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... Up until 1991, both South and North Koreans were counted as ‘Korean' in the Australian census. The Korean population in Australia was quite low up until the late 1960s when the White Australia Policy was softened. At the end of the Vietnam War (1975), many ...

... Peruvians began settling in Australia in the late 1800s, with the 1901 census indicating just under 30 Peruvians in the country at the time. Migration from Peru to Australia remained low until the mid-1980s when the number of emigrants grew significantly. ...

... The first Lao migrants arrived in Australia under the Colombo Plan between the 1960s and 1970s. After completing their studies, many were granted permanent residency. However, in the mid-1970s, the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao ...

... The first Polish settler to arrive in Australia came in 1803 as a convict. Later arrivals throughout the 19th century were often people enticed by the gold rush. Several thousands Jewish Poles began arriving after the start of World War II, but the biggest ...

... Kenya was known as ‘British East Africa’ in the late 19th century due to its colonial connections to the British Empire. The early Kenya-born migrants to Australia were of European background and arrived from the British colony of Kenya in the post-WWII pe ...

... The first Russian settler to arrive in Australia came in 1804 as a convict. However, there was relatively minimal Russian migration until the late 18th and early 19th century. Major waves of Russian arrivals then coincided with key political periods and up ...

... The first Swede to visit Australia was a botanist by the name of Daniel Solander, who arrived in 1770 on the first voyage with Captain James Cook. The gold rush period in the 1850s attracted large numbers of Swedes. Many worked in the goldfields but eventu ...

... The first significant wave of Ukrainian migration to Australia began during World War II, when many arrived from displaced persons camps in Europe. Most people who arrived in the 5-year period after 1948 were refugees, including many Ukrainian Jews.1 They ...

... Separate census data about the Serbia-born community in Australia was not captured before 1996 since Serbia was once considered to be a part of the former Yugoslavia. Serbians who have migrated to Australia may have come from Serbia or other countries that ...

... International Students From January to June 2023, there were a total of 23,939 Vietnamese international students studying in Australia, making Vietnam the sixth-highest ethnic international student population.2 This number has remained steady over the past ...