Australia Comparative StudiesA2 PE

Geographical Determinants

The largest

island on the

planet!!

…and the smallest

continent !

Can you translate?

Boys talk!• G’day mate!• Blotto• Rack off!• Fair dinkum• Pull ya head in!• Drongo

Girls Talk!• How ya going luv?• Wanna cuppa?• The old man’s shot

through• Grouse lippy• Could I bot a fag?

Geographical factors ….can be separated into:

• Climate• Urbanisation• Population

• Communications• (other)• Social• Topographical

Wombat

Devil

Kangaroo

Koala

PossumTiger

Kookaburra

Dingo

Croc

Tropical Zone

Arid

Temperate

And so….?

Australia

• Geographic size: 2.97 million square miles• Capital: Canberra• Major cities and population: Brisbane, Sydney,

Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide• Majority of people live in the 8 major cities

which all have coastal locations

Population

19 million - 50% under age of 30

Unique distribution of pattern of population

90% of Population live in 3.5% of land surface – 10 towns!

AUSTRALIA - GEOGRAPHY

• Rainforest: The eastern coast of Australia is covered by lush tropical rainforests. The Great Dividing Range, a mountain range that runs north-south along Australia's eastern coast, causes a lot of rain to fall of the east coast (and blocks rain from the interior of the continent).

• Desert: The interior of Australia is covered largely by scrub and desert, called the Outback. The Great Dividing Range, a mountain range that runs north-south along Australia's eastern coast, blocks rain from the interior of the continent.

Population 57 million 19 million 270 Million

Climate Maritime Tropical, Sub tropical, Maritime

10 Climate Zones

Size 94,247 Sq Mls 2,966,151 Sq Mls 3,539,289 Sq Mls

Culture Multi racial Young country searching for identity

Frontier spiritMacho Image

RaceRacial assimilation from

former colonies & Europe White only policyMany different last group in at the bottom of the social ladder

TOPOGRAPHY AUSTRAILIA

Huge land mass with, massive distances to cover (e.g. Melbourne to Darwin equates to travelling form Greece to Norway Sports excellence centres in each state to reduce travel time for athletes Genuine areas of wilderness

Desert, mountainous areas ( 70000ft) flat scrubland, large coastal areas, urban areas, central plains uninhabitable but great for trekking

UK

Small island with easy access to most parts of the country , relatively small distances covered to play away games

Home countries have institutes of sport

Some mildly remote area

Low level mountains, rugged countryside, coastal areas and urban areas

Australia

Climate

Eastern Australia has warm summers and mild winters

In the north conditions are tropical

Desert in the central plans (desert institute of sport)

22 million

7 people per square mile (Sparsely populated although 80% live in eastern seaboard)

Urban although huge areas of wilderness

UK

Climate

Warm summers , mild winters with lot of rainfall

Population

62 million (approx)

High population density 200 per sq mile

Highly urbanised

AUSTRAILIA

Transport

Initially distance between cities made impeded sport development

Sophisticated travel system (from mid (20th which centres around highways connecting all major cities

Air travel and railways link cities to urban areas

UK

Transport

Easy access around a relatively small island

Sophisticated transport system since the C19th

Government policy

• In dependant from the UK 1901 but remained part of the commonwealth

• Has a prime minister who has an elected parliament ( as in the UK ) and the queen is the chief of state

Although there is no national curriculum the federal government (1992) launched an inquiry into perceived

failing standards in PE in schools. This resulted in the standard and quality of PE delivery increasing

Australia Decentralised government

Laws differ slightly from state to state

No national curriculum

UK

Centralised government

Laws of each county the same

National curriculum