EXPECTATION OF LIFE IN AUSTRALIA
Received Tuesday, 7.35 p.m. ABELAIDE, August 27. It was wrong to suppose that because there had been a substantial increase in the expeetation of life, Australians were living to a niuch greater age, declared the Victorian Government statistician, Air. Oswald Gawier, to the economics section of the Science Congress. Between 1881 and 1934, the expeetation of life of Australian males at birth haa inereased from 47 to (33 years. 'i'Jie difference was largely due to the verv large (lrop in mortality among infants and young children. In the past 75 years, there were only three periods when Australia 's popuia tion gained by migration. These were 1875-89, 1910-14 and 1920-29. During other periods the gains had been Jight aml sometimes there had been losses. The Congress is being _ attended by 12U0 members of the Australian-Xevv Zealand Association for the Advanceinent of Science. Delegates incliule lo from New Zealand and 570 from otlier States.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 August 1946, Page 5
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