Migration Flashcards
(19 cards)
what spread?
Word even spread overseas
How many migrants came to Australia?
500,000 migrants poured into Autralia
What happened by the end of the decade?
The population had trebled.
How were the living conditions like for the miners?
Tents,minimal supplies of food and water.
We’re was most of the new arrivals from?
British but some were Americans, French, Italian, German, Polish and Hungarians.
Who was the largest number of people?
The Chinese with 40,000 people that came
Who were most disliked by Australians?
Chinese
Why didn’t the miners like the Chinese? list it
They worked on Sunday, they dressed differently, they didn’t speak English, had different customs, sent most of their gold back to China,used more water in their mining, often worked on tailings or ground that had been worked then abandoned by other miners.
What dose populate or perish mean?
To bring people in or be taken over by over country’s.
Why did we need defence?
To fill the empty country so we wouldn’t get taken over
Why did we need migrants?
Workers
What dose economy mean
More people more money from them buying goods
Why did we start taking in refugees?
We stared from World War Two
What were Australians like when they found gold?
They became crazy
Why did we have white Australian policy?
Because people did not like the Chinese mining and they didn’t want them back.
What was the migrants test like?
Hard because it would be in a different language.
What was a ten pound Pom?
A person who entered the country for ten pounds
More than 3,500 people were _______ ___ _____ ____ around brome.
Fishing for pearl she’ll
What was pearl she’ll used for?
Buttons and buckles on clothing, hair combs and to decorate furniture.
