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There was thought to be around 300,000 - 750,000 that were at Australia or/and came from Asia.
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From 1788-1868 160,000 convicts came to Australia from the UK. In the early 1790s free immigrants began to come to Australia.
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During the gold rush of 1851 - 1860, Around 500,000 people came to Australia.They mainly came from the USA, China, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
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In the 1860s - 1900s, labourers from Melanesia (pacific islands) were invited/recruited to work on Queensland sugar plantations.
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From the 1870s - 1900s, Afghan, Pakistani and Turkish camel riders came to Australia to help build railways, power lines and telegraph at central Australia.
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In the late 1800s the Japanese fishers were a vital piece in the pearl industry.
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With the 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 WW2, during the 1950 and 60s, many migrants came to Australia from the Netherland, 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 and came to Australia.
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In the late 1900s refugees came to Australia from Chile following the overthrow of the elected government.
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Over 90,000 refugees came to Australia from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos at the end of the vietnam war.
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Australia has taken in people from a lot of countries including iraq, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sudan, India and Sri Lanka. However the majority of the settlers are from New Zealand And the United Kingdom.
