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... 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 ...

... Taiwan-born people were first counted separately in the Australian census in 1976. Prior to this, the Taiwan-born population were counted as China-born. From the mid-1970s onwards, the Taiwanese community in Australia has rapidly increased due to changing ...

... Hong Kong was the main point of departure for thousands of Chinese during the gold rush era of the 1850s, and many people from Hong Kong jumped on board these ships. The White Australia Policy significantly hindered the entry of the Hong Kongers of Chinese ...

... Recent migration from Pakistan to Australia has mostly consisted of professionals arriving under Skilled Migrant Visas with their families. Most have entered the fields of science, technology, engineering and accounting. Some other Pakistanis have come to ...

... Immigration from Egypt to Australia remained relatively low up until the early 20th century. The Egyptian population significantly increased after World War II, with many seeking to escape the growing Arab nationalist movement in Egypt. Indeed, the Egypt-b ...