Asian Immigration To Australia
. Records show that about 18 Chinese settlers had immigrated to Australia before 1848. The final reversal of the White Australia Policy in the 1970s opened the door to substantial increases in Asian immigration particularly from Vietnam Malaysia the Philippines China India and Hong Kong.
The White Australia policy involved the exclusion of all non-European people from immigrating into Australia and was the. However since these policies were dismantled in the 1970s Australias migrant population has become increasingly diverse and the country has seen significant growth in migration from neighboring. Chinese first came to Australia in 1840 and it was directly caused by the migration of criminals to the New South Wales.
Around 40000 to 50000 Chinese immigrants arrived in Australia as hopeful gold miners during the gold rush arriving in the ports of Melbourne and Sydney.
Indigenous Australians arrived in the continent via Asia and have linguistic connections with people who settled in south India. There was much resistance to Chinese immigration and the use of indentured workers from New Caledonia to work in the Queensland sugar industry. The Golden Country charts the Chinese Australian experience from the gold rush and the formation of the White Australia policy. This paper assesses the level and composition of contemporary Asian immigration to Australia and explores its processes and impacts.
