Is the Territory population too small
for Statehood?
• Population is not a
barrier to equality and fairness.
• The population of the Northern Territory reached 200 000 for the
first time in 2005.
• The population of the Northern Territory represents approximately
1% of the Australian population.
• The population of Tasmania on attaining Statehood in 1901 was
recorded as less than 172 000.
• The population of Western Australia on attaining Statehood in
1901 is recorded as around 188 000.
• The population of Australia in 1901 is recorded as 3.78 million
people.
• The population of Tasmania was approximately 4% of the Australian
population at the time it attained Statehood.
• The Northern Territory's recorded population has increased about
40 fold since 1901.
• Proportionally that is a much faster growth rate than the States.
• The population of the US Territory of Alaska was approximately
138 000 in 1950.
• Alaska became the 49th United State in 1959.
• The population of Alaska today is approximately 626 000 representing
about one quarter of one percent of a total US population of around
294 million people.
• The Northern Territory has a young dynamic population of energetic
people living across 1.3 million square kilometres of land mass
occupying one sixth of Australia.
• The people of the Northern Territory should not be denied Statehood
on the basis of how many people may live here
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