Humanities Alive 8 VC 3E

FIGURE4 Origins of Australia’s migrants, 1949–59

0 2000 4000 km

Key

Settler arrivals between July 1949–June 1959

ARCTIC

OCEAN

Country birthplace

38  113

Settler numbers

UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND

Arctic Circle

NETHERLANDS

GERMANY AUSTRIA

ITALY

GREECE

UNITED STATES

MALTA

ATLANTIC

EGYPT

PACIFIC

Tropic of Cancer

OCEAN

OCEAN

Equator

INDIAN OCEAN

Tropic of Capricorn

NEW ZEALAND

Source: Map drawn by Spatial Vision

FIGURE5 Settler arrivals by country of birth according to the 2021 census

ARCTIC

OCEAN

Arctic Circle

UNITED KINGDOM

CHINA

PAKISTAN NEPAL

ATLANTIC

PACIFIC

HONG KONG

Tropic of Cancer

INDIA

PHILIPPINES

VIETNAM

OCEAN

OCEAN

Equator

SOUTH AFRICA

Tropic of Capricorn

NEW ZEALAND

Legend

Permanent migrants, 2021–2022 by country of origin

1

Origin country

0

2500

5000 km

4 585

Number of migrants

Source: Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs

SkillBuilder discussion Geographical inquiry 1. Identify the two nations from which the most migrants arrived in Australia in 2021–2022. 2. Comparing FIGURES4 and 5 , describe the change in the countries of origin for the majority of Australia’s migrants. 3. Discuss why you think this change has occurred.

TOPIC15 Changing nations – urbanisation and migration 429

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