TOPULATION OF AUSTRALASIA.
Total $,550,631
Increase in Ten Years, 750,756.
The publication of the Queensland census returns completes the total for Australasia. Subject to slight adjustment, the population, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand amounts to a
total of 4,550,651, against 3,809,895 in 1891, or an increase of 740,756 during the ten years. The movement in each State is shown in the following table, prepared by the ' Argus ' :
Tltommnwlth3,lß3,237 3,777,212 593,975 New Zealand 626,058 773,439 146,781
Total.. 3,809,895 4,550,651 740,756
The greatest progress during the ten years has been in New South Wales, with an increase of 229,998 New Zealand is second with an increase of 149,761, Western Australia third with an increase of 132,771, and Queensland fourth with an increase of 109.174. The list is completed by_ Victoria, Bouth Australia, and Tasmania, in the order named.
The particulars of the population as regards sex are not complete in New Zealand. Taking the Australian States, however, the comparison of male and female population for the ten years is a 3 follows : MALES.
It is to the increase in tho male population, which includes the bread-winning part of tho community, that most interest must bea'tached, and the movements that have taken pLce are significant in more w.iys ih-vn one. It is to be nited with regret that tne increase in the Victorian male population is s) trifling when fair progress has taken place in other States.
1891. 1901. Increase Victoria .. 1,140,405 1,195 874 55,469 N. S. Wales 1.132,234 1,362,232 229,998 Queensland 393,718 502,892 109,174 H. Australia 320,431 362,595 42,104 W. Australia 49,782 182,553 132,771 Tasmania 146.667 171,066 24,399
1891. 1901, Increase. I Victoria ... 598,415 601,901 3,487 N. S. Wales 612,562 715,207 102,645 Queensland 223,779 280,504 56,725 S. Australia 166,806 184,908 18,102 W. Australia 29,807 112,094 82,287 Tasmania ... 77,560 88,938 11,378 FEMALI :s. 1891. 1901. Increase. Victoria ... 541,991 593,973 51,982 N. S. Wales 519,672 047,033 127,353 Queensland 169,939 222,388 52,449 S. Australia 153,630 177,684 24,057 W. Australia 19,975 70,7o9 50,484 Tasmania ... 69,107 82,128 13,021
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 27 June 1901, Page 4
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332TOPULATION OF AUSTRALASIA. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 27 June 1901, Page 4
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