At the end of December 1901, with the efforts of a group of European professors and scientists, the specific winners of the Victoria Prize were finally determined before the new year.

There were many opinions on the selection of the Victoria Awards, but after the final selection results came out, there was still very little controversy.

It is worth mentioning that the first Nobel Prize, which was supposed to be released in December, has not been heard.

Although it is not clear what the reason is, even after the Victoria Prize winners are announced, there is still no news about the Nobel Prize.

This is also good news for the Victoria Awards, as at least one less competitor will also make the Victoria Awards more famous.

The winner of the first Victorian Physics Prize was the German Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, a very famous physicist who was also Professor of Physics and Director of the Physics Laboratory at the University of Munich.

Wilhelm Röntgen was awarded the Prize in Physics for his discovery of X-rays. This invention is even seen as the beginning of the 20th century's physical revolution, and Wilhelm Röntgen was one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century.

The winner of the Victoria Prize in Chemistry was the Dutch scientist Van Hoof. He deservedly won the Chemistry Prize for his work on the laws of chemical kinetics and osmotic pressure.

The Victoria Prize for Medicine was awarded to the German bacteriologist and immunologist Behring. Behring discovered diphtheria antitoxin and was one of the founders of serum therapy for the first successful treatment of diphtheria with animal immune serum.

His treatment of children with diphtheria with diphtheria antitoxin serum has been a great success, and the treatment has been scaled up, resulting in a significant reduction in the mortality rate of diphtheria.

It is precisely because of this contribution that Behring has been hailed as a savior for children.

Even historically, he developed tetanus immunity serum, which was used for injuries sustained on the battlefield.

In terms of academic achievement, Behring even rivaled the pioneers of bacteriology, L. Pasteur and Koch.

The Victorian Prize for Literature was awarded to the French writer Sully Prudhomme. As the saying goes, there is no first place in literature, and there is no second place in martial arts, and the controversy of other awards is actually not big, and there are different opinions in literature.

However, Sully Prudhomme's works such as "Fate", "Happiness", "Eyes" and other essays, "On Art", "Reflections on Verses" and other works made him the ultimate winner of the literary prize.

The winner of the Victorian Prize in Mathematics was one of France's greatest mathematicians, Jules Henri Poincaré.

Widely regarded as a leading mathematician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Pang was the last person after Gauss to have a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics and its applications.

He was one of France's greatest mathematicians, a theoretical scientist and a philosopher of science.

Poincaré made many creative contributions to mathematics, physics and celestial mechanics, proposing the Poincaré conjecture, one of the most famous problems in mathematics.

The final award is the Victorian Design Award. This award is intended for any design in any industry, and was finally given to Diesel engines from Diesel.

Diesel's diesel engines can not only use gasoline and diesel as an energy source, but also be able to use something unexpected as an energy source, which is one of the important factors in winning the design award.

Of course, a large part of this was due to Diesel's choice to go to Australia, which made Manager David a little biased in his decision.

In any case, all six awards for the first Victoria Lecture have been announced, and it only takes place until the new year to be presented in Australia, and the winners will receive £50,000 each.

The previous year, because Arthur had traveled to Europe, he did not have time to attend the government's report meeting at the end of the year, and the meeting had to be postponed until the beginning of the following year.

This year, Arthur finally caught up, and the meeting was held smoothly.

In general, the process is the same as last year, with Prime Minister Evan making a general report, followed by a detailed report by each department, and Arthur commenting on and deciding on the tasks and plans for the next year.

Overall, in 1901 compared to 1900, Australia developed much faster, both economically and industrially.

The first is the industrial situation, because of the start of the industrial railway program, the Ministry of Industry had to speed up the construction of industrial zones and expand the scale of existing steel plants.

This has led to a situation where Australian steel production is rising.

At the beginning of 1901, Australia produced 13,000 tonnes of steel and 19,000 tonnes of iron.

By the end of the year, steel production had reached 61,000 tons and 93,000 tons, respectively.

Although it is still only a fraction of the European powers, it is already a small scale compared to most non-major powers.

To this end, Australia has also invested more than 20,000 Aboriginal in industry, and there have been at least hundreds of Aboriginal casualties.

However, this steel output is still too small for the total steel demand needed for railway construction, and it has also reduced the speed of railway construction to a certain extent.

In addition to the massive increase in steel production, along with the construction of the industrial zone and Arthur's £20 million investment, dozens of factories of all sizes have been opened in the industrial zone, most of which are joint ventures between the government and the royal family, and a few are private enterprises that have received royal financial support.

There are currently nearly 50 factories in the entire industrial zone, with more than 10,000 workers and at least 10,000 construction jobs.

This is a very high contribution to the improvement of Australia's per capita income and economic level, after all, these jobs are well-paid.

Throughout 1901, Australia's population also ushered in a considerable increase.

From 3,867,110 to 3,996,200, an increase of 129,100.

The population growth rate is close to 3.3 per cent, of which about 49,000 are newborns, 21,000 are dead, and more than 100,000 are immigrants.

There were more than 10,000 more births than the previous year, and Australia's per capita income level has also increased by more than a pound to more than 10 pounds.

In 1901 there were more than 100,000 immigrants, of whom nearly 40,000 were from the British Empire, mostly English and Irish. There are also more than 40,000 German immigrants from all over Germany.

The remaining 10,000 people are from other European countries, including France, Spain, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries.

This is a significant increase from the more than 60,000 immigrants in the previous year. This is also due to the formal implementation of immigration treaties with the United Kingdom and Germany, and it is expected that this high level of growth will be maintained in the future.

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