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BIRTHPLACE OF SETTLER ARRIVALS
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Country | '000 | % | |
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United Kingdom and Ireland | 94.1 | 21.2 |
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New Zealand | 47.4 | 10.7 | |
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Viet Nam | 42.2 | 9.5 | |
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Philippines | 17.3 | 3.9 | |
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South Africa | 13.1 | 2.9 | |
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Poland | 12.4 | 2.8 | |
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1992-96 | |||
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United Kingdom and Ireland | 52.2 | 12.2 | |
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New Zealand | 47.0 | 11.0 | |
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China | 27.0 | 6.3 | |
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Hong Kong | 25.9 | 6.1 | |
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Viet Nam | 20.1 | 4.7 | |
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Philippines | 19.3 | 4.5 | |
Source: Australian Demography (a Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
publication); Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (3401.0).
Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia, 1998
MAIN COUNTRIES OF BIRTH OF THE POPULATION
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1981(a) | 1991(a) | 1996p(a) | |
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Country | '000 | '000 | '000 |
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United Kingdom and Ireland | 1,175.7 | 1,244.3 | 1,207.6 |
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New Zealand | 175.7 | 286.4 | 297.5 |
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Italy | 285.3 | 272.0 | 258.8 |
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Former Yugoslav Republic | 156.1 | 168.0 | 186.1 |
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Viet Nam | 43.4 | 124.8 | 149.9 |
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Greece | 153.2 | 147.4 | 144.6 |
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Germany | 115.2 | 120.4 | 118.9 |
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China | 26.8 | 84.6 | 103.4 |
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Hong Kong | 16.3 | (b)62.4 | (b)98.0 |
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Netherlands | 100.5 | 100.9 | 97.3 |
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Philippines | 15.8 | 79.1 | 94.7 |
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Total overseas | 3,111.0 | 3,965.2 | 4,209.0 |
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Australia | 11,812.3 | 13,318.8 | 14,080.2 |
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Total population | 14,923.3 | 17,284.0 | 18,289.1 |
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(a) Estimated resident population.
(b) Includes Macao.
Source: Australia in Profile (2821.0); Estimated Resident Population by Country
of Birth, Age and Sex, Australia (3221.0); Migration, Australia (3412.0).
What changes can you observe in the birth place of new migrants to Australia for the periods indicated?
What have been the fastest growing ethnic groups in Australia?