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Australia size compared other countries
For a easy comparison of the size of Australia compared
with Europe, Japan, United Kingdom, Lower 48 States USA, see map overlays & other stats at: http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts...ns/compare.htm Climatic extremes link on left side of page is also of possible interest. Cheers, Kangaroo16 |
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Australia size (pop) compared other countries
In terms of population
Australia: 20 million Canada : 31 million NZ : 4 million USA : 300 million in 2006, but was 130 million in 1942. UK : more than 55 million, old stats... Malta, Fiji : 250,000 people For a easy comparison of the size of Australia compared with Europe, Japan, United Kingdom, Lower 48 States USA, see map overlays & other stats at: http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts...ns/compare.htm Climatic extremes link on left side of page is also of possible interest. |
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Australia size (pop) compared other countries
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:28:20 -0700, "Max Power"
wrote in : In terms of population Australia: 20 million Canada : 31 million NZ : 4 million USA : 300 million in 2006, but was 130 million in 1942. UK : more than 55 million, old stats... Malta, Fiji : 250,000 people For a easy comparison of the size of Australia compared with Europe, Japan, United Kingdom, Lower 48 States USA, see map overlays & other stats at: http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts...ns/compare.htm Climatic extremes link on left side of page is also of possible interest. Of interest to most intending migrants, and I really should have mentioned this. However, mere population densities per square mile, or square kilometer, can be highly misleading in a country such as Australia. Percentage wise, Australia is actually more "urbanized" than the USA. Most of the population is concentrated in the major cities, and most are on, or near, the coast. From memory, most of the population is on the coastal fringe. Say, about 70 km or roughly 44 miles from the sea. As a Sydney resident, am often surprised to meet people who haven't even bothered to go across the "Blue Mountains", the coastal range, accessible by freeway, roughly 40 miles west of Sydney. Once cross the mountains, paved highways of course, the population density per square mile drops very dramatically compared to the USA. Perhaps a couple of people per square mile? "Towns" are few and far between. Don't be misled by maps. Many don't have "stores" or even gasoline ["petrol"] stations. Those that do have petrol stations are not really reliable for refueling, as they close around 7 PM at the latest. At night, the only vehicles one sees at night are heavy trucks. Few Aussie's would risk the roads or highways at night. Too much chance of hitting a kangaroo or other wandering animals, even stray cows. Yet even this is just "rural" Australia, not the "real outback". As may have mentioned on this particular group, if a traveler wants to find the real "outback" he puts a sea anchor in the back of his "Ute" [or "pickup"] to use the common U.S. term. [Another Australian invention, incidentally.] When he drives into a town, and the locals gather around, looking at the anchor, and someone ventures to ask what the object is and what is used for, then they are in the real "outback" :-) Any readers who don't believe me? I would suggest that they look at an old atlas or map of Australia and note just how much of the desert areas are marked as "uninhabited". Up until the mineral boom of, say, 30 or 40 years ago, could even add "unexplored". In a "scientific" sense, much of Australia is like that. How many insect species have been scientifically classified? Perhaps 5%. Any entomologists reading this want to have a new species named after them? Pretty easy, actually. Although really not all that surprising. Australia is roughly the size of the continental U.S., but with only 21 million people or so, most of have never even ventured inland. If it helps, think of the US in about 1840 or so. First settlement of Sydney around 1788. As mentioned earlier, the Blue Mts now around 40 miles away. Perhaps 60 in those days. When were they first crossed? 1813. See Wikipedia article European exploration of Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...on _1788-1900 Skipping ahead in same reference: ============= 20th century explorers By the turn of the 20th century, most of the major geographical features of Australia had been discovered by European explorers. However, there are some 20th century people who are considered explorers. They include: * Ted Colson (first to cross the Simpson Desert in 1936) * Cecil Madigan (major scientific expedition to the Simpson Desert in 1939) * Len Beadell * Robyn Davidson ======================= Discoveries in the 20th century? Not that long ago, really: "1960s "An early player in the Hamersley story was Langley George Hancock, who in the early 1960s recommended that Rio Tinto look at several prospects in the Pilbara. The historic moment in the discovery of one of the world’s richest iron ore bodies came in 1962, when two CRA geologists found a large dark outcrop which extended about 6.5 kilometres. This, the biggest deposit of high grade ore in the Hamersley Ranges, was later to be known as Mt Tom Price, in tribute to an American engineer who was instrumental in the Pilbara’s development. As Kaiser Steel’s leading raw materials authority, Thomas Moore Price had personally surveyed the Hamersley Ranges, and promoted the region’s iron ore prospects with great enthusiasm." http://www.hamersleyiron.com/about_hist.asp Diamonds? Around 1970 from memory, but to check: "Discovery Of The Argyle Diamond Mine The Argyle diamond story has its origins in the early 1970s, when one of the world's most significant find of diamonds was made at Smoke Creek in the remote north of Western Australia, over 2000 kilometres from Perth, the state capital." http://www.costellos.com.au/diamonds/industry.html Uranium? Australia has about 30% of the worlds supply of easily recoverable ore. "Today Australia's share of the world's uranium resources in the low cost category is about 30%. Other countries with major uranium deposits are Canada, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil and the USA." . . . The Nabarlek mine was the first of the uranium deposits discovered in the late 1960s to early 1970s to come into production. The main orebody, which contained about 11,000 tonnes U3O8, was mined and stockpiled when operations commenced in 1979. The stockpiled ore was processed from 1980 to 1988. http://www.uic.com.au/ozuran.htm How much does the USA have? Roughly 3%. See table at above link. Black opals? Don't even need to look this up. Only found in Australia. Some, carat by carat are more valuable than gem diamonds. Any Yanks or others out there who have ambitions to be a prospector? Or an opal miner? Australia is the place to be, mate! Cheers, Kangaroo16 |
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Australia size compared other countries
"kangaroo16" wrote in message
... For a easy comparison of the size of Australia compared with Europe, Japan, United Kingdom, Lower 48 States USA, see map overlays & other stats at: http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts...ns/compare.htm Climatic extremes link on left side of page is also of possible interest. Cheers, Kangaroo16 Something that is not talked about enough I think is the sunshine. Melbourne, Auckland/Wellington/Christchurch (NZ): 2100h/yr Sydney: 2400h/yr Brisbane, Perth: 2800h/yr Miami (USA): 2800h/yr San Francisco (USA): 3000h/yr Los Angeles (USA): 3500h/yr Yuma (USA, sunniest settlement on earth): 4100h/yr The UK is well under 2000h/yr. -- Cool reasons for moving to Australia or New Zealand and the flip-side http://www.opiniondb.com/DoSurveyLis...c-2f0039ee3288 |
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Australia size compared other countries
kangaroo16 wrote:
For a easy comparison of the size of Australia compared with Europe, Japan, United Kingdom, Lower 48 States USA, see map overlays & other stats at: http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts...ns/compare.htm Climatic extremes link on left side of page is also of possible interest. Cheers, Kangaroo16 This is a great comparison, like the postcards we see of Europe or the USA superimposed over Australia which show the size of Australia, Cheerz Wab. |
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