Timeline
of immigration to Australia During the 20 Century From official
Australian Government site. Clear detailed listing of key phases and
events
Immigration: Australia’s changing faceBy
Megan Wood From the White Australia Policy to the
“Pacific Solution” this educational site for schools explores the ways
in which the changing government policies toward immigration have shaped
our country. §
Immigration Museum, Victoria.
Well detailed and cross-linked, sets of illustrated articles on:
Origins Another
excellent resource by Museum Victoria. Based on government census
information gathered in Victoria since 1854. It contains information
including photographs, graphs and statistics based on official
government census data collected since 1854, about Victorian communities
from 70 countries of origin. A brief history of immigration by dozens of
country of origin is easily available.
Migration Heritage Centre - providing personal accounts of
achievements, struggles, cultural changes, and adaptations of immigrants
Picture Australia National
Library of Australia site Allows you to type in the name of a specific
ethnic/immigrant group to see photos....
Immigration to Australia Comprehensive set of links and
articles from the P.L. Duffy Resource Centre. A number of links are
no longer active , but the spread of articles make this
site well worth visiting. Key sections are:
First Fleet consists of information about the convicts
who were transported to Australia in 1787. This is a resource for students
and teachers, professional historians, family tree enthusiasts,
descendants of the First Fleeters, and amateur researchers, anywhere in
the world. By the University
of Wollongong
A Short History of Convict Australia
Based on a TV Travel series contains facts, figures, and relevant footage from
the documentary, in a concise and clear manner. Good place to start.
Australia's First Fleet - features a news article and a list of the
convicts who were aboard. From Barbara Turner, 1992.
First Fleet Fellowship - association for people with ancestors who
arrived in Australia in 1788 aboard one of the ships of the First Fleet.
Includes a log of the first voyage, the names and a description of all
eleven ships.
Convicts to
Australia Intended to guide, inform and entertain those finding out about
the convict past. The well thought out site is a 'work in progress' and
data is being added regularly to sites such as:Timeline;
Convict Ships;
Convict Tales;
Convict Women
and more... Excellent Links
section.
The Convict Era
Fremantle Prison history site. Good for data and includes a convict
database to
find out if you are related to one of the almost 10 000 men who were transported
to the Swan River Colony (Western Australia) between 1850 - 1868.
Sailing to South Australia Account of sea passages in the mid 19th
century. Primary & editorial content a little mixed in places, but a
useful resource for information§
Leaving from Liverpool
Educational site which
follows a 19th century family on a journey of discovery as they emigrate
to Australia. Based on the Emigrants to the New World gallery at
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) 1847-1886 Listing
of immigrants arriving in South Australia, mostly under United Kingdom
assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886. These lists have been transcribed from
the original passenger lists, by Robert Janmaat of Adelaide, and are
provided by TheShipsList.
Emigration
Schemes by Jenny Fawcett .
Full set of links to British schemes to encourage immigration in the 19th
century using documentary and statistical evidence
German-speakers in Australia
- a history of German-speaking immigration in Australia. Includes a
section for students.
Sharing the Lode Story of migrants to Broken Hill from non-English
speaking backgrounds who have made Broken Hill their home since 1883.
Seventy migrants from eleven nationalities share their stories in this
online pdf based exhibition
The
Occupation of the Greeks Interesting & well detailed survey of first
generation occupations/incomes in Australia. Very slow to load - be
patient! Produced by the Greek Govt.
Italian migration in NSW
Clearly set out photo based online exhibition
documenting Italian migration and Italian life in NSW
from the late nineteenth century to the present. NSW Migration Heritage
Centre
Timeline This timeline provides a brief overview of
key moments in Victoria's immigration history by highlighting significant
policy developments, shifts in population and demographics, and the impact
of immigration upon indigenous Australians. From
the immigration Museum, Victoria.
More People Imperative.
Guide to the White Australia Policy by Michele Langfield, Deakin University
for the National Archives of Australia, 1999. Well linked to documentary
material, however not all are now maintained. Key sections with useful
introductions (to documents kept) on:
A White AustraliaPdf version of museum factsheet. Contains images and core information
about the immigrant world. Federation of Victorian Museum
White
Australia Saved Australia Jack
Lang was the Premier of New South Wales during 1925-1927 and 1930-1932. In
this extract from his book, I Remember, Lang gives a brief history
of the White Australia Policy; exposes how Britain interfered with local
attempts to keep the hordes of coloured immigrants from flooding into our
country; and praises the policies that established White Australia
Why Not in Australia? Economic Growth in
the Age of Mass Migration
Immigration and Economic Growth in the Age of Mass
Migration. Argues that the Australian immigrant experience & effect was closer
to that of Argentina than the other "white" immigrant lands such as USA, Canada.
By Susan B. Carter and Richard Sutch, Department of Economics, University of
California, Riverside
Child
Migrants from the United Kingdom 2001 Overview article which looks at
policy whereby between 1922 and 1967 about 150,000 children with an average
age of eight years and nine months were shipped from Great Britain to help
populate the British Dominions of Canada, Rhodesia, New Zealand and
Australia with 'good white stock'. Australian Parliamentary Library by David
Watts, Coral Dow
Belongings Tells the story of immigrants who arrived in the decades
immediately after the Second World War when the Australian
Government actively pursued a policy of ‘populate or perish’. Belongings
tells the stories of some of these people through personal mementos,
photographs and memories. NSW Migration Heritage Centre
So
Much Sky Looks at the history of the largest and longest-lasting
Reception Centre at the former Bonegilla Army Camp on the
border between New South Wales and Victoria. Well presented. Good context
description, maps. images. NSW Migration
Heritage Centre.
The
Ship of BridesBBC audio
report (about 10mins). Recalling an epic journey from Australia.
On the second of July 1946 – to the strains of a brass band – HMS
Victorious steamed out of Sydney Harbour with an unusual cargo… six hundred
war brides on route to Britain to meet their husbands.
Emigration from Australia
Australian Govt site. looks at reasons and statistics of Australians
leaving Australia for elsewhere....§
Packing to Leave
migration stories from South Asia to Sydney. Interviews filmed in
people's homes who describe their stories of migration to Australia and
settlement in Sydney and share their photos and memorabilia. NSW
Migration Heritage Centre website.
Golden Threads
Excellent site on the contribution of Chinese immigrants to New South
Wales, 1850-1950. Photos, oral histories/transcripts, individual
stories, exhibitions....
An
Introductory Aboriginal and Islander History.
Excellent introductory
from the Central Queensland University who have produced a thorough web
based course & materials for their An Introductory Aboriginal and
Islander History Unit§
The Course of Settlement
from the Atlas of South Australia. Articles and related maps show very clearly
the impact of immigration & settlement on the aboriginal population. This is
courtesy of Wayback machine as the original articles appear to have been removed
by the Atlas. Key
sections: §
Australian Aboriginal History
From the P.L. Duffy Resource Centre. Many
links to the impact on aboriginals (however not all are active). Go down the page to the thorough listing of
sites on aboriginal resistance. Slow to load, but worth the wait.
Click on the relevant section for general casahistoria links in the European
Emigration page to sites connected with:
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