Geography imigration By rishijain Jul 29, 1850 many chinese come to Australia during the Gold rush many chinese migrants arrive in australia Jan 1, 1901 The immigration Restriction act (1901) later known as the white Australia Policy, restricted intakes of early migrant groupps such as the chinese Jul 29, 1901 Australia's migrant programme bought religious diversity to Australia, with the arruval of Turkish, LEbanese and Indian Migrants Jul 29, 1945 Planned immigration programs have bough around 6 million people from over 150 countries to Australia Jul 29, 1945 After WWII Australia sourced migrants from the united kingdom, Greece Jul 29, 1970 46% if new arrivals to Australia were from the United kingdom Jul 29, 1980 Increased multicultural population again with the arivals from Vietnam and china Jul 29, 1990 Fearuted further migrant increasees from asia risen from 15.2% in 1977 to 50.6% in 1992