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  2. Immigration to Australia - Wikipedia

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    The colonies promoted migration by a variety of schemes. The Bounty Immigration Scheme (1835-1841) boosted emigration from the United Kingdom to New South Wales. [13] The South Australia Company was established to encourage settlement in South Australia by labourers and skilled migrants.

  3. Immigration history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The immigration history of Australia began with the initial human migration to the continent around 80,000 years ago [1] when the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea. [2]

  4. Asian immigration to Australia - Wikipedia

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    Asian immigration to Australia refers to immigration to Australia from part of the continent of Asia, which includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.The first major wave of Asian immigration to Australia occurred in the late 19th century, but the exclusionary White Australia policy, which was implemented to restrict non-European immigration, made it difficult for many Asian ...

  5. Category:History of immigration to Australia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of immigration to Australia" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Post-war immigration to Australia - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Calwell with the Kalnins family – the 50,000th New Australian – August 1949 In 1954, 50,000 Dutch migrants arrived. Post-war immigration to Australia deals with migration to Australia in the decades immediately following World War II, and in particular refers to the predominantly European wave of immigration which occurred between 1945 and the end of the White Australia policy in 1973.

  7. History of Asian Australians - Wikipedia

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    Hostility towards Asian immigration in Australia has a long history, dating back to the implementation of the "White Australia" policy in 1901. [9] This policy, which was in place until 1973, [10] consisted of laws and policies aimed at excluding non-white immigrants, particularly those from Asia, from settling in the country. [11]

  8. History of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia and the other self-governing British dominions won the right to become full members of the new League of Nations, and Australia obtained a special League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea allowing Australia to control trade and immigration. Australia also gained a 42 per cent share of the formerly German-ruled island of Nauru ...

  9. Home Children - Wikipedia

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    The Children's Friend Society was founded in London in 1830 as "The Society for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy through the reformation and emigration of children." In 1832, the first group of children was sent to the Cape Colony in South Africa and the Swan River Colony in Australia, and in August 1833, 230 children were shipped to Toronto and New Brunswick in Canada.