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the first fleet
On May 13, 1787, the “First Fleet” of military leaders/ sailors, and convicts set sail from Portsmouth, England, to found the first European colony in Australia, Botany Bay. -
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Convict Transportation
From 1788 to 1868 Britain transported more than 160,000 convicts from its crowded prisons to the Australian colonies, that took roughly 8 months by sea. Prisoners were chained up for the entire 8 months, with as many as 50 convicts crammed into each cell. -
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set free
approximately 58,000 free settlers arrived under various -
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gold rush
he gold rush Thousands of Chinese people came to Australia during the 1850s gold rushes. -
high population
the population reached 3 million - approximately three million people live in australia -
the weakened economy
the weakened economy severe drought resulted in widespread unemployment poverty and industrial strikes and drought immigrants to a stand still -
the first federal immigration
Since 1945, when the first federal immigration portfolio was created, over 7.5 million people have settled here and Australia's overseas-born resident population—estimated to be 28.2 per cent of the population in June 2015—is considered high compared to most other OECD countries. -
lots of migrants
In 2020, there were over 7.6 million migrants living in Australia. This was 29.8% of the population that were born overseas. One year earlier, in 2019, there were 7.5 million people born overseas. Nearly every single country from around the world was represented in Australia's population in 2020.23 Apr 2021