Geography - Australia internal migration timeline

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  • Period: 40,000 BCE to

    First migrants

    The first people to migrate to Australia were from south-east asia. (DNA evidence).

  • Irish famine

    Irish famine lead around 30 000 people to migrate into Australia
  • Period: to

    Gold rush

    more than 60 000 people arrived in Australia: 81% from the UK, 10% from Europe and 7% from China.
  • Period: to

    indentured labourers

    thousands from the pacific islands were brought to work on sugar plantation.

  • White Australia policy

    The immigration restriction act aka white australia policy was aimed at non-white migrants - to discourage them to come.
  • Period: to

    The great depression

    due to unemployment the blame was shifted onto migrants. Migration rates declined sharply.
  • Period: to

    ten pound poms

    ten pound poms - the promotion of migration for british.

  • Jewish refugees

    Ahead of the Second World War, as the political climate for Jews in Germany and Austria darkened, Australia agreed to accept 15,000 Jewish refugees from Europe. Just 5,000 arrived in 1939 before Jews in Europe could no longer escape.

  • Populate or Perish

    post world war II; the department of migration - the creation of Australian citizens

  • After the war

    ake refugees under the international Displaced Persons Scheme and admitting more than 170,000 Europeans