Australia Why have people moved there

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Australia Why have people moved there?
Most family historians in Australia regard a
convict in their ancestry as enormously
desirable.
January 26, 1788First Convicts Transported to
New South Wales Arrive
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Australian indigenous culture stretches back more
than 40,000 years while Europeans first settled
Melbourne on the banks of the Yarra River in 1835
when it was part of the British colony New South
Wales. In 1851, the colony of Victoria was
separated from New South Wales and this area
became the Australian state of Victoria.
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After less than 50 years of settlement, the
British journalist George Augustus Sala, dubbed
it 'Marvellous Melbourne'. Announcements of gold
discoveries, in country Victoria, in 1851. Led to
thousands flocking to to the city
The ethnic mix of Melbourne's population has
always been an important influence on the city's
character the Chinese and Irish diggers
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Immigrants leaving Britain in 1852 bought more
tickets to Melbourne than to any other
destination in the world.


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After WWII - arrival of refugees and migrants
from all over Europe (particularly Greece, Italy,
Yugoslavia, Turkey and Poland) These migrants
have boosted Melbourne's population to 4 million
Third largest greek population in any city
Victorian Seniors Card - Greek
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Run by the Nicolades family, originally from
Greece, the Anglo-American offered a conventional
menu of steak and chips and whiting and snacks.
The coffee, like the décor and the food, was
commonplace.
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Australia's second city is a place of
contradictions and hidden charms. A leafy,
bayside community on the Yarra River, it is
cosmopolitan, suburban, cultivated, football
crazy, conservative and a haven for the
avant-garde.
Visitors come for its shopping, restaurants,
nightlife and sporting calendar, encouraging many
Melburnians to believe that they live in one of
the most civilized cities in the world.
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Melbourne has A warm Moist climate
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Victoria state developed a wine industry And
restaurants
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More recently a lot of Asian migrants have come
to Melbourne.
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