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Second page of The Colony in 1874 plate from New Zealand: An Emerging Identity - Detail

Quiz questions relating to this page

1. Which centres had a female proportion of the adult population of between 50 and 51% in 1874?
2. What did many of the areas that had a female proportion of the adult population of below 20% have in common?
3. What proportion of women living on the goldfields were married?
4. What proportion of men living on the goldfields were married?
5. Were there proportionately more widowers or widows?
6. Why might widows live in the towns rather than on the goldfields?

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