AC9HG8K08 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

Content descriptor reasons for, and effects of, internal migration and international migration in Australia, China or other countries

Elaborations

• • Elaboration identifying and explaining the main types and patterns of internal and international migration, such as permanent migration, temporary labour migration, student migration, forced migration (including refugees, illegal migrants and illegally trafficked people) and circular migration
• • Elaboration explaining how mining developments affect employment growth in regions and cities, and influence internal migration in Australia; for example, migration leading to population growth in mining areas such as Pilbara in Western Australia and Bowen Basin in North Queensland
• • Elaboration explaining changing influences on migration over time; for example, chain migration related to connection to family, employment, education or health; circular migration involving short-term mobility related to visits to family or for a cultural event
• • Elaboration identifying and explaining the patterns of temporary internal migration and permanent internal migration in China and the effects on the places of origin and destination
• • Elaboration interpreting population data and describing the relationship between international migration and urban concentration within Australia, and internal migration and urban concentration within China
• • Elaboration exploring the connections between the cultural diversity of places and how they are affected by internal and international migration; for example, in Australia or China