Here are some interesting ‘facts’ about Australia - although perhaps ‘well evidenced propositions’ would be more accurate. I’ve noted the source material for almost all of them, which I’ve largely taken from mainstream secondary literature.
Here are some interesting ‘facts’ about Australia - although perhaps ‘well evidenced propositions’ would be more accurate. I’ve noted the source material for almost all of them, which I’ve largely taken from mainstream secondary literature.
Australia didn’t exist until Federation in 1901. There was a lot of boom and bust in the colonies. Melbourne did well out of the gold rush but there was still struggle in other states including a drain of labour to the gold fields.