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Australia’s Natural Australia’s Natural ResourcesResources
•Natural Resources are elements of the physical environment that can be used to satisfy human needs and wants.
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Mineral and Energy Mineral and Energy ResourcesResources
• Australia is richly endowed with a variety of both mineral and energy resources.
• The discovery of Gold in the 1850s brought prosperity and an influx of immigrants to Australia.
• More recent mineral discoveries have enhanced Australia’s reputation as a major world exporter of mineral and energy products.
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Mineral ResourcesMineral Resources Energy ResourcesEnergy ResourcesBauxite Black coal
Mineral sands Brown coal
Copper Oil
Diamonds Natural gas
Gold Uranium
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Nickel
Opal
Silver
Tin
Zinc
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Soil
• Soil is an important natural resource as it is essential to Australia’s agricultural output.
• Australia’s best soils are found on river floodplains and on the slopes and plains west of the Great Divide, where grasslands and woodlands once existed.
• Today, these black and red-brown soils have been put to agricultural use.
• Unfortunately, Australia lacks a high quantity of good quality soil which can be used for resource.
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Forests• Australia’s forest resources
are mostly concentrated along the east coast of the continent, the south-west tip of Western Australia and the west coast of Tasmania.
• Of more concern is the rate of land clearing which is reducing Australia’s forest resources.
• Sustainable forest management needs to be introduced in the future, such as timber plantations for this resource to survive.
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Fishing Grounds
• Despite our extensive coastline, Australia’s fish resources are not large by world standards.
• Australia’s fishing grounds need to be managed sustainably. Fish Farming or aquaculture is of a growing importance for these types of resources to survive into the future.