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About place

Here is an illustration of a city that is being planned for our future world. Would you want to live in a place like this?

A cross section of a multi-level underground city has a transparent dome cover. Under the dome are parks, restaurants and shops. On lower levels are apartments, shops, indoor gardens, offices, a pool and lifts and rail transport. Tall buildings appear in the background at ground level.

A vision of the future – Alice City

Think about each of these questions for a while before clicking on it to find out more:

This is a graphic icon link. It is circular in shape with the word, ‘Activity’ in the centre and an image of a flying car. Click on the icon to open it.

Where do Australians live?

Roll over the map to find out what the distribution of Australia’s population would look like if there were only 100 people.

These statistics provide only a general picture of the distribution of people in Australia. How could we show the distribution of Australia’s population in a more detailed and accurate way?

Key points

Identify key points to remember. (96 kB doc)