Prior to the goldrushes, the population of NSW in 1851 was around 197,265. After the start of the goldrushes, that figure increased dramatically, but because of the transient population, there are no exact figures for 1851 post-gold-discovery.
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The population of the Tumut Shire in New South Wales is 12, 500. But the population of the actual town is around 8000 (ish).
The population in Britain tripled between the years of 1700 and 1851. Today, the birth rate in Britain is at an all-time high at 1.61 births per woman.
Mt Koziosco, in NSW.
1851
In total, there were 13,000 different exhibits in the Great Exhibition of 1851