Australia Migrant Success Stories

Since the arrival of the First Fleet with convicts and free settlers from the British Isles more than 220 years ago, migration to Australia has continued unabated except for the short periods during the 1920s Great Depression years and the two world wars.

Net overseas migration has become the number one contributor, overtaking natural increase, to Australia's population growth for almost four decades since the 1980s.

Australia, as an immigrant nation, has many migrant success stories.

Each wave of migration generates its own migrant success stories. Many of the large corporations today are the results of the enterprising ingenuity of post-World War II migrants.

The ending of the 'White Australia' immigration policy in the 1970s brings another set of success stories this time from migrants of non-European backgrounds. The Ethnic Business Award entries for the last 30 years have inspiring migrant success stories.

In the professions and in services, there is no shortage of migrant success stories. In the professions, the migrants' contribution goes beyond their adopted home.

If you are thinking of migrating to Australia, you are not alone. Twenty-five million people are thinking of migrating to Australia.

Australia continues to be a popular destination for would-be emigrants from around the world.

Read about the many inspiring success stories in this book.

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