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A multicultural Nation

AUSTRALIA A MULTICULTURAL NATION

THE TOP 2O COUNTRIES FROM WHICH PEOPLE HAVE MIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, plus THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN POPULATION IN JANUARY 1988.

England 44% Ireland 17% Scotland 12% Italy 4% Germany 4%
Greece 2% Netherlands 1.5% China 1.2% Croatia 1% Poland 0.8%

Malta 0.8% Lebanon 0.7% Spain 0.6% Sri Lanka 0.6% Vietnam 0.5%

France 0.5% Yugoslavia 0.5% Denmark 0.4% India 0.4% Hungary 0.3%
see graph and world map on following pages.























ITALIAN AUSTRALIANS
There are more than 1 million people of Italian background in Australia. Italian Australians are the now the third largest ethic group in Australia.
Italians have been migrating to Australia for 200 years. The largest number came in...

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