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Population. – The last Australian census dates back to 1933, because due to the Second World War the census established for 1943 could not be carried out. According to estimates, the population of the Commonwealth amounted to 7,448,601 residents in June 1946, against 6,629,839 in the 1933, with an absolute increase in thirteen years of 818,762 residents. According to ANYCOUNTYPRIVATESCHOOLS, the density of the entire Commonwealth remains very low: 0.9 residents per sq. km., while in the most populous states,…

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Public education. – In recent years the school has had a great development in Australia and new methods have been introduced, especially in the early stages of education. In the kindergartens and in pre-school institutions in general, the principles of Montessori have become widespread and the experiment of the Dalton system and the so-called active school has begun. Primary education is compulsory in all six states, and compulsory education generally lasts up to age 14. After the six elementary grades,…

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The recovery was also supported by the strategy adopted by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, which piloted a gradual decrease in the official interest rate. This, maintained at high values ​​until 1991, was retouched downwards eight times in 1992, reaching in 1993 the lowest level of the last twenty-five years. The central bank was able to implement an easing of monetary policy without fearing the growth of consumer prices, above all because the cooling of domestic demand,…

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According to Bentham the predominant part of the Australian vegetation appears as strictly indigenous and the endemic species and genera must have originated or differentiated in Australia without ever leaving it. There are few exceptions, such as certain species of Eucalyptus, Epacridaceae and Phillodinus Acacias found in Malaysia and few annuals or herbaceous plants that have been found in southern China. “The most singular phenomenon, represented by this wonderful Australian endemic flora, says Andrews (I, p. 231), is the affluence, segregation…

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Since the end of the Second World War, the study of the most remote regions of the continent has intensified, especially by means of photography from the plane. From photomosaics and more recent maps it was estimated in 1958 that the surface of Queensland is 9061 km 2 smaller than what was thought; the official estimate is now 1,726,521 km 2. The detailed study of selected regions of tropical Australia is entrusted to the appropriate division (Land Research and Regional Survey) of the…

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Today only a few tribes of the northern coasts and some of the desert regions are left immune from the influence of the White. But almost everywhere, far from the cities, there are still representatives of the old indigenous tribes who have changed customs and in part their seats: and with the help of the most ancient information it is possible to reconstruct the picture of the original distribution of the tribes. AW Howitt’s work has kept us data on…

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In 1920 the Federation government assumed responsibility for the engagement of immigrants abroad and their transport to Australia. The governments of the individual Australian states inform the Federation of the number and categories of immigrants they are able to accommodate. At present there is also an agreement between the Federation and the British government, according to which the passage is free for children under the age of 12 and for servants; the young are delivered almost 4 / 5 of the price of passage,…

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Until almost the end of the century. XIX Australia was inhabited only by indigenous peoples (for which see, below, the chapters: Ethnology, Anthropology, Religion and Languages) which now number altogether about 59,000 individuals. In 1788 the first fleet arrived in Sydney with a group of soldiers, settlers and deportees. In that year the white population reached 859 residents; in 1800 it had risen to 5217, in 1850 to 405,356; in 1900 to 4,425,000. The last census was made on April…

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Population Australia is among the countries with the lowest population density in the world, with approximately three residents per km 2. The distribution in the territory is strongly concentrated in the cities, where 89.3% of Australians reside: in the region, Australia is second only to Singapore (a totally urbanized state) and to Japan in terms of urbanization rate. In recent years, population growth has settled at 1.6%, a high level, given that it is an industrialized country. The causes are two: on the…

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