PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, 1891.
| Town. |
Colony. |
Population. |
| Melbourne |
Victoria |
490,896 |
| Sydney |
New South Wales |
387,434 |
| Adelaide |
South Australia |
133,252 |
| Brisbane |
Queensland |
93,657 |
| Newcastle |
New South Wales |
51,561 |
| Auckland |
New Zealand |
51,298 |
| Christchurch |
New Zealand |
47,846 |
| Ballarat |
Victoria |
46,158 |
| Dunedin |
New Zealand |
45,865 |
| Bendigo |
Victoria |
38,348 |
| Hobart |
Tasmania |
33,450 |
| Wellington |
New Zealand |
32,221 |
| Geelong |
Victoria |
24,283 |
| Broken Hill |
New South Wales |
19,789 |
| Launceston |
Tasmania |
17,208 |
| Rockhampton |
Queensland |
14,392 |
| Ipswich |
Queensland |
13,059 |
| Maryborough |
Queensland |
11,724 |
| Parramatta |
New South Wales |
11,677 |
| Gympie |
Queensland |
10,972 |
| Toowoomba |
Queensland |
10,936 |
| Goulburn |
New South Wales |
10,916 |
| Townsville |
Queensland |
10,356 |
| Maitland |
New South Wales |
10,214 |
| Bathurst |
New South Wales |
9,162 |
| Wollongong |
New South Wales |
8,803 |
| Invercargill |
New Zealand |
8,551 |
| Perth |
Western Australia |
8,447 |
| Napier |
New Zealand |
8,341 |
| Castlemaine |
Victoria |
6,804 |
| Nelson |
New Zealand |
6,626 |
| Warrnambool |
Victoria |
6,582 |
| Oamaru |
New Zealand |
5,621 |
| Fremantle |
Western Australia |
5,607 |
| Albury |
New South Wales |
5,447 |
| Stawell |
Victoria |
5,183 |
| Maryborough |
Victoria |
5,166 |
| Orange |
New South Wales |
5,064 |
| Wanganui |
New Zealand |
5,011 |