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References and further reading

ABS PUBLICATIONS

Australian Demographic Statistics (Cat. no. 3101.0). Quarterly.

Australian Demographic Trends (Cat. no. 3102.0). Irregular. Last issue 1997.

Australian Historical Population Statistics (Cat. no. 3105.0.65.001).

Population by Age and Sex: Australian States and Territories (Cat. no. 3201.0). Annual.

Demography (for each State and Territory) (Cat. no. 3311.1 - .8). Annual.

Demography (Ref. No. 4.9). Issued annually, 1900 to 1971.

Births, Australia (Cat. no. 3301.0). Annual.

Deaths, Australia (Cat. no. 3302.0). Annual.

Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (Cat. no. 3404.0). Monthly.

Migration, Australia (Cat. no. 3412.0). Annual.

Experimental Estimates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Population (Cat. no. 3230.0).

Experimental Projections of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, 30 June 1996 - 30 June 2006 (Cat. no. 3231.0).

Population Projections, Australia (Cat. no. 3222.0). Every 2-3 years.

Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. no. 3218.0). Annual.

Population Growth and Distribution in Australia (Cat. no. 2035.0). Quinquennial.

Social Atlas Series (Cat. no. 2030.4). Quinquennial.

Australia in Profile: A Regional Analysis, 1996 Census of Population and Housing (Cat. no. 2032.0).

Australian Social Trends (Cat. no. 4102.0). Annual.

Year Book, Australia (Cat. no. 1301.0). Annual.

Demographic Estimates and Projections: Concepts, Sources and Methods,Statistical Concepts Reference Library, ABS website <www.abs.gov.au>.

Census Dictionary. Statistical Concepts Reference Library, ABS website <www.abs.gov.au>.

Methods and Procedures in the Compilation of Estimated Resident Population 1981 and in the Construction of the 1971-81 Time Series (Cat. no. 3103.0).

Census of Population and Housing: Data Quality - Undercount (Cat. no. 2940.0).

Population Issues, Indigenous Australians 1996, Ross K. (Cat. no. 4708.0).

Australian Standard Geographical Classification (Cat. no. 1216.0).

Statistical Geography Vol. 2: Census Geographic Areas (Cat. no. 2905.0).

Standards for Statistics on Cultural Diversity, 1999 (Cat. no. 1289.0).


NON-ABS PUBLICATIONS

Cocks, D., 1966, People Policy: Australia’s Population Choices. UNSW Press, Kensington. N.S.W.

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Immigration Update. (Sept 1989 - quarterly).

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), 1982, Population of Australia, Country Monograph Series No 9. UN, New York.

Price, C., 1996, Immigration and Ethnicity, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Canberra.

Vamplew, W., (ed), 1987, Australians: Historical Statistics, Fairfax, Syme and Weldon Associates. Broadway. N.S.W.

Weeks, J.R., 1999, Population: An introduction to concepts and issues. Wadsworth Publishing Company. Belmont.

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Website http://www.immi.gov.au/index.htm