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Chapter 5: Australians all…. Are we not? Ageing population: a population in which the proportion of young people is less than 30 per cent of the total population and the proportion of old people is greater than six per cent Bilingual: able to speak two languages fluently Birth rate: the number of births in a particular country per 1000 people Culture: the skills, arts, beliefs and customs passed on from one generation to another Death rate: the number of deaths per 1000 people Dependent population: people who need the support of the rest of the population, such as children between 0 and 14, who are too young to work, and the over-65 age group, which is considered too old to work Dreaming: in Aboriginal cultures, the time in which the Earth received its present form and in which the patterns and cycles of life and culture were begun Emigrate: to leave one’s own country to go to live in another Ethnic: referring to the origins, languages and customs of particular cultural groups Hunter-gatherer: a type of society in which some of the members hunt animals for food and skins and others collect berries, root vegetables and seeds Immigrants: people who have come to live in a new country Immigration policy: a government’s set of rules relating to the type and number of immigrants allowed into the country per year. The policy may change from year to year according to varying factors Indigenous people: people whose ancestors originated in the country in which they live, the Aborigines are the indigenous people of Australia Kanakas: the name give to people who were kidnapped from their homeland, the Pacific islands, and brought to Australia to work as labourers in the canefields in north Queensland during the late 1800s Migrate: to go to live in another country Minority group: a group of people sharing common cultural, religious or other ties, which are different from those of the majority of the population Multicultural society: a society which is made up of several large groups of people of different cultures and nationalities Multilingual: able to speak more than two languages fluently Nomads: people who move from one area to another according to seasonal changes that affect the type of food available at different times of the year Population projections: predictions about the future patterns of population growth Population pyramid: a graph which shows the proportions of the population in various age groups in a country or region Quality of life: the standard of living that a person or group of people have, including their opportunities for education and employment, and their housing and health standards Refugees: people who escape to another country for safety, especially during a war White Australia policy: the Australian government’s restricted immigration policy that began in the 1850s and was eliminated in 1945 Chapter 6: Coasting along the seashore Arch: occurs when caves on either side of a headland are eroded further and join up to form one opening Backdunes: dunes that sometimes develop behind the foredunes.
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