Australia is a typical immigrant society, and the dominance of Chinese people has become an unshakable trend. As Queensland's population approaches tens of millions, it has gradually become saturated, and continuing to develop southward has become a major problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Compared with 1885

Australia's total population (including Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania in the south, and the statistics are inaccurate and can only be estimated), from 8.17 million in 1885 to more than 11.81 million, the main driving force for growth is still Queensland, as well as South Australia and Western Australia.

Queensland's population has grown rapidly from 6.152 million to 9.7172 million, which has increased by more than half in three years. Red River Valley and Brisbane have successively exceeded one million people, Songjiang has exceeded 800,000 people, Qinglong, Beilun and Baihu have exceeded 400,000 people, and a large number of cities have exceeded 150,000 people, continuing to lead the wave of urban development in the entire Australia. The city scale has expanded rapidly, solving the problem of employment for a large number of people.

at the same time

Hidden dangers of development have begun to emerge, with population saturation and obvious unemployment problems. A large number of job seekers gathered in docks and cities. This is the first time in Australia, which has always been known for its labor shortage, and has caused many social problems.

Some petty thefts have increased, cases of disrupting social security and provoking trouble have increased, cases of robbery, murder and alcohol abuse have increased, and many gangs and horse bandit groups have even appeared in northern Queensland, forming new security risks.

All signs indicate;

Like people who are overwhelmed, the potential of further large-scale immigration is gradually exhausted. It is necessary to digest the existing surplus labor force well, create more employment opportunities on a higher basis, and lay a solid foundation for the next round of development.

Therefore, the upper floor of Red Fort has become two completely different opinions. One believes that we should stop and consolidate the foundation, and the other believes that we should not stop immigrants and should develop towards more potential southern states to solve the problems of the north and the south in development.

These two opinions represent conservatives and radicals respectively. Before the Red Fort owner makes a final decision, the current immigration policy that is full of water must be implemented firmly.

The imbalance in Australia's population structure was more obvious in 1888, with the number of descendants of white people (including British, French, German, American, Western, and Italian) increasing slightly, exceeding 2 million to 2.021 million, a slight increase of about 100,000 compared with 1.9217 million at the end of 1885.

Analyzing its population composition, the total inflow of 217,000 people in the past three years, the outflow of 133,000 people, and the total newborn population reached more than 196,400 people. The number of natural deaths showed a slight increase.

Most of the white people inflowed into the country were merchants, explorers and crew members from Europe and the United States, and some gold diggers came to Australia to look for opportunities, especially because of the great development of the Australian economy, the number of immigrants from Germany increased significantly, followed by Irish and Italians, and the French retreated to fourth place.

Most of the whites are 9-15-year-old boys and women, some white gold diggers who earn their first pot of gold, farmers and wealthy gold miners who are disappointed with the prospects, some white speculators who are unable to find job opportunities, and some technicians and families who have completed contracts and returned to Europe.

The indigenous population continues to decline, from more than 50,000 at the end of 1885 to less than 39,400 today. Among them, white ranchers are willing to kill indigenous people, black mines and human trafficking and other vicious social problems. The Queensland government has been slow to respond to these issues, which is also one of the obvious shortcomings of the state government's work.

In 1888, immigration from the East Indies (not counting young women in Borneo) and the San Isle changed from growth to decline, from 39,100 to 36,600. This was because the Queensland government, as well as South and Western Australia, tightened immigration policies and introduced discriminatory bills against immigrants in the region, resulting in a decrease in the immigrant population.

Well, Queensland welcomes only Chinese immigrants with open arms, and others... there are indeed many things to improve.

Judging from the regional population distribution, there is a significant imbalance in the local population in Australia;

Queensland, the largest continent with a total population, has a total population of 9.7172 million, crushing the other five autonomous prefectures with its own strength. The industrial and agricultural economic output accounts for 93.32% of the entire Australia, showing a clear industrialized social structure.

The economy is developed, the population is large, the society is prosperous, and the level of urban construction is among the forefront in the world. Especially in the planned road traffic, municipal construction and green landscaping, it has widely absorbed the strengths of Chinese and Western countries for its own use, forming a unique Queensland urban construction system.

The reasonable and well-connected sewer facilities have comprehensively absorbed the advantages of sewer facilities in Paris, France and Berlin, Germany, and formed a municipal sewer facility specification that focuses on practicality, solid, reliable and smooth. According to different urban levels, the standards of municipal sewer facilities are also different.

Resources are saved reasonably and can be promoted in more cities.

Due to the early construction of European and American cities, there is no concept of green space or urban parks in urban road planning, and the streets are generally narrow and narrow, so it is impossible to build urban green spaces generally.

Red River Valley City was the first in the world to introduce the concept of garden city, with beautiful and tidy urban gardens as the theme, with forests in the city and gardens in the city. Green trees and flowers can be seen everywhere in the city. The buildings with staggered heights are shaded by the lush green, making their faces look pleasant, and the seasons are like spring, becoming a beautiful and livable city that makes people linger.

A wide road is equipped with green belt isolation belts, with people and vehicles diversion and separated from left and right, and all pedestrians and vehicles driving on the right do not interfere with each other, forming a complete and orderly and efficient transportation system.

All these municipal development norms with Queensland characteristics have attracted many experts and scholars from Europe and the United States to investigate and argue, and have given extremely high evaluations, and are interested in providing advice to the government and promoting them in their own country.

The most impressive impression among Queensland cities is neatness.

Can you imagine it?

There is no way to see shit and urine flowing in the neat streets of Queensland. There is a municipal facility called public toilets that is spread all over the streets, some hidden in green trees, some set up next to the streets, and some set up in large shops or hotels. The equipment of sufficient sanitary public toilets in each building has become a building code standard.

The regulations that urinate and spit are not allowed anywhere and that the regulations are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Most of the people who were caught and fined have just immigrated and have not developed good hygiene habits.

As long as I am caught once, I will be punished so much that I will never dare to commit it if I have a good memory next time.

This is a unique and unique creature among the world cities at the end of the 19th century.

In today's major cities in Europe and the United States, shit and urine flowing are not a big deal. Maybe when you walk on the streets and roadsides, you will fall down with a pot of shit and urine, which will make you feel stinky.

In remote streets

The drunkard covered in mud lie down on the street, and the worn-out thieves, homeless men and beggars, and prostitutes who solicit customers along the street, together form the dark side of the city.

The industrially developed London has smog all year round, and there is no clear blue sky for most of the year. The horrifying "Jack the Ripper" tragedy happened two months ago.

From August 7 to November 9, 1888, in the Whitechapel area of ​​London's East End, Jack the Ripper killed at least five prostitutes in a row with cruel methods, and the murderer has been missing.

The case has caused widespread panic in European and American societies after repeated reports from the news media, especially London residents, who do not even allow their wives and daughters to go out at night in case of encountering the terrifying Jack the Ripper.

London is famous for its smog, while Paris is well-known for its dirty environment of shit and urine. In Philadelphia and Detroit, the river water is polluted and smelly, and when worn on white shirts, it turns gray at night, and the air is filled with the smell of coal ash.

Compared with the beautiful Red River Valley city, which is like a garden, it is hard to ask which one is better or worse.

At the end of 1885, the total population of Red River Valley City reached 1.03 million. After nearly three years of rapid development, as of October 1888, the total population of the city had reached 1.3977 million. It continued to firmly sit in the throne of Australia's largest city, and its rapid development momentum has not diminished at all.

Since the opening of the Brisbane River Tunnel, North Bank Town has been re-planned as North Bank District, and Dachuan Town has been planned as Dachuan District. In addition, the original East District, Middle District, Baixi District, and Christ District (formerly Christ Town) of Red River Valley City has formed a pattern of 6 major regions.

While developing to the north bank, the new urban scope continued to extend westward. After building a bridge across Baixi, it successively established projects to build the second and third Baixi bridges, providing more hinterland for urban development.

The second largest city in Australia is Brisbane, which reached 1.076 million people in October 1888. Using developed seaport terminal facilities, it has been built into an international transit hub port integrating ocean transportation, offshore transportation and passenger transportation. The manufacturing, shipbuilding, offshore fishing and international trade are booming, especially education and medical care.

In June 1887, based on the original Brisbane Nursing College and Medical College, Brisbane Medical University was merged and established, becoming the highest institution of medical science in Australia.

At the same time, the Queensland Institute of Literature, Australian Institute of Technology and Renaissance Education have been established in the past two years, and the momentum of developing education has been unstoppable.

The third largest city in Australia is Songjiang City. After the two international metropolis, Red River Valley and Brisbane, entered the ranks of more than one million people, Songjiang City is catching up with a strong momentum.

In the population statistics at the end of October 1888, it magnificently crossed the 800,000 population mark and reached 847,000 people. It is expected that it will break through the 1 million population mark in the next two years and become the third emerging metropolis with a population of more than one million.

Unlike the two metropolises in front, Songjiang City is a complete industrial center.

In the industrial area outside the city, dense chimneys spewed out black smoke, making the originally blue sky mist, and the air was filled with a strong smell of coal ash dust. The climate environment was harsh and very fast, which was a price that must be paid in development.

When it rains, the water flows rushes large areas of gray-black dust into the ditch, and the large amount of black water pours out from the municipal drainage pipe, rendering the Huangpu River in light ink.

The sewage discharged from manufacturing pollutes rivers and lakes. The fish in Taihu Lake and Huangpu Rivers died in pieces. The big fish that could have easily caught 10 kilograms can no longer be seen. The number of large and fat coconut crabs decreased sharply, and the price rose accordingly.

Originally, a coconut crab could be bought with one shilling, but now it costs at least three shillings and five pence.

With the great development of industrial production, the natural environment near Songjiang City has deteriorated sharply in recent years. The originally beautiful Jiangnan garden city has become smog and is likely to become the second Baihu City with severe pollution.
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