Chapter 102: The Great Goldmine of New South Wales (Seeking Support!)

Although the Royal Relief Committee's new relief policy may seem less attractive compared to their previous free donation of supplies, it still garnered a response from many of Australia's impoverished class.

According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, of nearly four million people in Australia, more than one million had annual incomes far below the current national average income of Australia, and many of these were from less educated social circles.

Many of these individuals were gold miners attracted from their surrounding areas and Asia by the gold rush. They were lured by wealth and came to a far-flung foreign land.

Who would have thought that they would find gold mining to be a futile effort for fortune?

Although a portion of people truly made a fortune from gold mining, the majority remained poor.