The citizen and the state; industrial and social life and the empire . MELANKSJANS. this book unnecessary to describe the government ineach State. We shall, therefore, not describe theCommonwealth colony by colony, but as a whole. 3. The Geography of Australia.—Australia is thelargest island in the world (2,946,358 square miles),and is nearly as big as Europe. Its population in1911 was estimated to be 4,455,005. These are the. 158 THE BRITISH EMPIRE chap, vi white people of whom the great majority are of Britishblood. lu 1901 there were estimated to be about153,000 natives, but they are appare
The citizen and the state; industrial and social life and the empire . MELANKSJANS. this book unnecessary to describe the government ineach State. We shall, therefore, not describe theCommonwealth colony by colony, but as a whole. 3. The Geography of Australia.—Australia is thelargest island in the world (2,946,358 square miles),and is nearly as big as Europe. Its population in1911 was estimated to be 4,455,005. These are the. 158 THE BRITISH EMPIRE chap, vi white people of whom the great majority are of Britishblood. lu 1901 there were estimated to be about153,000 natives, but they are apparently incapable ofcivilisation and seem to be dying out. The climateof Australia is very various, but almost everywherehealthy. The north is tropical, but even there thecountry is habitable for Europeans, wliile in the souththe dry, invigorating air has proved well suited tothe full development of the English race. The soil isnaturally fruitful, and capable of producing in abund-ance all that man requires. The only drawback isthe tendency to drought. When, however, this iscounteracted by irrigation, it is not too much to saythat there is no land in the world capable of produc-ing more than Australia. 4. There are two physical features of Australiawhich ought to be remembered. Though the continentis so large there are few great rivers or great lakes, andno great mountains. No river which is navigable forany distance inla
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