Tribal conflict immigration conditions

For a country, the land area is very important, which represents greater carrying capacity and more mineral resources. Australia, located in the southern hemisphere, is the only country in the world that occupies the whole land. With a land area of 7.69 million square kilometers, accounting for 85% of the area of Oceania, it is the sixth largest country in the world.

However, despite its vast territory, the population of Australia is very sparse, with a total population of 25.44 million, which is equivalent to the permanent population of China and Shanghai. The land is vast and sparsely populated, which is in line with the tonality of Australia. According to relevant statistics, the average population density in Australia has reached 3.2 people per square kilometer, many times higher than that in China.

Under the great sense of emptiness, people can't help asking why this happens in Australia.

There are few aborigines, and it is even worse to be oppressed by colonists.

In the whole world history, Australia is the latest land to be discovered. /kloc-In the 0/8th century, lush forests, grasslands and deserts spread all over Australia, and about 300,000 primitive aborigines were scattered among more than 500 tribes of different sizes. They made a living by hunting.

The isolated living environment made Australia unable to keep up with the pace of world science and technology, which laid the groundwork for future oppression.

/kloc-At the end of 0/8, British colonists began to immigrate to Australia. With advanced weapons and means of production, the most fertile land in this area has been carved up. The life of the indigenous people was affected, and they were unable to hunt and migrate freely, and were eventually driven to live in the hot forests of Europe. Not only that, these colonists were cruel and openly persecuted the aborigines, which greatly reduced the already scarce population.

The primitive inhabitants who survived by luck had to endure exploitation and slavery all day long and lost their sovereignty. After the original tribal pattern was scattered, the aborigines were bumped and displaced on the vast Australian continent. During this period, due to the harsh living environment, many people died in the process of running around, causing secondary damage to the total population.

Extreme drought is not suitable for human survival.

Australia has a special terrain, with mountains in the east and great plains in the middle. In the west, it becomes a plateau with continuous mountains. 70% of the country's land area belongs to arid or semi-arid areas, especially the central region, which is dry and hot all the year round, which is really not suitable for human habitation.

Moreover, the desertification area in Australia has now exceeded 6.5438+0.3 million square kilometers, and China has 654.38+0.65438+0 deserts, even accounting for 20% of the whole mainland area.

We know that under the conditions of suitable climate and environment, sufficient food and sufficient land carrying capacity, most organisms will grow in a "J" shape in a short time, and the number will expand geometrically.

Although Australia has a vast territory, the harsh environment in a large area is not enough. Generally speaking, the land that can provide animal husbandry and planting conditions in China is only 260,000 square kilometers, mainly distributed in the southeast coastal areas.

Australian aborigines, even later colonists, gathered on the edge of the Australian mainland and settled in areas with abundant water and fertile land. In the past 300 years, due to the limitation of living space, the population of Australia has never experienced explosive growth.

Policy conflict and the influence of high-quality environmental resources.

Except for these lands that humans rarely set foot in, the rest of Australia is extremely rich in resources. Mineral resources and agriculture and animal husbandry are among the top in the world. Before the 1970s, Australia had been focusing on agriculture, and only after the 1970s did it gradually shift its focus of development, driving the simultaneous growth of tourism and service industries, accounting for 70% of GDP.

It can be seen that even with a small population, Australia's economic development level is very high, even surpassing that of the United States at its peak.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see that if the current limited population can create a stable and rapid development of the country and a rich and healthy life for the people, then overpopulation is actually meaningless. Even if there is a population explosion at this time, it may break this balance and lower Australia's per capita GDP. Based on these viewpoints, it can be said that Australia has "chosen" a vast and sparsely populated land.

In addition, in the early years, it was also influenced by local policies. In the process of globalization, people from other countries began to emigrate to Australia, which led to a sharp increase in the local population for a period of time.

190 1 year, in order to control this situation, the colonial rulers of Australia promulgated the "White Australia Policy", that is, only white immigrants were allowed. At that time, there was an uproar, the process of immigration came to an abrupt end, and the population growth rate in Australia also slowed down significantly.

This policy continued until the 1960s after World War II. In 70 years, Australia, which had a low population growth rate, even regressed for a time. In the subsequent development process, it gradually tends to be stable. However, since then, large-scale international migration has never happened again.

The cruel rule of the colonists and the inadaptability of the domestic climate and environment are part of the reasons for Australia's vast territory and sparse population. The most fundamental thing is that they are willing to keep this state.