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About how many people lived in Australia at Federation in 1901, not counting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
- aAbout 400,000
- bAbout 4 millionCorrect answer
- cAbout 25 million
- dAbout 14 million
Why?
In 1901 the population was about 4 million. Indigenous peoples were not included in this count at the time.
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