-
The Greek were the secound immigrants
Greeks have been establishing new lives in Victoria ever since the Gold Rush of the 1850's. Many Greeks were amongts the sailors who left their English ships in Australia waters when they herd the discoverey of gold. -
The British were the first immagrants
They came because their jails were over crowded and they needed more space and while they were here they started building colonies. The First Fleet considered of 11 ships and about 1500 people in all. There were over 700 convicts, 290 marines, 400 sailors and some women and children. On the way the Fleet stoped at tenerife (Canary Island), Rio de janerio, and the Cape of good hope to pick up food, animals, plants and other supplies before heading to Botany Bay. -
The Germans were the third immigrants
They came because they were running away from their bad goverment, then went to the Gold Rush, then they moved on to weat and dairy farmers.From the 1850s German settlers escaping the rising nationalist sentiment in Germany began arriving in the Australian colonies looking to start a new life. Port Adelaide was the point of arrival for the majority of German settlers. The Germans moved onto Western Australia, the Barossa Valley, the Riverina and South East Queensland where they found the region -
The Chinese were the fourth immigrants
The Chinese came for the Gold Rush -
Spanish immigrants
For exploring -
The Italian were the fifth immigrants
To get money for their families.The Italian presence in Australia predates the First Fleet. James Matra and Antonio Ponto, both of Italian descent, were aboard the ship ‘Endeavour’ with Captain James Cook on his voyage of discovery in 1770. Hundreds of Italians were lured to Victoria by the 1850s gold rushes, including Raffaello Carboni, who witnessed and documented the famous Eureka Stockade in 1854, calling the actions of the soldiers a “foul deed, worthy of devils”. -
Pacific Islanders
They came to work on the suger cane plantation -
Afghan immigrants
They came because they were running fron war and Australia was safter -
French immigrants
for the Gold Rush -
Irish immigrants
For the potato famins
