This gets repeated a lot, but people seem to forget that a large part of the continent/island [?] is inhospitable desert. Our population distribution looks like

This gets repeated a lot, but people seem to forget that a large part of the continent/island [?] is inhospitable desert. Our population distribution looks like this: https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4afe2e7cc5078f81d6a9993b21724bb6 https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4afe2e7cc5078f81d6a999... About 60% of the population is clustered in 4 cities [0] and we're one of the most urbanised countries in the world [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Australia#Cities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Australia#Cities [1] https://infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/pab/soac/ https://infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/pab/soac/ & http://theconversation.com/density-sprawl-growth-how-australian-cities-have-changed-in-the-last-30-years-65870 http://theconversation.com/density-sprawl-growth-how-austral...