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1. How does drought affect rural communities?
It affects them in that they have trouble with their crop plantations and their livestock.
2. What was a consequence of the soldier settler blocks being sold?
Steady population decline
3. What 3 main factors have caused a decline in ag?
Collapse of wool industry, the rising of cost in ag, and the returns they received from ag have not kept in pace with the rising cost of ag
4. How many mechanization contributed to unemployment?
Many jobs can now be more efficiently done with machinery resulting in machines often taking preference over the working force and many people lost their job because of industrial development
5. How do lifestyle factors and better roads and transport contribute to the decline in small country towns like Gulramboorge?
Because it allows for people to travel to larger communities for better education and employment options.
6. Give three pieces of evidence of rural decline in Gurlgambone?

8 Refer to 4.12. Describe the trend in the population of

Gulargambone over the past 50 years.

Population steadily declined due to occasional increase due to factors such as the soldiers ressetlement scheme and better transport.

9 Refer to 4.14. Describe the unusual shape of the population pyramid for Gulargambone. Suggest reasons for this shape.

There is typically more elderly men and more young women with the majority consisting of children between ages of 0-4 years old. This is due to the government schemes, with pensions being handed over to woman with new born babies. 

10 Refer to 4.18.

a Describe the trend in the enrolments of Gulargambone

Central School over the past 50 years.

The trend is that of a steadily declining enrollment after every year.

b Use all the information in this chapter to explain the

trends displayed in this graph.

This can be accounted for things like that of better transportation which allows for the communities to travel further to the larger communities for better education and employment opportunities 

11 Give an example of one social, economic and environmental

factor that has caused change in Gulargambone.

a social impact is that of better opportunities for employment/education elsewhere
a economic impact is that of better infrastructure such as roads and other transportation methods
a environmental impact is that of drought