Jointly developed by World Vision Australia and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia

2012 World Vision Australia

Refugees and migration: Upper Primary English, Year 6

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Timeline of migration

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lndlgenous
populaLlon
esLlmaLed
aL
300,000-
730,000.
lrom 1788-1868,
160,000 convlcLs
were shlpped Lo
Lhe AusLrallan
colonles from Lhe
unlLed klngdom.
lrom Lhe early
1790s, free
lmmlgranLs also
began comlng Lo
AusLralla.
uurlng Lhe Cold
8ush era of 1831 Lo
1860, around
300,000 people
mlgraLed Lo
AusLralla. 1he maln
mlgranL
communlLles were
from Lngland,
lreland, ScoLland,
Wales, Chlna and
Lhe uSA.
lrom 1860-
1900,
labourers from
Melanesla
(aclflc
lslands) were
recrulLed Lo
work on
Cueensland
sugar
planLaLlons.
lrom 1830-1900,
Afghanl, aklsLanl
and 1urklsh camel
handlers played an
lmporLanL parL ln
openlng up cenLral
AusLralla, helplng
ln Lhe bulldlng of
Lelegraph and
rallway llnes.
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ln Lhe laLe
1800s,
!apanese
flshers
were
lmporLanL
ln Lhe
pearllng
lndusLry.
1901 - WlLh lederaLlon,
Lhe lmmlgraLlon
8esLrlcLlon AcL was
passed whlch made lL
very dlfflculL for non-
Lngllsh speaklng
lmmlgranLs Lo come Lo
AusLralla. 1hls was Lhe
beglnnlng of Lhe WhlLe
AusLralla ollcy LhaL
exlsLed unLll 1973.
AfLer World War ll,
durlng Lhe 1930 and
1960s, large numbers
of mlgranLs came Lo
AusLralla from Lhe
neLherlands, Creece,
lLaly, MalLa, Cermany
and 1urkey. 1hls was
parL of Lhe 'opulaLe or
erlsh' mlgraLlon
pollcy.
ln 1936,
Pungarlan
refugees
fled
flghLlng ln
Lhelr
counLry.
ln 1968,
Czech
refugees fled
flghLlng.
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ln 1973, refugees
came Lo
AusLralla from
Chlle followlng
Lhe overLhrow of
Lhe elecLed
governmenL.
lrom 1973-1983,
over 90,000
refugees came Lo
AusLralla from
lndochlna (vleLnam,
Cambodla and Laos)
afLer Lhe end of Lhe
vleLnam War.
lrom 1976-
1981,
approxlmaLely
16,000 Lebanese
refugees fled
clvll war.
lrom 2000, AusLralla has Laken ln
people from a broad range of
counLrles lncludlng lraq,
Myanmar, AfghanlsLan, Sudan,
lndla and Srl Lanka. Powever, Lhe
ma[orlLy of seLLlers are from new
Zealand and Lhe uk.