Austraalia
There were not even any good roads. But a railway
was built. The west was joined with the east. Soon afterward on Jan. 1, 1901 all the
separate parts of Australia united into one country. In 1903 a water-main was built to supply
the goldmining centre of western Australia with water.
Earning a living
Many of the people who came to Australia to find gold stayed on to do other kinds of
work. They found that Austraila has other riches, such as coal, copper, iron, lead etc. The
forests have much good timber. Along the seashores pearl shell and turtoise shell can be
gathered. Some of the land proved to be good for wheat. Other land proved good for
sugarcane and fruit orchards.
Of course people were needed to buy and sell what was raised. Others were needed to
manufacture such things as butter, cheese, flour, steel, farm machinery, mining tools, shoes
and clothing. Cities grew.
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