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... While Nepalis started arriving in Australia around the 1980s, the numbers were relatively low until recent years. According to the 2021 census, the majority (60%) of Nepal-born people in Australia have arrived since 2015.1 This has seen the Nepali communit ...

... Immigration from Brazil to Australia has been ongoing from as early as 1871. However, there was a steady decline in the early 20th century. The Brazil-born population in Australia began to rise from mid 20th century onwards. This was largely prompted by th ...

... The Italian migrant community is one of the most well-established in Australia. Indeed, Italians have been arriving since the 1800s. There have been many waves of migration from Italy, with the largest influx occurring during the post-war period of the 195 ...

... Throughout most of the 20th century, migration from Argentina to Australia was relatively uncommon. This changed during the 1970s when there was a significant decline in Argentina's economy and standard of living due to political turmoil. Many Argentines l ...

... 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 ...