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During the Gold Rush, many of different countries came over to Australia to look for gold. Over 50 000 people arriving each year.
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People came in from all countries, there was no accommodation. Some have to sleep in sheds.
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Over 42,000 came from China for the Gold Rush.
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From the 1860s to the late nineteenth century, labourers from Melanesia were recruited to work on Queensland plantations.
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There were six colonies of New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia that existed on the Australian continent and Tasmania the island colony.
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Australia was part of the British Empire.
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In 1907 Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand became known as dominions.
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Jewish settlers began arriving in greater numbers to Australia as Australia allowed migrants.
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The first party placed the European that arrived in Austalia in
1947 and were taken straight to the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre. -
In the first wave of postwar immigration (1947-51) with net settler immigration exceeding 467 000, British immigration totalled approximately 193 000.
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An eastern European family immigrating to Australia.
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During the Vietnam war many of Vietnamese migrated to Australia during the war from 1955 to 1975
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Australia’s millionth post-war immigrant arrived.
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In 1956 non-European residents were allowed to apply for citizenship.
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When the earthquake strike Sicily, the victims migrate to Austrlia.
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Leading to Cambodians migrating to Australia. More than a million people died under the four-year regime.
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The number of skilled migrants coming to Australia from China .
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Australia was taking conflicts overseas refugees from countries. In 2006 the fastest growing refugee group is from Sudan followed by Afghanistan and Iraq.
