Waves of migration into Australia

By lisax3
  • The first fleet.

    The first fleet.
    The First fleet of 11 ships with 1350 Britain people, including convicts arrived at Sydney cove. The came to Australia to search for other land and to isolate criminals in a place of no exit or escape.
  • More settlers from Britian and Ireland came,

    They came because new lands were opened up for farming.
    Their transportation was by boat.
  • Gold rush

    Gold rush
    When: beginning of 1851
    Where: To Australia.
    Why: To search for gold.
    How: By ship/boat.
    Who: The european and Chinese.
    Outcomes: After the goldrush, Alot of Chinese people have moved to Australia, not to mention more Europeans.
  • Post world war 1

    date ; 1914 - 1918
    Which Nations were affected ? Britain, France and Germany,
    Africa, India and Australia and America.
  • White Australia Policy.

    White Australia Policy.
    It started just after world war 2 and ended in 1973. Why it started: They wanted other people from other countries to stop coming to Australia die to the heap of Chinese people that came after the gold rush. Why it ended: because everyone wanted multiculturalism and they wanted to increase Australia's population.
  • Post world war 2

    world war two: 1945 - 1949
    Why did they migrate: They wanted to rebuild their lives and start new after they had been between a war.
    Who: Europeans.
  • Post Vietnam war and Khmer rouge

    During the 1970's and abit of the 1980's Australia has had a lot more asian heritage come by.
    When: 1976- 1979
    Why: To be safe from pol pot and because of the fall out of their country and to hide from further war. They also wanted a freedom of speech.
    How: They fled to thailand where they waited in refugee camp for resettlement.
    Who: the vietnamese and Cambodians.
  • Modern migration

    Date: 1990's to present.
    What countries have we seen migrate to Australia ;
    - Afghanistan
    - Iraq
    - Pakistan, India & Bangladesh.
    - Pacific Island
    - Korean.
    Why ?
    Everyone has personal reasons of why they chose to drop everything and leave, such as war, poverty, government etc.
    Transportation: usually by plane and illegal immigrants come by boat.