▲ 69 ▼ 1920s Population Density Map of Australia (quokk.au) submitted 1 year ago by Deceptichum to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 13 points 1 year ago (5 children) Hmm .. the "uninhabited" region. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Was it actually uninhabited or were the aboriginal people there but as far as the Australian government was concerned they “didn’t count”? Genuine question, by the way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flandish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago You already know the answer… the indigenous people were not actually people in the eyes of the colonists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 11 points 1 year ago I found hundreds of maps of the First Nations People of Australia, including language groups, but was not able to discover any official map, which is not surprising given how counting the population worked in Australia. All maps show that the "uninhabited" area was just as densely populated as the rest of the continent. (Trigger Warning: heavily racist policy descriptions) How the population of Australia was counted: https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/first-nations-peoples-census permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's an inverted chart of how many white people are in an area. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 point 1 year ago More like: "Here be dragons" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Was it actually uninhabited or were the aboriginal people there but as far as the Australian government was concerned they “didn’t count”? Genuine question, by the way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flandish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago You already know the answer… the indigenous people were not actually people in the eyes of the colonists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 11 points 1 year ago I found hundreds of maps of the First Nations People of Australia, including language groups, but was not able to discover any official map, which is not surprising given how counting the population worked in Australia. All maps show that the "uninhabited" area was just as densely populated as the rest of the continent. (Trigger Warning: heavily racist policy descriptions) How the population of Australia was counted: https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/first-nations-peoples-census permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flandish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago You already know the answer… the indigenous people were not actually people in the eyes of the colonists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 11 points 1 year ago I found hundreds of maps of the First Nations People of Australia, including language groups, but was not able to discover any official map, which is not surprising given how counting the population worked in Australia. All maps show that the "uninhabited" area was just as densely populated as the rest of the continent. (Trigger Warning: heavily racist policy descriptions) How the population of Australia was counted: https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/first-nations-peoples-census permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's an inverted chart of how many white people are in an area. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 point 1 year ago More like: "Here be dragons" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 point 1 year ago More like: "Here be dragons" permalink fedilink source parent
