How has Australia changed in your Lifetime

1.      

Physical Changes:

·         The construction of the Sydney Olympic Park

·         The Victorian Bushfires

·         The Queensland Floods

·         The construction of the Ryde Westfield

·         The expansion of Highways

Economic Change:

·         The financial crisis

·         The value of the AU$

·         Mining Boom

·         Increased Tourism

·         Cyclone Larry and the Banana Industry

Social Change:

·         Sorry Day

·         Population Increase

·         Facebook

·         The change from Liberal to Labor government

·         Asylum Seekers

2.    There are many ways in which we can find out how Australia has changed in all three categories. For physical changes, we could compare before and after shots as well as looking at sources such as google maps to get an idea of the variables which have caused the resulting change. For economic changes, we can look at the tourism and industry, such as mining and the banana industry, as well as comparing past and present financial states of Australia. When looking at social change, we can look at changing governments, technological advancements, tourism and Australian holidays.

We could find out how Australia has changed by using many Primary and Secondary Sources. Looking at photos, websites and maps as well as conducting interviews and surveys could give many reasons to how Australia has changed.

The Sydney Olympic park has changed the physical environment of home bush dramatically. Before the 2000 Olympic games, home bush was a quiet area with a vigorous landscape of bush and grassland. The Olympic park has not only changed home bush, but has influenced other areas to manufacture such buildings.

The mining boom has created a huge economical impact upon Australia's economy. In the last 10 years, there has been a huge international market for coal and uranium creating a huge jump in Australia's wealth.


The change from the Liberal to the Labor government has caused a huge change in the social customs of Australia. In the early years of 2000, the Liberal government was in power saving millions of dollars towards Australia's economy. In 2007, Labor won the Federal election creating a huge change in Parliament.