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third of the nation’s manufactures ! and a fourth of its farm output, j About two-thirds of Victoria’s I people cluster in Melbourne, the \ state’s capital, main port, transportation hub, and industrial center. The handsome city reflects the overriding concerns shared by most Australians: avid interest inhome ownership, an intense pleasure in family and nature, and near-fanaticism about Australian Rules football.
Keen Competitors
Victoria vies with neighboring New South Wales for new industries “The rivalry is equally intense between Melbourne and Sydney, the^capital of New South Wales,” reports Mr. Fisher. “One hears rumors that San Francisco and Los Angeles don’t always see eye to eye but their differences are as the billing and cooing of doves compared to the feeling between Australia’s two biggest cities.”
Throughout Australia the increased demand for workers must be met largely by immigrants^ and Victoria woqs them as determinedly and successfully as it dpes^foreigiTinvestors. In 1969
th^nation welcomed 185,000 new citizens. Victoria attracted 27
percent of them.
any of the newcomers go directly to hostels run by the national government. There they may live a year if they wish, but the average stay is only 17 weokg. Each hostel provides food a* well as lodging - all free until the family breadwinner gets a'job* to to'». ffi Ipvied.
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