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Question

Who were some of Australia’s early immigrants and what were some of the reasons they migrated?


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Answer 1

When Britain claimed Australia, they used it as a penal colony. So, the first British "immigrants' were criminals. The Aborigines are believed to have settled in Australia some 40,000 - 50,000 years ago via a land bridge from New Guinea.

Answer 2

Immigration during the first 65 Years of Australia's settlement was less spectacular than that of the Gold Rush era which started in 1851 and eventually led to the development of our manufacturing industries and our political system of democracy as well as our social structure. But in the years before the Gold Rush there developed a strong pastoral climate which created an effective economic organisation and enabled Australia to cope with the disruptions caused by the influx of gold seekers and to absorb the changes and to use them. The different kinds of early immigration schemes were:

* Convicts
* Free - there was a trickle at first which increased during Macquarie's time.
* Soldiers and Marines, some of whom settled when their service time was up
* The Government Schemes - 1822-1830 and 1837-1840
* The Bounty Immigrants Scheme 1835-1841
* The Assisted Immigrants Scheme in the 1840s and 1850s
* The Gold Rush 1851. Frank Lowy, born in Czechoslovakia, migrated to Australia aged 21. He is co-founder and chairman of the Westfield Group, and a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia

Answer 3

Over the years people have come to Australia for a large variety of reasons, but most were after a better life.

The Aborigines first came to Australia as migrants from Southeast Asia possibly 60,000 years ago.

Transportation of Convicts to Australia began in 1787 when the first fleet set sail wasnt formally abolished until 1868 .

The Barossa Valley in South Australia was settled in 1842 by German settlers fleeing religious persecution in Prussia and Silesia, and its distinct Germanic flavour remains.

The gold rush saw thousands of Chinese miners come to Victoria but only a small number stayed in Australia after the gold ran out.

Answer 4

Wasn't Australia a place where the English put there prisoners?