and which particular reasons and areas?
2007-03-01 10:44:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Big question and I only have time for a little answer, but I'll do my best (all off the top of my head...)
Originally: Convicts and soldiers more or less 'sent' here. From 1788 through to 1840 or so. Largest numbers to New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. The only State that didn't take convicts was South Australia
Followed by 'economic migrants' looking for opportunity. Dickens described such a case at the end of David Copperfield. The wool trade was taking off, and it was widely held that a person could 'take up land' and potentially become a wealthy landowner (the Government was giving farmland away to folk who were willing to 'work' it). Most, however, became labourers on the (at the time) labour intensive farms. Again the eastern Australian States got the bulk of these. If you include Ireland in the 'UK' at that time, then hundreds of thousands of Irish immigrants fled the famine in Ireland to both the US and Australia.
Followed by Gold Rush migrants, following the discovery of gold in Victoria and New South Wales from 1850 through to 1880. If the migrant didn't go straight to the gold fields (and usually not make much money there, but easily finding employment in Melbourne and Sydney which were stripped of labourers heading to the Goldfields.
Followed by 'Five Pound toursists', tens of thousands of 'assisted migrants' following World War II, looking for economic opportunity. Settled in Western Australia (first port of call for ships to Australia from UK), and eastern States. A fair number in the '50's (including child migrants - mostly but not all orphans), and a flood in the 1960's to feed the mineral boom in Australia.
Followed by a later wave enticed by television images of warmer climate and a 'relaxed' lifestyle.
It's interesting when you ask folk what brought them out, one friend says 'my parents promised me a pony' (they lied). For another it was the moment that they were beating the ice from the nappies that they'd hung out on the line to dry (and which promptly froze).
2007-03-01 11:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by nandadevi9 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
After WW2 some people were disillusioned with the UK and Australia needed people so they offered 'assisted passage' to immigrants from the UK. For £10 they were given boat passage and located in nissan huts on arrival in Australia, as the conditions were quite bad in these interim camps some Brits began moaning (as we do) henceforth they were called 'whinging POMS' by the Ozzies. The main reason was that the grass appeared greener and as I said general malaise after the war. They mostly settled around the coast of Australia and generally in the southern half, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra ETC. I wish I was younger I'd join them. I fell in love with Australia after visiting relatives last year.
2007-03-01 19:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by JAKE 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you mean about the colonisation of Oz then the First Fleet left England in 1787 for Australia, arriving at Botany Bay in January 1788, and having sighted no human habitation declared the land “terrus nullius”. However, this region was deemed to be unsuitable for settlement due its lack of fresh water, and Captain Arthur Phillip (the Colony's first Governor) considered the soil around Botany Bay too poor for growing crops.
They moved north, arriving at Port Jackson, (Sydney Cove where the Royal Opera House is today). New South Wales, Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Norfolk Island and Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) entered the 19th century with a reputation as “hell on earth”. English and Irish rebels and petty thieves were sent to Australia, when the death sentence would have been more merciful, due to poor conditions both on the ships and on arrival to the penal colonies.
In many ways, in attempting to escape the death sentence, some convicts actually became the first explorers of Australia’s uncharted interior. Transportation of convicts to Australia ceased by 1868. 160,000 convicts had arrived in Australia by this time.
but if you mean in general then where do you start..
better weather
no chavs
clean streets
colder beer
2007-03-01 18:50:38 · answer #3 · answered by BUNGLE!! 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Australia was orginally a penal colony, meaning that many prisoners were sent there from the UK due to over crowded prisons. Eventually those that were freed settled in Australia permanently.
2007-03-01 18:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by alimagmel 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Australia started out as a prison colony. The UK shipped a bunch of prisoners there to get rid of them.
2007-03-01 18:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by blahblah 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I emmigrated to Australia in 1956. We lived where Woollongong Universiry is now - Feary medows.
It was for a 'better life'. My father told us so. Well we all make mistakes.
It split the family and mum, my sis n me returned.
2007-03-02 01:20:00 · answer #6 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of people were given free or very cheap tickets to Australia in the 50s and 60s because of a lack of work and a lot of orphaned children were sent there also!
2007-03-01 18:50:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Australia started out as a prison colony and they call us poms
me thinks its the other way round only kidding just found out i have family out there
2007-03-01 18:56:20 · answer #8 · answered by top cat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why? The UK sent mostly criminals to Australia to weed out the bad seeds.
2007-03-01 18:51:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my uncle emigrated to Oz in 1968 .....I wish it had been my Dad !
Its freeeeeeezing here in the UK !
He lives in Brisbane on the gold cost !
I live 60 miles from Hastings ............
...........And its Raining !
I hope that answers your question !
2007-03-01 18:55:47 · answer #10 · answered by Cliff E 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋