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Indigenous* population* estimated* at* 300,000– 750,000
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From*1788;1868,* 160,000*convicts* were*shipped*to* the*Australian* colonies*from*the* United*Kingdom.** From*the*early* 1790s,*free* immigrants*also* began*coming*to* Australia.
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During*the*Gold* Rush*era*of*1851*to* 1860,*around* 500,000*people* migrated*to* Australia.*The*main* migrant* communities*were* from*England,* Ireland,*Scotland,* Wales,*China*and* the*USA.
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From*1860– 1900,* labourers*from* Melanesia* (Pacific* Islands)*were* recruited*to* work*on* Queensland* sugar* plantations.
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From*1850–1900,* Afghani,*Pakistani* and*Turkish*camel* handlers*played*an* important*part*in* opening*up*central* Australia,*helping* in the*building*of* telegraph*and* railway*lines.
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In*the*late* 1800s,* Japanese* fishers* were* important* in*the* pearling* industry.
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1901*– With*Federation,* the*Immigration* Restriction*Act*was* passed*which*made*it* very*difficult*for*non; English*speaking* immigrants*to*come*to* Australia.*This*was*the* beginning*of*the*White* Australia*Policy*that* existed*until*1973.
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After*World*War*II,* during*the*1950*and* 1960s,*large*numbers* of*migrants*came*to* Australia*from*the* Netherlands,*Greece,* Italy,*Malta,*Germany* and*Turkey.*This*was* part*of*the*‘Populate*or* Perish’*migration* policy.
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In*1956,* Hungarian* refugees* fled* fighting*in* their* country.
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In*1968,* Czech* refugees*fled* fighting
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In*1968,* Czech* refugees*fled* fighting
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From*1975;1985,* over*90,000* refugees*came to* Australia*from* Indochina*(Vietnam,* Cambodia*and*Laos)* after*the*end*of*the Vietnam*War.
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From*1976– 1981,* approximately* 16,000*Lebanese* refugees*fled* civil*war.
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From*2000,*Australia*has*taken*in people*from*a*broad*range*of* countries*including*Iraq,* Myanmar,*Afghanistan,*Sudan,* India*and*Sri*Lanka.*However,*the* majority*of*settlers*are*from New* Zealand*and*the*UK