. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. n the Australian 1853 the danger of an organized re-volution seemed imminent in gold-diggers knew how to protectthemselves against murder and robbery,but, conscious of their strength, they re-sented the interference of outside au-thority. Trouble had arisen over the grant-ing of licenses which the diggers wished toabolish, and the crisis came by an attempton the part of the leaders to organize acommunity on republican lines in opposi-tion to the government at raised t
. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. n the Australian 1853 the danger of an organized re-volution seemed imminent in gold-diggers knew how to protectthemselves against murder and robbery,but, conscious of their strength, they re-sented the interference of outside au-thority. Trouble had arisen over the grant-ing of licenses which the diggers wished toabolish, and the crisis came by an attempton the part of the leaders to organize acommunity on republican lines in opposi-tion to the government at raised the republican flag and builta fortified camp on the Eureka field, whichcommanded the Melbourne road about amile from Ballarat. This, the only revolu-tion known to Australian history, quietlycollapsed owing to the prompt action ofthe commander of the troops at Ballarat;he with 300 men stormed the stockadeand dispersed the rebels, who were fivetimes more numerous than their op-ponents. From that moment law andauthority gained the upper hand. Thetroubles of those times reveal the dis-. The coming of the People 87 CO very oi: gold as a disturber of the publicpeace ; when the industry is properlyorganized, and worked by companies withexpensive machinery, most of the primaryevils disappear. Gold still stands pre-eminent amongstthe mineral products of Australia—al-though it is in some states only first amongequals. To take New South Wales alonewe find the following list of minerals—gold, coal, silver and silver-lead, copper,tin, kerosene shale, zinc, coke, noble opal,lead, antimony, bismuth, diamonds, iron,wolfram, platinum, cobalt, etc. There arealso precious stones in abundance. Formany, many years to come the mineralsof Australia will add substantially to herprosperity. But mineral wealth is too fluctuating Agricuitur- ists> for a country to rely upon. The soil isthe stable source of a countrys health andwealth. Gold is a stimulant, but agri-culture is solid food to the nati
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