The provided graph illustrates the employment distribution in Australia by sector over the course of a century.
Overall, the employment engagement in service industry exhibits a leading trend through the whole period, while other sectors experience different patterns of fluctuation.
From 1900 to 1940, service industry dominates its position as the sector attracting largest proportion of Australian workers, presenting a notable increase from 50% to 60%. Exhibiting the same upward trajectory, while still lagging, works related to manufacturing and agriculture surge from approximately 15% to about 25%, and from 10% to 15%, respectivley. While the percentage of mining shows a completely different trend, plunging from 5% to nearly 3%.
Looking toward the rate from 1940 to 2000. The employment percentage of people engaging in service remains unchanged during the period from 1940 to 1960, at 60%, before it surges significantly, reaching 80% at the end of this century. On the flip side, other three industries experience downward trends. The portions of manufacturing and agriculture decrease from 25% to 10%, and from 15% to 5%, respectively, whereas the rate of mining workers remains only 1% in 2000.