A student is making a timeline about the gold rush in Australia. Which statement should they include for the decade after the gold rush began in 1851?

A student is making a timeline about the gold rush in Australia. Which statement should they include for the decade after the gold rush began in 1851?

• AAustralia’s population more than doubled during that 10-year period.Correct
• BAustralia’s population more than doubled before 1851.
• CAustralia’s population decreased during that 10-year period.
• DAustralia’s population did not change until 50 years later.

The fact says that after the 1851 gold rush began, Australia’s population more than doubled in 10 years.