1920 Map of Aussieland

This habitability map was used to support the claim that by the middle of the 1920s, Australia had reached maximum occupancy. It should probably be seen in the context of the geopolitical anxieties of Australia at the time, which saw its small, almost exclusively white population under potential threat of annihilation from the burgeoning masses of Indians, Chinese and other Asians adjacent to its almost empty territory

at the time, which saw its small, almost exclusively white population under potential threat of annihilation from the burgeoning masses of Indians, Chinese and other Asians adjacent to its almost empty territory

I'm not saying a thing.

Also I lived in the black mass on the right hand side. Now I live in the stripes towards the bottom.

Forgot to link the full entry: http://bigthink.com/ideas/24446

Australia sure has changed alot...



pretty cool map though, funny 90years later and not much has changed!

That map's pretty optimistic about the usefulness of central Australia.