!

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Climate Coasts

• Only the southeast and southwest corners have a
  temperate climate
• Summers arent too hot winters arent too cold
  (similar to Georgia)
• Climate in these regions is the one that
  Australians prefer the most
• Most Australians live along southeastern coast

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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

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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)!

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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

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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

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Task 3

• Using the map on page 182 of the COACH book,
  complete column 4 of your chart by listing the
  natural resources found in each region

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Task 4

• Using the CIA Fact book, complete column 3 by
  listing the manufactured goods available in
  Australia.
• Understand that these represent the whole country
  and not specific regions so turn your chart
  sideways to make your entries

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Questions to Consider

• Where do most Australians live?
• What important business is done in the outback?
• Why do most Australians live in southeastern
  Australia?

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Postcard Directions

• Front Illustration of your favorite Australian
  destination (must be colorful!)
• Back Write a greeting to one of your friends
  that describes Australia. Be sure to include
• Location
• Climate
• Land
• Resources

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I think Ill 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 Alexanders 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 Australias location, climate,
  land, and resources.

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Credits

• Where Australians Live retrieved from
  www.slideshare.net
• Alexander image retrieved from www.google.com/imag
  es
• United Streaming video, A World of Its Own
• Western Australia's Iron Deposits.  Prod. Burning
  Blue Media.  Planet Green, 2010. Discovery
  Education. Web. 22 March 2012. lthttp//www.discove
  ryeducation.com/gt.