Convicts: The Story of the Penal Settlements That Created Australia by
The story of modern Australia’s beginnings is inextricably linked to 160,000 people who came to the land as convicts. This text tells the story of how Australia grew into a prosperous nation from the cheap labour of these criminal offenders who were transported to a ‘land beyond the sea’, where many learned to cope with an environment utterly alien to them and went on to create new lives for themselves.
Immigrants Who Changed Australia: Since 1901 by
This book is about hard work, dedication and cunning that overcame setbacks large and small. This special group used their talents to succeed in architecture, crime feminism, government, industry, medicine, military strategy, transport and many more fields.
Immigration Since 1788: The Making of Modern Australia by
This text examines the ways that every wave of new immigrants to Australia had to battle to establish themselves against prejudice, ignorance, official indifference and the hazards of nature. From the original Anglos, through the people of Europe, the refugees and the assisted settlers, the Asians, the Africans and the Americans, this book tells the story of how modern Australia was made.
Multiculturalism and Australian identity by
Subjects:
Australia - Immigration and emigration;
Cultural diversity; Multiculturalism
Migration and refugees by
Subjects:
Globalisation - Social aspects;
Immigration and emigration.
Migration in the 21st Century by