People in Australian cities live in very much the same way that people live in cities of the United States and Europe. Nearly half live in cities, and the cities are very modern. Manufacturing and industry are well developed, and Australian firms make electrical appliances, automobiles, locomotives, and many kinds of machinery, both for use at home, and for export. Outside of the cities there are many huge farms, which the Australians call “stations,” where grain and other crops, sheep, hogs and cattle are raised.

The Australian sheep industry is the most important in the country. Australia supplies nearly a third of all the wool used in the world, and more than 300,000 tons of lamb and mutton a year. Wheat is the biggest agricultural crop. Fruit raising also became important when farmers found that transplanted fruit trees would grow well in Australian soil. Now they have big canning factories, and Australian canned fruits, and vegetables as well, can be found in every part of the world.