Chapter 4.1 - Gulargambone - an Australian community facing change

• Read pgs 106-119 in your text book and answer the following questions in your blog.
• pg 109: 1-7, 8b, 9a-d, 10 (9A2 - Due Wed 7/9) (9B2 - Due Fri 9/9)

1. Rural decline is when Australians migrate from rural areas to urban areas which makes the land suffer.

2. Gulargambone is a small rural town located on the Castlereagh River, halfway between Gilgandra and Coonamble in the central - west region of New South Wales. 

3. Gulargambone has a temperature climate with periods of extreme heat in summer, up to 45 degrees Celsius, and cold in winter, down to -5 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall is 580-595 millimeters and it can be highly variable. The town lies on the Castlereagh River that is usually dry - it flows underground. the terrain id flat to undulating and the soils are fertile black and red types.

4. The town before the 'soldier settler' blocks had only 2 residents, but most of the returned soldiers were young men. When they settled in the area they brought with them wives and young families. This created a mini-boom in the population during the 1950s and 1960s. 

5. Agriculture and Forestry. 

6. 447 people live in Gulargambone. 1072 people living in the district. 

7.  The Community Development Employment Program. Trains aboriginal people to 

8. 

b. 

i. North.                    ii. North.                     iii. West. 

9. 

a. 

i.  Bourah 31 18 S   and 147 16 E      ii.   The Maze: 31 21 S and  148 17 E      
 iii. Tailby State Forest: 31 15 S     and 148 22 E

b

i.        AR6254                     ii.             AR6353                    iii.    AR6151      

10.  4.30 has the biggest area.