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The colonies promoted migration by a variety of schemes. The Bounty Immigration Scheme (1835-1841) boosted emigration from the United Kingdom to New South Wales. [13] The South Australia Company was established to encourage settlement in South Australia by labourers and skilled migrants.
The immigration history of Australia began with the initial human migration to the continent around 80,000 years ago [1] when the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea. [2]
In the 21st century, Australia has seen a boom in migration from Asia, particularly from countries such as India, China, the Philippines, and Singapore. [78] In just twenty years, from 1996 to 2016 the percentage of the Australian population that was born in an Asian country grew from 5.5% to 13.4%.
Pages in category "History of immigration to Australia" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Arthur Calwell with the Kalnins family – the 50,000th New Australian – August 1949 In 1954, 50,000 Dutch migrants arrived. Post-war immigration to Australia deals with migration to Australia in the decades immediately following World War II, and in particular refers to the predominantly European wave of immigration which occurred between 1945 and the end of the White Australia policy in 1973.
The Impact of Immigration in Australia: A Demographic Approach (2001) Foster, William, et al. Immigration and Australia: Myths and Realities (1998) Jupp, James. From White Australia to Woomera: The Story of Australian Immigration (2007) excerpt and text search; Jupp, James. The English in Australia (2004) excerpt and text search; Jupp, James.
Countries of birth of Australian estimated resident population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006 [122]). The overall level of immigration to Australia has grown substantially during the last decade. Net overseas migration increased from 30,000 in 1993 [123] to 118,000 in 2003–04. [124]
Multiculturalism in Australia is today reflected by the multicultural composition of its people, its immigration policies, its prohibition on discrimination, equality before the law of all persons, as well as various cultural policies which promote diversity, such as the formation of the Special Broadcasting Service.