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Read through this article and learn where most people live around Australia and in the cities.
(nothing to write in your book)

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This release presents the first time population data has been published in 1km² grid format by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The grid displays Usual Resident Population (URP) from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing using 1km² grid cells across Australia. The 1km² resolution of the grid therefore offers a measure of population density for Australia. The data has been modelled from perturbed Mesh Block level URP values.
The grid offers a consistently sized spatial unit and gives a refined model of population distribution, particularly for the non-urban areas of Australia. Another spatial unit, known as Mesh Block, was previously the most detailed geographic unit available. Figure 1 is a population density map using Mesh Blocks. Figure 2 is a population density map using the the 1 km² grid.

Figure 1. Mesh Block Population Density August 2011

Figure 2. Population Density 1km² Grid August 2011

Australia's most densely populated residential area in 2011 based on the grid was in Sydney around the suburbs of Potts Point and Woolloomooloo. The 1 km² grid cell covering these suburbs had a usual resident population of 14,747 in 2011.

The consistent sized cells of the grid format lend themselves to comparison of regions. Figure 3 compares the population grid for Sydney and Melbourne. It shows that Sydney had more areas in the highest density range shown in the map with 21km² exceeding 8,000 people per square kilometre compared to Melbourne which only had one grid cell exceeding 8,000 people per square kilometre, around the suburb of Carlton. Sydney also had larger and more widely spread areas of the second highest density class with 93km² of between 5,000 and 8,000 people per square kilometre, while Melbourne had 33km² in the same range. Brisbane was the only other capital city to register in these higher density categories with 3km² between 5,000 and 8,000 people per square kilometre.

Figure 3. Population Density 1km² Grid August 2011 - Melbourne and Sydney

Table 1 shows the area within each Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) under 6 population density classes, from no population to very high. These areas are calculated from the Population Grid and the classes are based on the ranges used in Figures 2 and 3. The Brisbane GCCSA had the largest area of very low population density (less than 500 people per square kilometre) at 9,275km² in 2011. This highlights the spread of low density population around Brisbane and also the relatively large extent of the Brisbane GCCSA when compared with other capital cities.

Table 1: Total area in six population density classe s in Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (km²).

* people per square kilometre

These population density classes have been used for analysis purposes only and are not an ABS standard classification

Figure 4 presents the maximum population density found in each of the Australian capital cities in 2011. Sydney and Melbourne clearly had the highest densities, both exceeding 10,000 people per square kilometre in the most densely populated areas. Brisbane had the next highest density at 6,216 people per square kilometre. Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Hobart had comparable maximum population densities around 3,000 people per square kilometre. Darwin had the lowest value with a maximum density of 2,620 people per square kilometre.

Figure 4. Maximum population density for Australian capital cities August 2011

The 1km² resolution of the grid matches a European population grid for 2011 produced by Eurostat, a Directorate-General of the European Commission. This common resolution enables consistent and equal comparisons between regions and cities in Australia and Europe. Figure 5 compares the population grids for Sydney, Australia and London, England. London had significantly higher population density over a much larger area compared to Sydney. London had a maximum population density of 20,477 people per square kilometre in 2011.

Figure 5. Population Density 1km² Grid 2011 - Sydney and London

Some of the advantages the grid format provides are:

· it enables accurate comparison with other countries using grid based measures of population and population density;
· it offers greater spatial accuracy in rural regions where traditional geographies are very large; and

· it enables accurate and efficient integration of population data with other data traditionally produced in grid format such as environmental datasets.

The grid files in GeoTIFF format and ESRI Grid format are for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) and are located in the'Downloads' tab of this publication. These GIS files are aligned to the National Nested Grid (NNG) standard for Australia.

The PNG file is also available in the'Downloads' tab of this publication.

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Where is Rural, Coastal and City living?

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Where is Rural, Coastal and City living?

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Draw a basic map of Australia in your book (try to trace one from your book if you need).
On this map colour in the areas that you would consider "city living", then "coastal living", then "rural living".

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List the top 5 most and least livable cities in the world.

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Collect a basic map of Melbourne from up the front of class. Stick this into your book, and mark where you live. Also mark in the school, where your parents work, your nearest hospital, the nearest football oval,  the nearest police station, and any other major points that you can think of.
Stick this into a new section of your book with the title LIVABILITY

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Read 4.1 in your textbook, and answer questions 1, 2, 5 and 7.

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Open and complete the following task in your book

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In your book, under the title MY ANCESTORS answer the following questions: (you may need to google a few of these answers)
- Where did your great grandparents live?
- How far away is that from where you live today (google to find km's)
- What is the climate like there?
- Is there enough food and water?
- What made your family leave?
- How would your life have been if your family had stayed (name 5 differences)

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Read 4.2 in your textbook and answer questions 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Google which country is the happiest in the world. Find out where Australia fits on that list. Than watch the following youtube clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKa-3lbLeyA&t=165s

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Read 4.4 in your text book, and answer questions 1-3

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One of the major concerns with large city living are the traffic jams that occur. Test you ability to clear these traffic jams with the following games:
http://www.akidsheart.com/math/mathgames/leapfrog.htm

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if our cities keep growing, eventually we will have to start buiding more skyscrapers. This comes with difficulties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12oynGTjYKs

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In Australia at the moment we have a problem with too many people living in the major cities. To solve this we need to encourage more people to move to rural towns. Follow the following to design a flier to encourage people to leave Melbourne.

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Read 4.6 in your textbook, and answer the questions 1-4

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Read the newspaper article attached.
Consider and answer the following in your book: (under the heading "Issues with coastal living- rising tides")
- How much are sea levels expected to rise this century?
- Why is this a problem and what is the plan to deal with this?
- What percent of Australians live in coastal areas?
- Why might people have issues insuring their homes in these areas?

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The report said the state of Queensland was most at risk from extreme weather and rising seas, but more than 200,000 buildings in New South Wales, 80,000 in the southeastern state of Victoria and 17,000 along Tasmania's coast were also extremely vulnerable.

The coast plays a huge role in the cultural life of Australians, who cherish surfing, "sunbaking" and swimming at their beloved beaches.

However, the sweeping parliamentary report urged authorities to consider "the possibility of a government instrument that prohibits continued occupation of the land or future building development on the property due to sea hazard".

The report also called for a national coastline plan, greater co-operation between the three levels of government and a revised building code to cope with storm surges and soil erosion.

Alan Stokes, executive director of the Sydney-based National Seachange Taskforce, which represents coastal community councils across Australia, said banning development in certain areas was necessary if the government wanted to prevent a major loss of life in the event of natural disasters such as tsunamis.

Aside from obvious safety issues, many coastal residents were finding it increasingly difficult to insure homes that were in high-risk areas, and the situation would only worsen as beach erosion escalated, he said.

"There's no doubt Australia will remain and continue to be a coastal community," he said. "But we may have to be a bit more considerate about which parts of the coast we develop further and which ones we don't."

Some parts of the coast are already suffering from severe coastal erosion. Home owners in Byron Bay, on the north coast of New South Wales, are currently locked in battle with the local council, who has refused to let them reinforce sea walls that will protect their million-dollar properties.

The Greens-dominated local council has a policy of "planned retreat", which stipulates that homes under threat from the advancing ocean should be abandoned to the waves.

The UN has predicted that sea levels will rise by at least 31 inches globally by 2100, more if greenhouse gases are not slowed and the polar ice caps melt. It has noted that each centimetre of sea level rise could push the shoreline back by a metre or more.

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Australians could be banned from living on the coast

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The report said the state of Queensland was most at risk from extreme weather and rising seas, but more than 200,000 buildings in New South Wales, 80,000 in the southeastern state of Victoria and 17,000 along Tasmania's coast were also extremely vulnerable.

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Read 4.9, and focus specifically on the compound column graph. Answer the questions 1, 2 and 5.

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Think about your favorite restaurant - what ethnicity is it? Would that food be available if you if Australia did not have a strong immigrant identity?

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Read 4.10 and consider the questions

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Draw the Indigenous and Torres Straight Islander flags- Label the elements.

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Read the following article and draw a basic map of aus in your book- colour in the "Land rights and reserves" sections
http://theconversation.com/remote-indigenous-communities-are-vital-for-our-fragile-ecosystems-38700

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How do we decide the most/least livable cities?

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How do we decide the most/least livable cities?

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Answer questions 1-15 on this.

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do this stuff

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play this!