AUSTRALIAN DESERT - DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Flashcards in GCSE Geography

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Created on: 19-05-18 10:00

Tourism

-Increase in tourism (5,000 in 1961 to 400,000 in 2005).-Economic benefits to locals.-Uluru Aboriginal Cultural Centre educates people about culture and lead walks-admission fees goes to Anangu community.-People go to see Uluru (huge sandstone rock).

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Solar energy

- Take advantage of the hot, sunny climate. - Reducing use of fuel (diesel), by using solar power. - Better for environment.

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Farming

- Cattle ranching. - Animals spread over vast area(some farms size of Wales), so cows can find food. - Australian cowboys = 'ringers'. - Some cow breeds can graze on anything they find, and can stand very hot temp.s. -

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Hunting/Gathering

-How Aboriginal people have traditionally survived.-Find edible plants and animals.-Created conditions in which groups could live+breed.-Dams across rivers to catch fish.-Used fires to drive out animals for hunting, to clear wood+allow grass to grow.

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Mining and mineral extraction

- Most people living there work in mines. - Australia has some of world's largest reserves of quality iron ore. silver+gems. - Coober Pedy in South Australia is world's opal capital(70% of world's opal comes from there). - Complex, resource heavy.

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Retirement

- In Australia most retired people who move go to coast but there are some retirement villages in outback, at Whyalla and Mount Gambier in South Australia.

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Settlement

- Houses built underground to escape heat (e.g. in Coober Pedy). - Vast amount of space - expansion. - Their 'towns' are like our 'hamlets'. - A main town had pop. of only 2 people. - Towns+villages set up nr to opportunites, e.g. nr places to mine.

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Farming

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