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Some call this day Australia Day but many indigionous people call it Invastion Day
The settlers were convicts, refugees and military. -
There were 3 main nationalities who migrated to Australia during the gold rush. The British/Irish were the first and most prevelent. The Germans were next and the final group was the Chinese and they were discriminated against by the other miners.
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Australia was federated and a dictation test was introduced
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No migrants accepted during the great depression.
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Influx of Jewish refugees after the Holocaust, these refugees were given a Certificate of Exemption.
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Japanese submerines snuck into Sydney Harbour.
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Arthur Calwell coined the phrase 'populate or perish' near the end of WWII and suggested australia allow displaced Europeans, Polish Europeans and Russians to immigrate to Australia. There was also an assisted imigration scemed and the people who came over as a result of this scheme were comonly knows as 10 pound poms.
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During the 1950's there were over 50 million refugees in Europe.
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During the 1960's there was an influx of Korean and Vietnamese refugees.
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Viatnamese and Koreans were allowed resedence in Australia.
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Since 1953
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