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Arrival of the First Fleet
Immigration of convicts from U.K. Later seen as Australia day or from the Aboriginal people's perpectives, Invasion Day -
Gold Rush
1851: gold rush, British/ Irish/Germans colonials Chinese discrimination, Eureka stockade -
Federation
1901: federation- white Australia policy, dictation test -
Great Depression, no migrants were accpeted
1929: Great depression, no migrants accepted -
Influx of Jewish Migrants fleaing from the Holocaust
1938: Jewish Refugees, holocaust were accepted -
Populate or Perish
1945: Immigration populate or perish policy, displaced persons were accepted (Russia, Poland) ten pound pom policy- had to be 100% of one race not mixed. Arthur Calwell stated 'Two wongs don't make a white' the migrants had to be from Europe. He wanted 2 million migrants by 2000, which was achieved. -
Natural Increase
Generation of the baby boomers. Over 50 million homeless and refugees were in Europe. -
The challenge to assimilate
Calwell wanted more migrants to assimilate to Australian life and culture. However, it was dififcult for them to assmiliate, language was a major issue. Many came out from Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia, -
Migrants from Korea and Vietnam
As a result of the Vietnam and Korean War, both of which the Australians contributed to. -
Wave of immigrants from the middle east and Lebnon
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Migrants from Afganistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Africa
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Pacific Solution
