Photograph by B. W. Kilburn 



"a touch of nature makes the whoee wored akin" 



Children the world over are never so happy and interested as when they feel they are 

 actually helping in some useful work. Australian youngsters are given every opportunity to' 

 help and they develop early a love of the practical things of life, which viewpoint generates 

 energy, resourcefulness, and a love of the out of doors. 



a factory, but four white people in three 

 States and six in West Australia are 

 allowed to work together without coming 

 under the restrictions of the factory acts. 

 Australia is not only "white," it is also 

 British — the most British of all lands out- 

 side of Great Britain. Australian writers 

 call attention with pride to the fact that 

 Canada has her French province, that the 

 Dutch are in South Africa, that India and 

 Egypt have large native elements, and 

 that America is a medley of races. Of 

 the total population at the last census 

 82.90 per cent were Australian born ; 

 13.35 P er cent were natives of the United 



Kingdom, and 0.72 per cent were born in 

 New Zealand. 



SOME NATIONAE TRAITS 



They are proud of their British an- 

 cestry and glory in the achievements of 

 their race. 



An American who knows the United 

 States and Canada feels at home in Aus- 

 tralia, much more so than in the British 

 Islands. He finds the people discussing 

 immigration, land settlement, railroad 

 building, mining, irrigation, forestry, sec- 

 ondary education, social legislation, pro- 

 gressive vs. stand-pat policies, military 



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