Australia in planet AsiaHow will we be living in

an Asian century?

Annual conference of the Geography Teachers’ Association of S.A.

Saturday June 9th 2007

Presenter: Roger Smith

Let’s start at home info@gtasa.asn.au

If the world were a village of 100 people... 61 villagers would be Asian (of that, 20 wouldbe Chinese and 17 would be Indian), 14 would be African, 11 would be European, 9 would beLatin or South American, 5 would be NorthAmerican, and none of the villagers would befrom Australia, Oceania, or Antarctica. At least 18 villagers would be unable to read orwrite but 33 would have cellular phones and 16would be online on the Internet…

Let’s look at that again!If the world were a village of100 people... 61 villagers wouldbe Asian (of that, 20 would beChinese and 17 would beIndian)…and none of thevillagers would be fromAustralia…

What is a good term for the Asia part of the

world village!

The majority world

Australia’s neighbours

Interest in Asia in Australia

Recently sighted on the website for the Western Australian shire of Albany!

Interest in Asia in Australia

There are more than 500,000 ethnic Chinese in Australia who have mainly come to this country in the last 40 years!

South Australia & China

South Australia & South Korea

South Australia & uranium mining

South Australia & students from Asia

Interest in Australia in Asia

Asia is more interested in Australia than most Australians realize. For example the Taiwan newspaper Taipei Times & the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post, in early May 2007, both carried articles covering Senator Bill Heffernan’s apology to Federal Opposition Deputy Leader Julia Gillard.

Interest in Australia in Asia

World’s current population is

6,598,721,723

According to the United States Census Bureau as of the 1st June 2007.

China’s current population is

approximately 1.31 billion

According to the United Nations

India’s current population is

approximately 1.10 billion

According to the United Nations.

Population of the Major World Regions of the World, 1950, 2004 and 2050 (Percentage

Distribution)Source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision (2003) and Population

Reference Bureau 2004

Percent

1950 2004 2050

World 100.0 100.0 100.0

More developed regions 32.2 18.9 13.6

Less developed regions 67.8 81.1 86.4

Africa 8.8 13.8 20.9

Asia 55.6 60.6 58.1

Europe 21.7 11.4 7.2

Latin America and the Carribean 6.6 8.6 8.4

North America 6.8 5.1 4.9

Oceania 0.5 0.5 0.5

What image most represents China in your

mind?The country is now officially estimated to have 100 million mobile phone users!

Note: it is likely to be 500 million by 2010

Does communications technology represent the

greatest threat to the present Chinese Government?

It is now technologically impossible to control texting on mobile phones (as well as tracking & checking the identity of all of China’s bloggers).

Would you like to find out more about China and what questions

to ask in your geography classroom?

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version also contains activities on population issues relevant to Senior School Courses e.g. SA – Stage 2

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What image most represents India in your mind?

What image most represents Mumbai in your mind?Perhaps it’s the name

This city of 18 million, and growing, is India's financial centre and a huge metropolis.It is a city of: gaudy Bollywood moviespacked-to-bursting trainsstunning colonial architecture grime and green smiling, head-nodding dabbawallas (the delivery men who bring thousands of home-cooked meals to offices & return the empty containers)

Would you like to find out more about India and what issues are

relevant to your geography classroom?

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Let’s now look at Australia’s population

What is life like for us now?

What is life likely to be in an Asian century ?

OR to express it another way!

Let’s look at our own country

How could we describe Australians’ lives, loves and

leisure at the moment?

How will we describe Australians’ lives, loves and leisure in the year 2020 or

2050?

If the classroom felt like a field trip

What population topics would we cover?Total numbersMigrationLife expectancyBirth rateEmployment & unemploymentWages & salariesWealthHousingHealthLeisure & recreation

If the classroom felt like a field trip

Let’s frame these topics as questions: How many of us are there? How many of us are recent migrants? How long are we living? How has our birth-rate changed? How much do we earn? How is our wealth shared around? How are we housing ourselves? How many of us live in houses we own? How healthy are we? How many of us are working? How are we working? How many of us have adequate leisure &

recreation facilities near to where we live?

How many of us are there?

Australia’s current population is

approximately 21 million

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics - our population increases by one person every 2 minutes and 11 seconds.

How many of us are recent

migrants?

How long are we living?

Life expectancy in AustraliaIn 2005-2006, figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) showed that life expectancy at birth for the average Australian man increased from 75.9 years in 1998 to 77.8 years in 2006. For average Australian woman the respective rise was not as great – from 81.5 years to 82.8 years.

How has our birth-rate changed?

How much do we earn?

According to the ABSAverage Weekly

Earnings Australia February 2007

All employees - $856.10

(Annual total - $44,517.20)

How is our wealth shared

around?

How are we housing

ourselves?

Australian communities‘Residents only’

• In Australia the population in ‘secure estates’ is approx. 100,000 plus

• The concentration is highest in south-eastern Queensland – Sanctuary Cove was established 20 years ago!

• Five star retreats – constructed around golf courses, man-made lakes, marinas, tennis courts & swimming pools – gatehouses with uniformed staff or automatic gates operated by swipe cards or key codes

• At the other end – unprepossessing clusters of inner-city townhouses

How many of us live in

houses we own?

How will we live?

What will be the built

environment in which we live?

How will we live?What will be the built environment in which

we live?

Q1 building

Gold Coast

Queensland

Hume LGA – a case study from Victoria

Would you like to find out more about this

case study of Melbourne’s Hume LGA

and what issues are relevant to your geography classroom?

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How will we work?

What will be the built environment

in which we work?

What will be the built environment in which we work?The ACF’s 60L green building – Carlton

Dramatic savings in water usage, use of recycled & low allergenic materials, zero use of timber from non-sustainable

sources, reduction in use of ozone producing chemicals

How healthy are we?

How healthy are indigenous Australians?

How best to improve the health of the Aboriginal

population?As Australia celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum that recorded an overwhelming vote to end discrimination against Aboriginal people…they can still expect a lifespan nearly 20 years shorter than their fellow Australians. This is despite progress made in other comparable countries. Some crucial health measures have barely improved in the past 30 years.

How many of us are working

(OR not working)?

How are we working?

Bell Bay – a case study

from Tasmania

What type of jobs are people doing?

Bell Bay-a case study from TasmaniaIn early 2005, Bell Bay, in northern Tasmania,

was chosen as the site for Australia's biggest pulp mill.In that year the timber company Gunns Limited announced the site for its $2-billion project. The company plans to build on the site of its existing woodchip mill, on the eastern shore of the River Tamar, 36 kilometres from Launceston. The preferred site is planned to produce 800,000 tonnes of air dried pulp per year. The project has received strong support from the Tasmanian Labor Government.

Would you like to find out more about this

case study of Bell Bay and what issues are relevant to

your geography classroom?

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Comparing the data for two capital cities –

Melbourne & Adelaide

Comparing the data for two Melbourne LGA’s –

Housing in Melbourne & Moreland

Comparing the data for two Adelaide LGA’s –

Leisure & recreation facilitiesPort Adelaide-Enfield &

Norwood-Payneham-St Peters

Would you like to find out more about

population issues in Australia

and what questions are relevant to your geography classroom?

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Let’s return to where we

started

In the year 2050 it is estimated that the world’s

population will be:

9 billion

PREDICTED POPULATIONS - 2050

1 India, 1,628m (2) 2 China, 1,437m (1) 3 United States, 420m (3) 4 Indonesia, 308m (4) 5 Nigeria, 307m (9) Source: PRB (2004 position in

brackets)

In the year 2050 it is estimated that Australia’s

population will be:•17 million (the “zero option”) •25 million (the “status quo option”) •32 million (the “aggressive option” – mainly immigration)

Based on A CSIRO study

And the BIG issue relevant to all

population studies – global, national

& local

Global greenhouse gas

emissions per year at the moment!

And in the future?

Would you like to find out more about future

population issues in the world

and what questions are relevant to your geography classroom?

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version also contains activities on population issues relevant to Senior School Courses e.g. SA – Stage 2

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