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The rush to the goldfields by settlers who had arrived earlier exacerbated the
labour shortage in the colony and assisted immigration was stepped up from
fewer than 3,000 in 1851 and 1852 to an average of over 15,000 in each of the
three ...
The rush to the goldfields by settlers who had arrived earlier exacerbated the
labour shortage in the colony and assisted immigration was stepped up from
fewer than 3,000 in 1851 and 1852 to an average of over 15,000 in each of the
three ...
Page 88
A high proportion of these arrivals were probably earlier settlers returning from
the goldfields of Victoria. Further evidence for this conclusion is the very high
proportion of males (41,500) to females (only 7,100) in the inward movement in ...
A high proportion of these arrivals were probably earlier settlers returning from
the goldfields of Victoria. Further evidence for this conclusion is the very high
proportion of males (41,500) to females (only 7,100) in the inward movement in ...
Page 99
In 1 870, the province harboured 23,000 people, about 5,000 of whom were
either still working on the goldfields or had vacated the diggings for fanning
pursuits. In 1859, too, the province of Marlborough had been carved out of
Nelson.
In 1 870, the province harboured 23,000 people, about 5,000 of whom were
either still working on the goldfields or had vacated the diggings for fanning
pursuits. In 1859, too, the province of Marlborough had been carved out of
Nelson.
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Contents
Population and Censuses Australia | 16 |
Convictism in Australia | 21 |
of the Civilian Population of New South | 31 |
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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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