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OtherRalph NicholsonMon 23 Jan 23

[+] Victorian Era: Winners and Losers from the Population Shift

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No one can say for certain exactly when it was that the rivalry between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne began.

While officially about 47 years younger than Sydney, Victoria’s gold rush in the last half of the 1800s swelled the population of Melbourne, making it one of the richest cities in the World and delivered the Victorian capital early bragging rights.

The bickering between the two reached new heights just before and immediately after federation of the colonies in 1901 when it came time to decide where the seat of national government should be.

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