How do Location, Climate,

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How do Location, Climate, Natural Resources
Impact Trade?

• Australia Notes

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What do We Think We Know about Australia?

• Brainstorm what you think you know about these
  topics

History
Land and Water
Australia
Government
Climate
People
Economy
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Location

• China is Australias neighbor to the north
• Australia exports tons of natural resources to
  China
• 1/2 of iron ore goes to China
• In return, China provides Australia with
  affordable finished goods (cars, kitchen
  appliances, etc.)

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Location

• Australias location makes it expensive for
  people to visit from other countries
• Most international tourists come from New Zealand
  and China

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Location

• Foreign tourists create only 1/4 of Australias
  81 billion tourist industry
• Australians do the majority of tourism within
  their own country
• Remote location in the Southern Hemisphere makes
  it expensive for Australians to leave visit
  other countries

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Climate

• Tourists from the northern hemisphere visit
  Australias warm beaches when it is winter in
  their country
• Tourists usually wait until spring or fall to
  visit the rural areas the outback--not too hot
  then

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Climate

• In the non-desert regions, Australians grow many
  grains
• Grown in inland regions of the coastal states
  (not too hot/dry here)
• Grains include a wide range of different crops
• Wheat, barley, sorghum, rye, rice, chickpeas,
  lentils, oilseeds

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Natural Resources

• Across much of Australia, the ground is barren
  not ideal for farming (outback)
• Many minerals are found here gold, silver,
  uranium, coal, copper, iron ore
• Australia has exported nearly 400 billion worth
  of metals, minerals, fuels in the past 20 years
• Natural resources account for 1/3 of the
  countrys economy!

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Natural Resources

• Australia exports more coal iron ore than any
  other country
• Leads the world in mining bauxite, titanium,
  diamonds
• No other country has more reserves of lead,
  cadmium, or nickel

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Natural Resources

• Have always been important to Australian trade
• In the mid-1800s, Australia had a gold rush in
  the southern region
• Thousands of immigrants moved to Australia to
  find gold
• Many came from England, Ireland, Germany, China

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The Super Pit
The worlds largest gold mine!
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Questions to Consider

• Which nations citizens visit Australia more than
  any other? Why?
• What resources attracted thousands of immigrants
  in the mid-nineteenth century?
• Which country is most important to Australia for
  trade?