The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-23
great multitude OF efReminatss who are par
ody, II not burlesque, on womankind.
AUeTRAHAA.

great multitude OF eneminatss who are par
ody, II not burle~que, on womankind-
AUSTRALIA.
One Of the most interesting departments In
the main building In that OF Australia, the
States represented being New South Wales,
Queensland South Australia, Victoria, Tas-
mania, and New Zealand, which, though not
with Australia ia trade and other connections.
1t is nearly century sinee England, having
Just then, by her own folly and misgovem-
ment, had 10 pars With her American depend
en.ies, planted 3 penal settlement on the east
ern shores Of New Holland, and II any OF our
people were still inclined TO suppose that this
penal colony tainted tho character OF the Aus
tralisu people, they have only to look at their
pictures of churches schools, aud public build
ings OF all sorts, TO have their minds disabused
of that mistake. The rough, criminal charac-
tiers OF this settlement emigrsted TO California
during the gold mania OF ls49-5O, and were
disposed Of summarily by the miners code.
SYDNEY HARBoR.
And speaking about pictures no Que should
lose the opportunity OF seeing the magnificent
photograph of a portion Of Sydder harbor
shown In the New south Wales department. 1t
is thirty-six feet long, aud Is one OF the finest
landscape views ever beheld. The real histo-
nv of Australia dates from the gold discovery In
1857 which attracted a large European emigra-
ton. The population Is about two millions.
and each of the States makes its own laws, the
Parliament being elected by manhood suffrage.
Most OF the interior, which, on our school
maps. used to be described Ms stony desert
is now stocked with sheep and cattle, which
feed on the natural grasses, and
4 NEW SOUTH WALES
alone has 25 900, 600 Of sheep, or more than
forty apiece for every man, woman, and child
in the State. Her exhibit of fine merino wool
is very superior and wool of this class would
he most valuable to our manufacturers, to mix
with the shorter and coarser kinds We produce.
The biggest nuggets Of gold found in Australia
were got in Victoria, and the richest quartz
mines are in New South Wales and Queens
land. South Australia is the great
wheat-growing State, because of the large
number of German farmers who have
settled there, and they are now trying
their hand at drying and preserving fruit.
Queensland and New South Wales contain the
rich tin fields, whose enormous production for
the last two or three years has brought down
the price 80 much. New South Wales sends
the finest collection of tin ores seen in Ameri-
ca, and very likely anywhere else excepting
Australia, and our people are examining IL very
closely TO see il they can't lind tin in this
country. The whole of the New South Wales
collection Of minerals coal, copper, iron, tin,
gold, etc, is very instructive, and shows pretty
plainly that they have a very rich country out
there. H
GOLD PRODUCT.
Queensland has q column representing the
gold export from 1868 to 1876 tons and
1241 los. in value, 49,, ZOO, 000 New Tea
land cube AZ feet square and 1888 feet high,
or 497 cnbic feet, weighing GAG tons. the ex'
port from 1862 to 1875, and worth $151 271,
1913. New South Wales exported from 1851 tC
1874 gold to the amount OF $l67, 949, S55. They
also show some heavy corn cobs, sugar, q
large lot of oranges, fine samples OF wine,
and some Of the fnest pieces OF polished
timber in the exhibition. South Australia
and New South Wales will be the great
wine producing countries OF Australia, for the
grape grows there TO perfection. and they have
already succeeded in making first-class wine.
Tasmania has climate very much like Eng
land, while Queensland il more like Florida
Queensland and New South Wales are the only
States which grow the sugar cane and they
are by far the richest in minerals Mr.. Robin
son, Secretary OF the Commission, and act:.g
Commissioner at the Centennial, tells me thai
the object Of the different governments in TAX
ing part in the Exhibition is to show their
good feeling toward America, and to make their
productions better known to our people.
ada INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. .r|
The Australians have built more than sixteen
hundred miles Of railway and over twenty thou
sand miles Of telegraph. These are public
works constructed and managed by the State
Goverpments. As compared with the 20, 00C
or $4,000 miles OF railway in the
United States, the Australian railways don't
amount TO much. But the population il
only one-twentieth of ours. Mr.. Robinson
informs me that the Australian Government
would double their railway mileage at once il
they could only get men to build their roads.
They have plenty Of money, but nothing like
enough laborers to do the rough work Of a new
country, such as fencing, making dams, and
building railroads. Unskilled laborers earn
from eleven to twelve dollars week, and the
cost of living is as cheap in Australia as it il
here and in some things, such as clothing, II
is far cheaper. 4. M. y.