POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA
ESTIMATED AT 7,322,000
Recd. 10 p.m. Sydney, Jan. 29. Victoria’s population passed the two million mark during 1945, according to provisional figures submitted by the Commonwealth Government to the Premiers’ conference. Because of enlistments and abnormal migration which occurred during the war. accurate estimates of population are hard to make. A census will be held as early as possible, probably some time after June, 1947. According to the latest Commonwealth estimates, the population of Australia is now 7,322,000, divided among the States as follows: — New South Wales 2,885,000 Victoria 2,006,000 Queensland 1,071,000 Sou h Australia 625,000 Western Australia . 488.000 Tasmania 247,000
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 24, 30 January 1946, Page 5
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