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Date of upload: Apr 1, 2023 ^^
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As a Canadian, I fully understand the population density issues of our Australian Commonwealth cousins. Australian populations and cities hug the coastlines and the middle of the continent, of desert heat, could be considered inhospitable for humans to thrive. Canada, as an even larger country, has a small population of about 39 million people and 90 percent of the population lives within 200 miles of the U.S. border and up the east and west coasts less than 500 miles. Also the major population occupying 5 major cities. The Canadian north is also considered inhospitable for humans to thrive, except for the extreme hardy. The Canadian limitation is the short growing season or inability to grow crops and the extreme arctic cold. The Australian Outback and the Canadian North are both trying very hard to kill you.
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As a transplanted American (white bloke "Septic tank Yank") I have driven a good 200,000 kms around the Great antipodean Lucky Country and still have a fascination with the place. No better landmass on Earth to get a reliable sleepable vehicle and go way off the grid, thanks to seemingly endless expanses of uninhabited land connected by a network of decent paved highways and drivable outback tracks. Months at a time with very little human contact can drive you a bit mad, so it's not everyone's cup of tea, but if it IS your thing - wow! Never actually alone when there are dozens of species of fantastic birds and feral mammals (dingoes, camels, donkeys, goats, and of course loads of roos and wallabies) and snakes and lizards and spiders, etc. Leaving the populated east coast and heading into the never never land is an intrepid adventure, so just make sure to have days worth of tinned and dried food reserves and a good 40 litres of drinkable water and a few jerry cans of petrol, not to mention ample spares for the vehicle. Then it's like being a ship on the ocean with no horizon or a land rover on the moon cut off from the world - perfect! Eventually you reach the other side along the Indian Ocean to find Australia's other cluster of humans, namely Perth, Fremantle, Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River, etc. Most overseas visitors never get past the "boomerang coast" between Sydney and Cairns, but there is a lot to love about the western half of the country, and very very few other people to get in your way. But as per this video it's easy to see why almost no one lives in the middle part - hardly any drinkable water, barren soil, only a few good highways, and unless you bring a bunch of food with you you're limited to "roadhouse" stodge - week-old dried-up chook & chips and "Chiko Rolls" or meat pies on a tired heating rack, or you have to murder a goanna or brown snake for your supper. God's country indeed! ;-)
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Indonesian sailor already discover the land long before any european or asian sailors discover it.
But indonesian sailor are not interested to colonize it since there is people already live there, the aborigines. Instead indonesian sailor forming trade relations with the aborigines. Indonesian sailor selling them tools and manufactired food and goods while the aborigines selling indonesian sailor sea food, precious gem and local food
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0:51 "The last populated frontier of the world". 60,000+ years of human settlement in this country, about 45,000 years before the Americas were discovered.
This subject is very controversial in Australia, as this video talks about Australia being "discovered" by Portuguese, Dutch or Englishman.
But it was discovered by very resourceful people thousands of years ago and are to this day the oldest living culture in the world.
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Australian here. This is a nice attempt, but clearly made by someone who doesn’t really understand this country or its history. Besides completely glossing over the 19th century, this video has some factual errors and significant omissions. I wouldn’t consider this video to be a good summary of Australia, and would advise people to look elsewhere.
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I work FIFO in the remote north of Western Australian in the Pilbara, Yes it Hot - I just returned from a week of 40 degree C and it is only Springtime not Summer yet - I have international friends they are amazed that I will drive 380KM to the closest supermarket - shop then drive back to the mine site all in one day
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@CountriesExplained
1 year ago
Let’s be real.. The population density is just because of the heat! ☀️ Right? 👀
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