Australia's Population

1) What is demography?                                                                                                                                           - The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations

2) In what year did the Australian population reach 20 million? How quickly is the population growing?  
-December 4th 2003, the population of Australia is growing at an increasingly higher rate of which the populations are expected to hit the 45 million mark by 2050.

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

- It is estimated that between 400,000 and 750,000 Aboriginals lived in Australia before white settlers

4) What the two main ways the population can grow? What percentage of the population growth in 2010 can be attributed to each way?                                                                                                                         -The two main ways in which a population can grow is through immigration and native births. Immigration accounted for 53 % and 47% of immigrants.

5) What is the total fertility rate for 2010?                                                                                                                                                                 - The fertility rate for 2010 rose to 1.9 per woman

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

-  the total fertility rate of Australia in 1935 it was around 2.0% this is high compared to earlier years when the great depression took effect.

7) What is the trend in the fertility rate for Australia since 1950?

- Form the 1950 it has slowly decreased with a slight spike when the baby bonds were introduced a couple of years back

8) What is the average size of a family in Australia? How does that compare to the US?                                     -  The average family size in Australia is about  2.6, in comparism to the US family size of 3.14 it is quite small. 

Are we a racist nation?

 Are we a racist nation?

1)    1)   Graeme Innes who is the Race Discrimination Commissioner

2)   2)   Graeme works for a section of government and is designated to Racial Discrimination

3)     3)  Graeme says that the start of a racial talk starts with one saying “I’m not a racist, but….”.  Yes I have heard someone say they are not a racist but they then continue on in a prejudice manner.

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4)      4) 50%

5)      5) Single cultured society opposite of what Australia is, we are a multi-cultural society

6)      6) A benefit from online technology is a form of globalisation

7)      7) Some unwelcome results of online social media is that bullying becomes easier to do and there are ‘keyboard warriors’ whom say what they like online but can’t say it to someone’s face. Graeme says that racial comments have become twice as common now that we have forms of social media e.g. Facebook

8)     8)  The dangerous aspect of racism online is that people say whatever they like because they are not face to face with the individual and that there identity is not revealed.

9)     9)  The one thing which will help stop racism online is that if people come together and behave in a well-mannered way and that there is to be monitoring of social networking sites with severe implications if racial comments are made.

10  10)  Graeme Innes says that we need to act together, without delay, to eradicate racism and racial inequality in all of its forms to find a solution.

How has Australia changed in my life time?

Physical change:
1) Creation of the Sydney Olympic park
2) More land cleared for agriculture
3) More houses being knocked down for units and apartments to take their place
4) drought
5) Floods

Socio-economic change:
1) economical crisis
2) population growth
3) Depleted surplus
4) More minerals are being exported
5) Value of currency

Cultural change:
1) Population growth
2) Introduction of more immigrants
3) Becoming more so a multi-cultural society
4) Stereotyped views  on Muslims
5) More diverse religious beliefs

Physical change- More houses being knocked down for units and apartments to take their place
We can find out more about this by looking at government statistics or simply taking a stroll along the beach. Fifteen years ago there were very few Apartments/Units and Hotels in comparison to now were most beaches are littered with them. Asking the elderly residents who may have lived on these beaches before all these constructions took place will give an indication as to what changes have taken place and the extent they have had on Australia.
The infrmation I have found has indeed lead to change in Australia through more densly populated communitys coming into effect as the years go by, more surburban houses being knocked down to be replaced with apartments and units and as more of these go up the value of the area decreases.

Socio-economic change- More minerals are being exported to countries who are not rich in natural resources such as India and China. We are one of the largest exporters in the world which creates many more jobs for the increasing population. We can see this by looking at the many thousands of jobs mining has created to see the unemployment rates decrease and also government statistics. Performing interviews with some of it's clients you will be able to understand the enormity it has had on the Austrlian economy through the money it generates but also the jobs it creates.
This has indeed lead to change in Australia as it has lowered unemployment rates by providing much needed jobs as well as making Australia a large and powerful exporter and importer of goods through the minerals we export. This has allowed Australia to become one of the more prosperous countries of the world and through which entices many more immigrants to immigrate to our county in hope of a better life, thus increasing the Autralian population.   

Cultural change- Becoming more so a multi-cultural society, this can be proven by simply looking at government records and surveys. Conducting survey and interviews again will lead you to see how much more so has Australia has become a multicultural society by interviewing the elderly who would have been alive during times when immigration laws were strict and racial laws were still in place.
This has indeed lead to change in Australia as it agian enticies people to immigrate to Australia were culrtural laws are not at all strict again increasing population but also has lead to recent developments of purpose built schools such as Muslim schools, Greek Schools, different religious schools. It has allowed for all people to be open about their different faiths and beliefes as well as their oigins without fearing reprocussions.