One Decade
| As widely known, the firstborn Australian gold rush was initiated by Edward Hargraves who in 1851, disappointed by the California gold rush, found gold at home in Australia, baptizing the spot Ohir. While as in most constructions of past events it is difficult to distinguish amid real fact and idealization, a fact still holds true: in a great deal of ways, this was the beginning of the modern Australia. The points of view in regards to the Australian gold rush may be genuinely scaled down to two basic ones: a positive one and a negative one; and, as we all know, real life is commonly a mix of good and bad things, where both history and fiction have a role to play, the only significant fact remains which one is prevailing at a time or another. What no one would contend versus is that the gold rushes of the nineteenth century had a vast economic, social and political affect on the Australian nation. The scope of the gold rush was so huge that in the 1850s Victoria alone brought more than one third to the world's gold output. What were the effects on the economy? The gold bullion sent to England meant an unheard-of number of imported goods. Given that so galore persons traveled to the goldfields, railways were constructed and telegraphs were used. The innovative industrial infrastructure was set up; the development of the domestic market and the investments followed suit. All this meant an unexampled economic prosperity. The gold rush brought a lot of immigrants, only in one decade, amid 1851 and 1861, the population trebled, reaching over one million. These people came from all over the world, had dissimilar achievements and contributed to the formation of the nation. And not only the gold itself was lucrative. A goldfield licensing system was set up, which meant a lot of fee cash and government regulation. Gold diggers dissatisfaction led to the Eureka Stockade, this revolt contributing to the creation of a democratic system. On the other hand, as workmates, the diggers' respect and aid for each other increased the sense of community, contributing to the national identity. At the same time, their defiance of authority, in particular English, went in the same direction. While these positive effects on a demographic, social, political and economic level were each of them bricks of which the national structure was made, negative effects were as numerous. Although the number of immigrants to the continent was more outstanding than the number of convicts who arrived here in the former seven decades, and the gold rush led to the abolition of convict transportation here, the gold rush immersed the most convict population at the time in crimes and chaos. It had a bad effect on the other trades, on working ethics. Laborers left their popular jobs to join the diggers, agriculture was deeply affected. The fee scheme led to a lot of police corruption. The tension among authorities and the diggers led to killings, like in the case of the stockade. Racism became likewise part of the equation. The forty thousand Chinese working in the fields were threatening contenders due to their exemplary working habits. Greed and self-interest asked for their removal. But overall, the gold rush meant the creation of a new nation with a modern economy. In the end, gold bullion remunerated off!
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Why are people saying tonight starts a new decade? The decade still has one year left in it? 2010 has to be finish before the decade ends. 2010 is only beginning. A decade is a ten-year amount of time that begins with the beginning of a year ending in 1 and concludes with the end of the year ending in 0. For any individual that says "well, it's a ten-year amount of time with similar characteristics," you could say that 1995 to 2005 was a "decade" too, but that wouldn't make it any more true in terms of how English-speaking humans refer to decades. Rick, you are correct. We do not start out counting anything with zero. The initial year was ONE. Thus the primary century was 1 - 100, the second century was 101 - 200, the third was 201 - 300, etc. This century will be 2001 - 2100. Why do you think this is the 21st century? Here's a hint: look at what the last year of it will be. Rick, you are the only one here who is thinking logically! Do persons genuinely feel it is natural for a year that ends with a 9 be considered the 10th year??? |
