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[The first Australian national census, conducted in April 1911, declared the population of Western Australia—“Exclusive of Full-blooded Aboriginals”—to be 282,114, with about 107,000 (38 per cent) residing in the Perth metropolis. Significantly, only about 5,600 individuals (2 per cent) lived north of the 26th parallel. The distribution of “Nor’-Westers” was approximately: Shark Bay, 220; Carnarvon, 730; Lower Gascoyne, 160; Upper Gascoyne, 300; Minilya, 300; Ashburton district, 430; Roebourne district, 830; Port Hedland, 610; Broome, 870; Derby and West Kimberley, 730; East Kimberley, 220; Wyndham, 150.]