Land of Oz

Australia is a vast place, the size of the U.S. and can be viewed as a giant mine. Though it covers a big patch of latitude and longitude, the climate is not as hospitable as the U.S. climate because on the whole, it is much drier. The relatively small population of 25 million clings to the coasts and there are only a few major cities in this continental nation. The Australians are aware they have a lot of property to defend and not a whole lot of people to defend it. From the beginning there has been confusion about how to populate it and thus justify and defend their claim to this property…and legitimate fears that dilution of the basic Anglo-British stock would be ultimately overwhelmed by proximate Asian populations, converting English-speaking and Christian Australia into a nation of… what? Well, they seem to be muddling through rather successfully at this point. And as long as they can get their trading partners to pay for, rather than expropriate goods, Australia should prosper. They are a solid column in the house of the Anglophones. Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide are beautiful examples of what modern cities can be. Key to Pictures: The Obelisk in Macquarie Place, Sydney. Opera House, Sydney. Statue of Flinders-circumnavigator of Australia on the lawn of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. Looking down on Adelaide from Mt. Lofty towards the Southern Ocean. Statue of Col. Light pointing out the city he’s laid out to our traveler.