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Page 72
The total impact of the gold rushes on Victoria can best be gauged from the
Colonial Censuses of 1854, 1857 and 1861. But while these censuses offer
guidelines for illustrating the demographic impact of gold in general terms, they
cannot be ...
The total impact of the gold rushes on Victoria can best be gauged from the
Colonial Censuses of 1854, 1857 and 1861. But while these censuses offer
guidelines for illustrating the demographic impact of gold in general terms, they
cannot be ...
Page 73
The next Census of April 7, 1861, with W.H. Archer as the Registrar-General,
recorded a further rapid increase in population to 540,300 souls, compared with
410,800 in 1857. In this period the increase was spread over the whole colony.
The next Census of April 7, 1861, with W.H. Archer as the Registrar-General,
recorded a further rapid increase in population to 540,300 souls, compared with
410,800 in 1857. In this period the increase was spread over the whole colony.
Page 315
A further problem arises from the change in the census definition after 1971 from
one based on the assessed degree of "Aboriginal blood" (half-caste and more
being recorded as Aborigine) to one of self-identification. Under the latter there ...
A further problem arises from the change in the census definition after 1971 from
one based on the assessed degree of "Aboriginal blood" (half-caste and more
being recorded as Aborigine) to one of self-identification. Under the latter there ...
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Contents
Population and Censuses Australia | 16 |
Convictism in Australia | 21 |
of the Civilian Population of New South | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The European Peopling of Australasia: A Demographic History, 1788-1988 |
| Author | Wilfred David Borrie |
| Publisher | Australian National University, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0731518608, 9780731518609 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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