From:	Chris Ryan <chrisr@*******.FIT.QUT.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Ozziland
Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 1993 10:19:21 EST

> > On the development of the aborigines of Australia becoming
> > dominant, just one point of order. A recent PBS special on Dreamtime
> > stated that one problem is that there are only a handful of shaman's
> > left who still practice the old ways. Also the popluation itself is
> > dwindling.

(Under current conditions...)

> Couldn't this also be applied to the full-blooded Native American
> population? Yet they have a good hunk of North America, which I imagine
> is a far larger displacement of people than Australia if the easter seaboard
> is still Federalist.

This is what I would imagine to happen as well. There would be probably a larger
area of land involved for the Aborigines, however since the land is sparsely
populated, there would definitely be less people displaced.

Currently the US population is about 15 times that of Australia. Unless that
changes radically, displacement would not be major problem logistically. Of course
people are often reluctant to give up their homes, so conflict can ensue here.

Chris