1. AUSTRALIA DEFINED:
A Snapshot of our Nation in the
Context of the World.
MARK McCRINDLE
Australia’s Social Researchers

2. 1. THE LUCKY
COUNTRY

3. THE GREAT RECESSION

4. THE GREAT RECESSION

5. THE GREAT RECESSION

6. THE GREAT RECESSION

7. THE GREAT RECESSION

8. THE GREAT RECESSION

9. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

10. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

11. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

12. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

13. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

14. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

15. THE LUCKY COUNTRY

16. THE LUCKY COUNTRY

17. 2. BIG
AUSTRALIA

28. POPULATION INCREASE

29. POPULATION INCREASE

30. POPULATION DENSITY
(people/km2)

31. POPULATION DENSITY
(people/km2)

32. POPULATION DENSITY
(people/km2)

33. BIG AUSTRALIA

34. BIG AUSTRALIA

35. 3. LAND OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS

36. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

37. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

38. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

39. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

40. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

41. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

42. HOUSEHOLD INCOME

43. LAND OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

44. LAND OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

45. 4. THE CLEVER
COUNTRY

46. AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING

47. AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING

48. AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING

49. AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING

50. AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING

51. AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING

52. ANNUAL PATENTS GRANTED

53. ANNUAL PATENTS GRANTED

54. ANNUAL PATENTS GRANTED

55. ANNUAL PATENTS GRANTED

56. ANNUAL PATENTS GRANTED

57. ANNUAL PATENTS GRANTED

58. UNIVERSITY DEGREE

59. UNIVERSITY DEGREE

60. UNIVERSITY DEGREE

61. THE CLEVER COUNTRY

62. THE CLEVER COUNTRY

63. INSERT TITLE HERE…
“Speak up for those who cannot speak
for themselves…defend the rights of the
poor and needy”
King Lemuel (Proverbs 31:8-9)

64. 5. SMALL BUSINESS
NATION

65. SMALL BUSINESSES

66. SMALL BUSINESSES

67. BEST LOVED AUSTRALIANISMS
Spit the dummy
58%
Cunning as a dunny rat
23%
Dry as a pommy’s towel
13%
Cross as a frog in a sock
8%
Blind as a welder’s dog
6%