by the mid-1830s, austraa's economy was well and truly riding on the sheep's back. more new land was opened up, wheat farmers followedthe . evenally, newly developed agricultural techniques and machiry reduced the numbers of people needed to grow and harvest wheat, while sheep grazing was never labor-intensive. paradoxically, there were more jobs generated in the cities than there were in rural locations. there were jobs in offices, there were jobs in shiing companies, narrator: thus, rural wealth created andurban jobs,s. and the cities developed into business centers. when railways arrived in the 1850s, freight lines began to stretch inland from these port cities, bringing ever more commodities to the coast epand as iustry expanded animmigration was relied on for uincreasingly grew as source of new labor, most newrrivals settle in the coastal cities-- australia's cities were founded on the externaconnections of its rural production to britain, anthe delopment of mafacturing and mining. it remains much the same today, except that britain is much less important as ae

narrator: relationshs th will further strengthen austraa's links to the region. much as australia's ysical geography shapes its economy, austraa's links so will its changing demographics iaconnecon captioned by media access group at wgbhte of thisaccess.wgbh.orguntry. annenberg media ♪ for information about this and other annenberg media programs call 1-800-learner and visit us at www.learner.org. annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb the region of south asia stretches mid-centas the world'slsive pst populated country. wea, isexing metropolisnansl atea i thhires millions of indians away from e hardships of the rural countryside. here we see the effects of rural-to-urban migrion and the development of informal settlents. india's capital, delhi, has a population of between 13 and 14 million. commuters, camels, rickshas, buses, motorcycles-- delhi is a smorgasbord of sights and sounds. people of many different ethnic, religious and linguistic groups make the capital the city that it is today. but amid this cultural mosaic, this swelling city faces