Jeri - I took the challenge and rather than do state I am in, I did the region.
(not sure on the state numbers of lacemakers)
Kimberley Western Australia
size - 423,517 square kilometres (163,521 sq mi)
population - 41,000
known lacemakers - 6 adults and 8 children
Maths has never been my thing but I think that works out to be 1 lace maker per
11,600 square miles or 1 in every 3,000 people are lace makers.
When I started lace making in Feb 2005 there were 2 lace makers + me so we have
improved the demographics :-) In that time we have also demonstrated approx 21
times a year and exhibited 4 times at the Kununurra Agricultural Show each June.
Lets narrow the statistical area to just the Shire (or County for you US and UK
folk)
Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
Size - 121,000 sq km
Population - 7,500
1 lace maker per 8,600 sq km
1 in every 535 people are lace makers
Either way, that is a small percentage of lace makers and if I had not counted
the children the stats would be even more extreme.
LOL maybe I should not have done this as it now makes me wonder how the
demographics compare for all of Arachne - or even the whole world - I wonder
where we could get statistics like that?
Grrr, my cat has just knocked my lace pillow onto the floor - upside down of
course. Got to go.
Hugs
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia
-
To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line:
unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to
[email protected]. Photo site:
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
