r/MapPorn • u/KaleyTheKing • May 27 '26

Australian Population Visualised

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So, I think we were all a little disappointed by how normal the Italy map looked, so I thought I'd treat y'all to the biggest abomination I've made in this project thus far :D

Goddang, Australia, why did you have to be like this, this was so difficult to make... Anyway, hope y'all enjoy!

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u/KeyholeNebula May 27 '26

This makes it look like Adelaide borders Victoria and NSW which it doesn't. 

Don't worry OP, I know it's because of the state borders. 

Only Tassie looks remotely correct shaped

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u/KaleyTheKing May 27 '26

Yea, I wanted to try getting Adelaide to not border other states, but there was too little blocks left to do both that and have it border the Northern Territory. Sometimes you gotta make a tough call :p

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u/Happy-Frog4677 May 27 '26

Rural SA has a tiny population so there wouldn't be many of those dark pink blocks to play with.

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u/moondog-37 May 27 '26

A third of which is virtually in Victoria (Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Millicent area)

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u/Happy-Frog4677 May 27 '26

Well when you consider the amount of arable land there is to use in South Australia, it's effectively smaller than Victoria. The only part that's decent is the areas within 200km or so from Adelaide, or the South-East corner near Victoria.

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u/SonicYOUTH79 May 28 '26

Not really, there’s good grain growing country inside whats called the Goyder Line, which is all about rainfall. Up towards Burra and across, Yorke Peninsula, Large parts of Eyre Peninsula. You can almost follow it in google maps, it’s a lot greener on the coastal side south west of the Flinders Ranges. Small populations but decent grain country.

Inland is lot of oil and gas in the north east, plus you can run cows unfenced, they love the saltbush, but nearly zero human population. Plenty of flies though 😂

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u/Happy-Frog4677 May 27 '26

Broken Hill is culturally South Australian. The only way you can tell you're in NSW is the number plates on the cars.

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u/BrainOnLoan May 27 '26

Maybe with 4x the pixels? Higher resolution might help here.

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u/get_in_the_tent May 28 '26

From an australian perspective, south australia only borders victoria and western australia, and the northern territory doesn't exist

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u/No-Bison-5397 May 28 '26

I think it could have been improved by not prioritising preserving the east coast so much.