TY - BOOK ID - 85474452 TI - Labour and Industry in Australia : From the First Settlement in 1788 to the Establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901. PY - 1918 SN - 1139013092 1108030688 PB - Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Working Class KW - Labor KW - Australia KW - Social Science KW - Business & Economics KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85474452 AB - Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886. He produced the world's first example of national financial accounts, and is regarded as Australia's first 'mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public sanitation and infant mortality. In 1905 he took up an appointment as a New South Wales government agent in London, remaining there for the rest of his life. First published in 1918, this monumental book is Coghlan's very personal history of Australia, embracing materials, population growth, trade and land. In Volume 2, covering the period to the late 1860s, Coghlan again highlights population growth, and in particular the role of the state and colonies in organizing immigration, as a key factor in the development of the economy. A theme throughout this volume is the growing independence and confidence of each individual state. ER -