英语国家社会与文化入门(上)Unit20FromRacismtoMulticulturalism.pptVIP

Unit 20 From Racism to Multiculturalism Ethnicity and immigration? (种族特点与移民) Migration has accounted for up to 50% of Australia’s population increase. During the middle of the 19th century migrants were predominantly British and those who benefited from assisted migration(资助移民计划) were almost all from Britain. The gold rushes from the 1850s attracted large numbers of non-assisted migrants (非资助移民) from Germany and China. By the 1870s, the Chinese constituted the 3rd largest group in Australia, after the British and Germans. Pacific Islanders were kidnapped and brought to North Queensland to