The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 INHABITANTS OF AUSTEALIA. 387 them gradually from their European fellow-citizens, and bringing them somewhat nearer to their North American kinsmen, whom they resemble in figure, bearing, and even features. The German settlers, although numerous, are nowhere grouped in sufficient masses to enable them to live apart from the English, and, in fact, they become rapidly absorbed in the surrounding Australian populations. On the other hand, the Chinese, formerly introduced in large numbers by capitalis
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 INHABITANTS OF AUSTEALIA. 387 them gradually from their European fellow-citizens, and bringing them somewhat nearer to their North American kinsmen, whom they resemble in figure, bearing, and even features. The German settlers, although numerous, are nowhere grouped in sufficient masses to enable them to live apart from the English, and, in fact, they become rapidly absorbed in the surrounding Australian populations. On the other hand, the Chinese, formerly introduced in large numbers by capitalists to work their planta- tions and mines, had begun to form a powerful class, which threatened to drive the white workmen out of the labour market. But the national antagonism aroused by these conflicting interests, by the 'yellow danger,' as it is called, ^ig. of the Australian Population. has had the result of rendering a residence in Queensland and the other Australian colonies almost impossible for the ' Celestials.' Thousands have had to leave the country, while recent laws passed in contravention to the treaties concluded with China, prevent them from landing, except on payment of a heavy fine, besides imposing on them all sorts of vexatious burdens. As in all modern colonies of an industrial character, the immigrant populations have been to a large extent centred in the towns, and owing to this tendency the cities of Sydney and Melbourne alone con- tain nearly a third of the whole Australian population. Yet it is from the land that the settlers in this new world derive their chief resources. A comparative study of the ample statistics now available for the various provinces shows what an important economical position is already occupied by the Australian colonies. Although the vast domain belonging to the Crown has only been utilised to a relatively small extent, considerably over 100,000,000 acres had already been disposed of to private individuals at the
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