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... 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 ...

... The first Malta-born migrants arrived in Australia as convicts in 1810 as a part of the British colony. In the post-WWII period, the Maltese were offered assisted migrant passage to Australia. A majority of the Maltese migrants who came were semi-skilled o ...

... Ethnic Syrians were first documented in Australia in 1891, during which time 142 Syrian people were recorded. Before this point, the population had been recorded as ‘Turks’ - due to Syria being part of the Ottoman Empire at the time. The Syrian population ...