What happened to Australia's population in the 10 years after the gold rush started?
- It grew by only a few hundred
- It slowly fell by about half
- It stayed at about the same level
- It more than doubled in size ✓
Why this is the answer
So many people came from around the world to look for gold that the population grew to more than twice its earlier size.
This question is from: Early days of European settlement
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