Chapter 214: Chapter 203: Kingdom of Australia and Oceanian/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    At the end of 1905, two major events took ce. First, Norway became an independent country, and Prince Carl of Denmark was chosen as its king, crowned King Haakon VII of Norway.


    This marked the dissolution of the Sweden-Norway union. A sub-strong country in northern Europe officially became two third-tier countries.


    The second event happened on October 2nd, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the United Kingdom.


    On this day, the famous Dreadnought-ss battleship officially began construction, and was sessfullyunched for testing within just four months.


    Although the testing phasested for more than a year, it is undeniable how much impact this battleship, which took only four months to construct, had on the future world naval structure and shipbuilding system.


    At the end of 1905, the federal government of Australia and New Zend held a summary meeting, reporting the government’s achievements and actions over the past year to Arthur.


    First came the federal poption. After the merger of Australia and New Zend, the poption broke through over five million and was very close to six million.


    By the end of 1905, the total poption of Australia and New Zend Federation had reached over 6.2 million, with Australia’s total poption at 5.03 million, New Zend’s total poption at about 1.14 million, and over 30,000 in the New Guinea colony.


    In terms of industry, the industrial development of Australia and New Zend Federation was rapid, with a total steel output of over 1.5 million tons.


    Federation steel production broke through 500,000 tons, reaching a gratifying 513,200 tons or so.<div>


    Iron production was also close to one million tons, enough to meet the demand for metals in Australia and New Zend, and even began exporting to Southeast Asia in small quantities.


    It is worth mentioning that Australia’s introduction of indigenous people from Dutch East Indies and its forcedbor n for indigenous people nationwide were very sessful.


    This was due to widespread racism among European immigrants, which formed the white Australian policy and ideology in Europe, ensuring that all federal citizens supported the oppression of indigenous people without anyone considering it cruel.


    Of course, Australians would never admit this. National development often gave birth to dangerous jobs, and in Australia, these jobs were primarily filled by indigenous people, significantly reducing the casualties of Australian workers.


    Aren’t the increasingly better lives that Australians now enjoy created, in part, by these indigenous people sacrificing their own lives?


    To date, the Australian National University has sessfully graduated three sses of students, producing nearly 2,000 outstanding university graduates for Australia.


    The value of a university degree in this era is undoubtedly evident. These 2,000 people will be the backbone of various industries in Australia, and may even be the top force.


    Australia’s transportation industry has also made rapid progress in recent years. First of all, the highways needed for daily transportation have beenpleted, connecting all cities in Australia and reaching smaller viges and facilities.


    Regarding railways, after two years of development, a single-track railway connection has beenpleted from Perth, the capital of West Australia, to Adide, the capital of South Australia.


    This also means that the industrial railway that spans the entire Australian continent has beenpleted in a single-track construction. Australians can travel from Perth, the capital of West Australia, to any capital of the five states and the Capital Territory on the Australian continent, such as Adide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, and Brisbane.


    Although Tasmania State does not have ess to railway services, its road system is the most developed among all states in Australia.


    To amodate the feelings of newly-joined New Zend, the federal government nned a railway on both South Ind and North Ind of New Zend.


    However, New Zend’s previous railways were well developed, so the construction of these two railways involved more of maintenance and reactivation.


    Another rapidly developing area was the per capita ie of the Australia and New Zend Federation. By the end of 1905, the per capita annual ie was about 39 Australian Dors, equivalent to 19.5 Pounds.


    This ie level was more than double that of Australia five years ago, which shows how rapidly Australia has developed over the past five years.


    At this meeting, Arthur proposed the idea of forming a new kingdom to observe the attitudes of cab members.


    Based on the reactions of cab members, Arthur was quite satisfied. All cab members supported the establishment of a unified kingdom to better unite Australia and New Zend.


    In fact, the founding of the new kingdom had already won the support of the German Empire and the Russian Empire, and as a loyal ally of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not oppose.


    Under the premise of Arthur having leverage, King Edward VII would definitely not object either, but would watch the reaction of the internationalmunity before making a decision.<div>


    France was not a monarchy, so Arthur did not care about their attitude. Most other monarchies in Europe had good rtions with Britain, Germany, and Russia, and as long as the three strongest monarchies did not oppose, the European monarchies would not either.