Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1901 — Men and Women in Australia. [ARTICLE]

Men and Women in Australia.

In South Australia there are only 85 women for every 100 men, and this Is the most favored colony. In such colonies as Western Australia—“where the gold comes from”—there are only 59 spinsters for every 100 bachelors; lu Queensland the percentage of unmarried females to unmarrietj moles Is 05, and In New South Wales 70. New South Wales and Victoria can take the largest consignment of female emigrants, for the excess of unmarried men Is 99.0C0 In the former colony and 78,408 In the latter. In Tasmania only 8,875 heroines are required, but New Zealand requires 43,557 for equality of the sexes.