Australia’s Immigrants 1788-1988

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This edition incorporates new research findings to supplement the two-century survey and to take account of recent changes both to actual immigration and to immigration policy which have brought Australians much closer to a realization of their place within the Asia-Pacific region. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 The Law Breakers......Page 11 The Beneficiaries of Patronage......Page 25 Elements of Change......Page 34 ‘Criminal Influx’......Page 38 Immigrants of Choice—’Squatters and Gentlemen’......Page 48 Immigrants of Choice—The Assisted and Hopeful’......Page 58 ‘Cultural Baggage’......Page 72 The Generation of Gold......Page 89 Institutions and Ideologies......Page 103 The Ties of Kinship......Page 110 Taking Stock......Page 126 The Call of Empire: The Pre-War Years......Page 135 The Call of Empire: Post-War Years......Page 154 Immigrants from Outside the Empire......Page 171 The Renewed Search......Page 186 Refugees from War......Page 194 People from Many Lands......Page 203 The New Stocktake......Page 224 Into a New Era......Page 237 Notes......Page 249 Further Reading......Page 297 Index......Page 313