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Immigration to Australia
At least 1000 of the British Isles people were shipped to Australia. Most of the people were convicts. Over the next 33 years, nearly 30 000 convicts were shipped in Australia. Only about a fifth of those people transported were females. English was one of the largest numbers of convicts, then lrish, and then Scottish and welsh. -
Immigration to Australia
The very first shipload of assisted migrants had just left Great Britain and was heading to Australia. But not long after arriving in Australia. -
Immigration to Australia
Gold was discovered in Victoria and NSW. The amount of gold was found attracted large numbers of immigrants from Europe, china and the United States. -
Immigration to Australia
The language of French and its newspaper first appeared in Australia. It becomes the oldest continuously published foreign language newspaper in Australia. -
Immigration to Australia
Australia’s six colonies came together as the Commonwealth of Australia, a federated self-governing member of the British. All of the states continue to their own administer immigration programs. The ‘White Australia Policy’ was formal welcomed to Australia by most of the state. -
Immigration to Australia
Australia had rapidly had grown until the time of world war one. Approximately 390,000 new settlers had arrived in Australia between the time of the outbreak of world war one. -
Immigration to Australia
Empire settlement act is passed. It provides assistance for over 200 000 British immigrants to Australia in the following 10 years.
Local Australian’s assisted the migrants to come to Australia and settle on the land. -
Immigration to Australia
A local businessman establishes the Big Brother Movement. Most of the local’s help organize a fundraiser for the English schoolboys to live and work on the Victorian farms. -
Immigration to Australia
Australia had just signed an agreement to provide free assisted passage for British ex-servicemen and their dependents, as well as for other selected British migrants. -
Immigration to Australia
Availability of ships was a major problem. Australia spent millions repairing damaged ships and by the end of 1948, 10 ships we’re being used exclusively to transport migrants while commercial ships were carrying thousands of others. -
Immigration to Australia
Australia had a new assisted passage schemes which was an agreement for the immigration with Italy and the Netherlands. -
Immigration to Australia
To encourage more British migration to immigrate to Australia a new campaign was launched called ‘Bring out a Briton’. The community was encouraged to sponsor particular British families and take responsibility for assist them to settle. -
Immigration to Australia
Australian citizens could now sponsor non-European spouses and unmarried minor children for migration. Britons offered assisted passages for $100 000. The Immigration Reform Group was founded in Melbourne, becoming the end of the White Australia Policy. -
Immigration to Australia
More and more people started to use the term 'multiculturalism'. The Numerical Multifactor Assessment System a new immigrant selection system.
