Economic history of Australia

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/economic-history-of-australia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Economic history of Australia?Approximately 26 million people (as of recent estimates)
2. How big is Economic history of Australia?Approximately 7.7 million square kilometers
3. What is the capital of Economic history of Australia?Canberra
4. What was Australia's first economy like when it started as a penal colony?It focused on farming, cutting trees, and hunting whales to feed the colony and keep itself alive.
5. Why did gold make Australia grow so fast in the 1850s?Gold found in New South Wales and Victoria attracted many people, who brought money and built cities, railways, and telegraph lines.

Penal Colony: A settlement established for the transportation and punishment of convicted criminals.
Primary Industries: Sectors focused on the extraction or harvesting of natural resources, such as agriculture, mining, and forestry.
Import Substitution: An economic policy aimed at replacing foreign imports with domestic production.
Economic Liberalization: Policies that reduce government intervention in the economy, promoting free markets and trade.