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... Since both Australia and Canada were both British colonies, the nineteenth century was characterised by a small, yet fluid, migration between the colonies at every level of society. For example, many of Australia's colonial governors had prior postings in ...

... Dutch sailors were among the first Europeans to reach Australia. In fact, most of Australia's coastline was first charted by Dutch mariners. In the post-WWII period, the Netherlands government actively encouraged immigration to help ease housing shortages ...

... In the post-World War II period, the Refugees Removal Act forced the deportation of Filipinos, among other Asians, who had fled Japanese invasions of their homeland. However, in the 1950s, the relaxation of the White Australia Policy and the introduction o ...

... Before the white settlement of Australia, Indonesian fishers from Makassar established trading contact with some of the indigenous communities in northern Australia. From the 1870s, Indonesians were recruited to work in the pearling and sugar cane industri ...

... Lebanese migration to Australia occurred in the three main waves. The first occurred from 1880 to 1947 when many Maronite, Melkite and Orthodox Christians migrated. They were classified as a Turk due to Lebanon being a province of the Ottoman Empire at tha ...

... Zimbabweans have migrated to Australia quite steadily over the past few decades. Those who arrived during the 20th century were mostly white Zimbabweans of British ancestry. However, ongoing economic difficulty has prompted higher migration in recent years ...

... Migration History Greek migration to Australia began in the 1800s, with significant numbers arriving during the gold rush. There was further immigration in the years between the two World Wars as the Ottoman Empire expelled Greeks from Turkey (Asia Minor). ...

... Fijians started arriving in Australia in the late 1800s. Through this time and the first half of the 20th century, most migrants to arrive from Fiji had European heritage. They were generally the children of British missionary families. Migration increased ...

... Since Croatia was once part of the former Yugoslavia, separate census data about the Croatia-born community in Australia was not captured before 1996. Nonetheless, the first group of Croatian immigrants came during the gold rush era. Some Croatians decided ...

... There have been three major influxes of Bosnians to Australia. The first period occurred in the aftermath of World War II, and the second occurred in the late 1960s/early 1970s following an economic depression and open border policy in the former Yugoslavi ...