And All So Far From Home....
POPULATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AT 1897
| YEAR | MALES | FEMALES | TOTAL | RATIO FEMALES TO 100 MALES |
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| 1830 | 1,767 | ||||
| 1840 | 1,434 | 877 | 2,311 | 61.16 | |
| 1850 | 3,151 | 2,142 | 5,293 | 67.98 | 1853 1,151 Convicts 561 military |
| 1860 | 9,529 | 5,698 | 15,227 | 59.80 | |
| 1870 | 15,474 | 9,610 | 25,084 | 62.10 | |
| 1876 | 16,166 | 11,155 | 27,321 | 69.00 | |
| 1877 | 16,326 | 11,512 | 27,838 | 70.51 | |
| 1878 | 16,409 | 11,757 | 28,166 | 71.64 | |
| 1879 | 16,628 | 12,040 | 28,668 | 72.41 | |
| 1880 | 16,559 | 12,460 | 29,019 | 75.25 | |
| 1881 | 17,216 | 12,797 | 30,013 | 74.33 | |
| 1882 | 17,551 | 13,215 | 30,766 | 75.29 | |
| 1883 | 18,005 | 13,695 | 31,700 | 76.06 | |
| 1884 | 18,623 | 14,335 | 32,958 | 76.97 | |
| 1885 | 19,989 | 15,197 | 35,186 | 76.03 | |
| 1886 | 23,044 | 16,540 | 39,584 | 71.78 | |
| 1887 | 24,807 | 17,681 | 42,488 | 71.27 | |
| 1888 | 24,275 | 17,862 | 42,137 | 73.58 | |
| 1889 | 25,066 | 18,632 | 43,698 | 74.33 | |
| 1890 | 26,794 | 19,496 | 46,290 | 72.76 | |
| 1891 | 32,228 | 21,057 | 53,285 | 65.34 | |
| 1892 | 36,095 | 22,579 | 58,674 | 62.55 | |
| 1893 | 41,014 | 24,050 | 65,064 | 58.64 | |
| 1894 | 55,072 | 27,000 | 82,072 | 49.03 | |
| 1895 | 69,727 | 31,508 | 101,235 | 45.19 | |
| 1896 | 96,952 | 40,994 | 137,946 | 42.28 | |
| 1897 | 110,359 | 51,565 | 161,924 | 46.72 | |
| 1995 | 1,731,160 | ||||