Changing Australian Communities

1. What is the primary source when doing research? What is a secondary source? Which one is better? When do you use these types of sources? A primary source is a source that was written at the same time of the research you were investigating. A secondary source is a source that is given by a historian or an item from that time. A primary source is better because it will usually have more reliable information on your investigation. You use these types of sources in subjects such as history and geography.

2. What is a primary source for finding population data for Australia. Why? Bureau of Statistics because they have statistics on everything related to Australia.

3. What is the population of Australia? 22,638,351

4. What is the 'growth rate' of Australia for 2010? 1.6%

5. How many 'new' Australians were there in 2010? 345,500

6. How many of the 'new' Australians were born in Australia and how many were immigrants?   

7. Which state had the greatest growth in population in 2010? New South Wales and Western Australia

8. What changes have you noticed in your area that could be related to growth in population? I have noticed that there are more foreigners moving into houses in my area then there were 2 or 3 years ago. I have also noticed that there are more apartment blocks being built in the past year.

9. Is it good that Australian's population continues to grow? I believe that is is not bad if Australia's population continues to grow but it is bad if it keeps on growing at a very fast pace because that means in 30 or 40 years Australia will become covered in houses.

10. When, in history, has Australia NEEDED the population to grow? Why? Where did these people come from?