Chapter 103 New South Wales Gold Mine (Please Support!)

Although the new relief policy of the Royal Relief Committee has lost some of its appeal compared to the previous free donation of materials, it has still received responses from many poor Australians.

According to a survey by the Ministry of People's Livelihood, among Australia's nearly four million people, more than one million people have an annual income far lower than the current per capita annual income in Australia, and many of them are low-educated people.

Many of these people are gold diggers attracted by the gold rush in surrounding areas and Asia. They were attracted by wealth and came to a distant foreign country.

Originally, it was thought that a lot of wealth could be obtained through gold panning, but who would have thought that it was just a waste?

Although some people did get rich from gold panning, most people still looked poor.

What's more terrible is that compared with European immigrants, these people not only cannot integrate into the culture, but also have a far lower level of knowledge.

This is also the reason why they have become the bottom population in Australia. In the face of cultural differences, the gap brought by knowledge is extremely huge.

Although after decades of living, they have barely integrated into the culture.

But the gap with European immigrants cannot be made up in a short time. When faced with a choice, most factories in Australia often choose European immigrants with good roots.

This has also led to these people being at the bottom of Australia. Not to mention the opportunity to turn over, it is not easy to feed all their families.

Fortunately, after the coronation, Arthur immediately established the Royal Relief Committee to help all the poor people in Australia.

This also allowed them to temporarily get food and clothing, and live one of the few happy lives since they came to Australia.

These people still support the new round of relief policies of the Royal Relief Committee. After all, if they really have to go out to find a job, they may not be able to find a better job than the one assigned to them by the Relief Committee.

By completing the work assigned to them by the Relief Committee on time, they can not only get food to fill their stomachs, but also get a considerable salary.

Although the amount of salary barely reaches the passing line of per capita income, it is also a good income for these low-income people.

It is precisely because of the support of these people that the new round of work-for-relief policy of the Royal Relief Committee will achieve good results.

In the 20 days after National Day alone, more than 50,000 people signed up for work-for-relief.

Most of these people were arranged to work in local cities, either cleaning the streets or doing other odd jobs.

Although the income was not high, they could earn eight or nine pounds a year, so it was not a problem to support themselves.

Some young and strong people were arranged to work in factories. Although the work in the factory was more tiring, they earned more money.

The salary in the factory generally exceeded the per capita income level, and even the lowest-paid interns had an annual income of ten pounds.

The addition of these people can also speed up the construction of industrial zones and major factories, and they can also earn the money they want, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

At the same time, the royal family can save the high annual relief costs and use them in more needy places, such as building nursing homes and orphanages.

The cost of relief for these people last year exceeded two million pounds, but the results were also very good, so that most Australians did not have to suffer from hunger.

February 3, 1902, Arthur's manor.

Not long after Arthur entered his leisure time, Prime Minister Evan hurried to see him and brought absolutely good news.

As one of the earliest areas to discover gold mines, a gold mine was discovered in the south of New South Wales, that is, in the south of Sydney, and the estimated reserves are not small.

This is good news for Australia. Since the discovery of the Ballarat gold mine in Victoria more than 50 years ago, the second world gold rush has attracted a large number of immigrants and gold diggers to Australia. Australia's gold mining industry also reached its first peak during this period.

However, with the development of time, the discovered gold reserves have become less and less, and gold mining has entered a relatively slow stage.

Not only has the attractiveness to immigrants decreased, but the output of gold mines has also become very scarce.

More importantly, most of the gold mines before this were transported to the British mainland.

A large amount of wealth has flowed into the pockets of British gentlemen, and Australians can actually get very little.

Although Australians no longer had to endure oppression and exploitation from the British Empire after Arthur's coronation, the output of gold mines had become very small, and even after more than two years of accumulation, it was still very scarce at the national level.

This is why Arthur did not issue his own currency for two years after his coronation.

In addition to the fact that the status of the pound was deeply rooted and it was impossible for any currency to replace the pound in Australia in a short period of time, Australia did not have enough gold to produce paper money, which was also an important factor.

Most currencies of this era were based on the gold standard and could be directly exchanged with gold.

Take the pound for example, one pound is equal to 7.33 grams of gold, which is why the pound is valuable.

If Australia wants to issue its own currency, even if it is only used in a small range in Australia, it must have enough gold for equivalent exchange.

After all, although the credibility of currency can be maintained temporarily by the prestige of the government and the royal family, what really determines the value and life of currency is the country's gold reserves.

At present, this large-scale gold mine plays a vital role in Australia's issuance of its own currency.

Even if it is not used to issue currency, this gold mine alone can cause another wave of gold rush and attract more immigrants to Australia.

After learning the good news, Arthur immediately took Prime Minister Evan and a team of guards to the place where the gold mine was discovered in southern Sydney.

In fact, the newly discovered gold mine is not only in New South Wales. This is a canyon at the junction of New South Wales and Victoria, but the larger mining area is within the scope of New South Wales.

This canyon is about two or three kilometers long and wide, and there is a stream next to it.

In terms of scenery, it is a good place. But since the discovery of the gold mine, the scenery of this area is destined to be destroyed.

When Arthur came, the preliminary exploration work had been carried out for the most part.

According to the report of the exploration personnel, gold mines are distributed in almost the entire canyon, and the deepest has been detected to dozens of meters underground.

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