Place
Current and future trends
Imagine if you could go on a Geography fieldtrip into space. If you could, this is what you would see at night.
This image of Australia at night is made from thousands of satellite photos that have been stitched together.
A fieldtrip into space would be useful to see where people live in Australia. The human-made lights in the image above show the more heavily populated areas of Australia’s land surface.
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Travel into space is not far from becoming a reality for tourists in the near future. Find out why
As you are not yet able to go on a Geography fieldtrip into space, you’ll need to use a dot map to see the spatial distribution of Australia’s population more clearly.
Find out where people live in Australia and answer some questions using this dot map. (98 kB doc)
A dot map is an effective way of showing the present distribution of population, but how can we show the trends that are occurring?
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Population movement in Australia. (430 kB doc) How many people are on the move and where are they going? |
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Creating a flow map Complete the flow map to see the trends in population movement. |
What does the flow map reveal about population movement? Interpreting the flow map (134 kB doc)
Flow maps showing population movements such as interstate migration reveal general trends but not the specific places where people are moving to. For that we need to zoom in to a more local scale. One way to follow the trends in demographic change is to map the location of new schools.
Think about the reasons for the trends in population movement by answering these questions. (91 kB doc)
Key points
Identify key points to remember. (97 kB doc)