In wars between British colonists and Australian Aborigines in the early 19th century, the British were consistently outnumbered but generally won. This is MOSTLY because of the colonists'

Widespread of modern guns  

Explanation:

Many of the war fought between the Australian Aborigines and British colonists during the 19th century. In the war, thousands of the Aborigins died. Technological and logistic advantages help the British to win the war. Aborigins skills based on hunting and fighting. They used weapons like spears, clubs, and other weapons. British used modern European guns including, the six-shot Colt revolver, the Martini-Henry rifle, the Snider single-shot breech-loading rifle, and the Winchester rifle.                          

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939

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