Why Is Australia NOT One of the Most Populous Countries....... (retire, states)

[Dockside]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

So it was originally intended by the British as a worthy place to put away dangerous criminals.

Pretty clever of them, huh? Their own Guantanamo Bay.

[J.Thomas]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

So it was originally intended by the British as a worthy place to put away dangerous criminals.

Yup

Only habitable areas are some coasts.

It's a big island but not much usable land.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by J.Thomas

Yup

Only habitable areas are some coasts.

It's a big island but not much usable land.

It's actually a continent not an island.

[J.Thomas]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

It's actually a continent not an island.

Yeah but still an island

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by J.Thomas

Yeah but still an island

No, it isn't.
Australia: Island or Continent?

[hobbesdj]

Because the vast majority of Australia is uninhabitable desert.



Only 2% of the population lives in the yellow.

[ABQConvict]

What hobbesdj said.

I hear a lot of people, on this forum and in life, implying that any available space where a body can stand is a place that should be somehow developed for human habitation.

Population is not supprted merely by square meters of unoccupied space, but by water, food, raw resources, and opportunities to convert these things into an economy.

Good luck in your house in the middle of the Great Sandy Desert or Antarctica or some sagebrush covered plains. Unless you strike oil that is :-)

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

I'd like to visit before it's too late. Australians are having a real problem with illegal Muslim aliens too.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

I'd like to visit before it's too late. Australians are having a real problem with illegal Muslim aliens too.

Before it is too late for what? Before you pass away? Australia is definitely on my list for places to visit.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by hobbesdj

Because the vast majority of Australia is uninhabitable desert.



Only 2% of the population lives in the yellow.

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

What hobbesdj said.

I hear a lot of people, on this forum and in life, implying that any available space where a body can stand is a place that should be somehow developed for human habitation.

Population is not supprted merely by square meters of unoccupied space, but by water, food, raw resources, and opportunities to convert these things into an economy.

Good luck in your house in the middle of the Great Sandy Desert or Antarctica or some sagebrush covered plains. Unless you strike oil that is :-)

What Hobb and ABQ have said.

However there maybe more. I often wondered why Australia and also Canada have such smaller populations then the United States even though all 3 are former British colonies with a large land area. My guess is that because Australia and Canada stayed colonies/dominions longer, the British might have limited immigration?