On this day in 1881 the first simultaneous census of Australia and the rest of the British Empire took place. The population of Australia was 2,250,194 with NSW being the second most populous state behind Victoria, with a population of 749,825. Sydney had 224,939 inhabitants.
Unfortunately no census records for 1881 have survived that record individual names. The records were destroyed in the Garden Palace Fire of 1882.
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