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... 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 ...

... 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 ...