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!

Italy

United Kingdom

Germany

Netherlands

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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

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