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Per capita, Australia has more people of Chinese ancestry than any country outside Asia. As a whole, Australian residents identifying themselves as having Chinese ancestry made up 5.5% of Australia's population at the 2021 census.
A Chinese Australian woman wearing traditional qipao standing in the bushland with two borzoi dogs in the bushland of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1930s. During the inter-war period, Australian-born people of Chinese background began to predominate over Chinese-born people for the first time.
The Chinese government, Chinese companies, and Chinese organisations also have strong interests in Australia and can provide an extensive support network for Chinese immigrants to Australia. Because China restricted emigration up until 1983, prior to this year, most Chinese people came to Australia from Hong Kong (then a British colony, now a ...
In 1880, for example, the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company made 19 trips between Sydney and Hong Kong, moving 2,564 people in and 2,569 back to China, leaving a deficit of five. Furthermore, large influxes of Chinese after February resulted from reduced movements during the Chinese New Year, a pattern that persists today.
Harry Chan: First Chinese mayor of Darwin, Australia; Alec Fong Lim AM: Lord Mayor of Darwin, 1984–1990; Katrina Fong Lim: Lord Mayor of Darwin, 2012-2017; Henry Tsang OAM: Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Deputy Lord Mayor, Sydney, 1991–1999; Wellington Lee AM OBE: Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 1999–2000
Australia received its most senior Chinese leadership visit in nearly seven years Wednesday with stability a key theme of the discussions between the countries’ foreign ministers. China's Wang ...
A series of unexpected live-fire drills by Chinese naval vessels in the Tasman Sea has sparked criticism from Australia and New Zealand and raised questions over regional security.. The exercises ...
As Chinese military ships voyage near Australia, ... "Defence is aware of a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) task group operating to the north east of Australia," a Feb. 13 Australian ...