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Once all the construction work for the canal had been finalized, the most urgent question was where to find the workers to build it.

When Germany constructed the Kiel Canal, it employed nearly 90,000 workers. The Lake Eyre Canal would require even more.

If the entire Lake Eyre Canal were divided into three sections and built simultaneously, the good news was that the construction time could be shortened several times over. The bad news was that it would require even more workers.

Arthur had already laid out a basic plan for finding these workers. The United States, which had only just fallen, actually had a huge number of unemployed workers. These workers were not only a source of high-quality immigrants but could also serve as labor for the Lake Eyre Canal construction project.

By building the Lake Eyre Canal, Australasia could attract large numbers of unemployed people from the eastern United States, select those suitable for immigration, and have them come to Australasia with their families.

The Lake Eyre Canal was expected to employ 150,000 workers, which also meant that 150,000 households would come to Australasia.

Even if each household had only three or four people, 150,000 households represented more than 500,000 immigrants.

Given Arthur's strict standards for immigrants, these 150,000 households would certainly be carefully selected, with immigrants of British descent given priority.

Once the canal was completed, they could settle around it and prepare for the future development of the Great Artesian Basin.

Of course, these were only the workers preparing to excavate the canal. Other construction companies would handle the canal's supporting facilities.

Overall, the canal project was enormous. Even if it were divided into three sections and built simultaneously, it would be utterly impossible to complete without five to eight years.

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