Migration. To go from one country, region, or place to another.
Australia today holds home to over 23 million people, and migration is the main driver in that force. This year almost 90 000 people have migrated to the lucky country. Migration to Australia began in 1788 when the settlement of European convicts began; these migrants were involuntary and were shipped from mainly Britain and Ireland. A total of 80 000 migrants from this era found there way to New South Wales between 1788 and 1840. In 1851, the discovery of gold in Bathurst created a mass boom of immigrants from regions greater than the UK. Different cultural backgrounds such as Continental Europe, China, the United States, the South Pacific and New Zealand, made their way over. As a result,
600 000 more people moved to Australia. By 1901, Federation, the total population had finally reached 4 million, with 1 in 4 people from overseas. …show more content…
This was established as “populate or perish”, a phrase Prime Minister Ben Chifley coined after stating, “A powerful enemy looked hungrily toward Australia. In tomorrow’s gun flash that threat could come again. We must populate Australia as rapidly as we can before someone else decides to populate it for us.” In 1945, the Department of Immigration was created and headed by Arthur Calwell. He planned for there to be a population growth of 2 per cent each year, half of which were to come from a natural increase and the other half from migrants. By the time the scheme had ended, it had operated for 7 years and created another 171 000
Australia today holds home to over 23 million people, and migration is the main driver in that force. This year almost 90 000 people have migrated to the lucky country. Migration to Australia began in 1788 when the settlement of European convicts began; these migrants were involuntary and were shipped from mainly Britain and Ireland. A total of 80 000 migrants from this era found there way to New South Wales between 1788 and 1840. In 1851, the discovery of gold in Bathurst created a mass boom of immigrants from regions greater than the UK. Different cultural backgrounds such as Continental Europe, China, the United States, the South Pacific and New Zealand, made their way over. As a result,
600 000 more people moved to Australia. By 1901, Federation, the total population had finally reached 4 million, with 1 in 4 people from overseas. …show more content…
This was established as “populate or perish”, a phrase Prime Minister Ben Chifley coined after stating, “A powerful enemy looked hungrily toward Australia. In tomorrow’s gun flash that threat could come again. We must populate Australia as rapidly as we can before someone else decides to populate it for us.” In 1945, the Department of Immigration was created and headed by Arthur Calwell. He planned for there to be a population growth of 2 per cent each year, half of which were to come from a natural increase and the other half from migrants. By the time the scheme had ended, it had operated for 7 years and created another 171 000