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==References == | <p> The largest of the Australian colonies, though least populous, formerly called the [[Swan]] River Settlement, 1500 m. long and 1000 m. broad, and embracing an area nearly equal to one-third of the whole Australian continent; great part of it, particularly in the centre, is desert, and the best soil is in the W. and NE.; emigration to it proceeded slowly at first, but for the last 20 years it has been steadily increasing, especially since the discovery of gold, and it is now opening up; in 1890 it received a constitution and became self-governing like the other possessions of Great Britain in Australia; Perth, on the Swan River, is the capital, and the chief exports are wool and gold. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_81410"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/west+australia West Australia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81410"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/west+australia West Australia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 October 2021
West Australia [1]
The largest of the Australian colonies, though least populous, formerly called the Swan River Settlement, 1500 m. long and 1000 m. broad, and embracing an area nearly equal to one-third of the whole Australian continent; great part of it, particularly in the centre, is desert, and the best soil is in the W. and NE.; emigration to it proceeded slowly at first, but for the last 20 years it has been steadily increasing, especially since the discovery of gold, and it is now opening up; in 1890 it received a constitution and became self-governing like the other possessions of Great Britain in Australia; Perth, on the Swan River, is the capital, and the chief exports are wool and gold.
