Australian immigrants and their influences Australia is a geographically isolated island continent from other parts of the world. This has brought about the evolution of many unique flora and fauna and the development of highly fragile ecosystems. This ecosystem has been affected by human movement for thousands of years. The first immigrants were indigenous people who were thought to have moved from Asia to Australia from 500,000 to 100,000 years ago. These primitive people learned to live in the desolate environment of Australia with little effect.
It is important to understand why immigration policies are so limited when studying the causes and effects of changes in Australia's immigration policy. Australia has long been a colony settlement to the UK since 1788 British colonial rule, but Australia was known as the outpost of the British cultural identity during the early colonial period of England (Gibney & Hansen 2005: 34). Because of this influence in the UK, the immigration policy in Australia is very strict about who is allowed to enter the country, starting with immigration, immigration, racial discrimination against indigenous people (Macintyre 2006: 169). Prior to colonization in Australia, a small number of Chinese and Pacific Islanders were able to migrate (Gibney & Hansen 2005: 35), although they were limited to working in gold mines and factories.
This policy has brought dramatic changes to the essence of immigration in Australia. In 1993, 70% of immigrants are based on family relationships and 70% of today's Australian permanent visas are skilled workers. Therefore, Australian immigrants are far better than American immigrants. In 2006 the Australian Productivity Committee survey (almost equivalent to government accountability office) shows that Australian immigrants usually earn more than 6% of the indigenous average income. Education and skills. Even Australian immigrants who have stayed in this country in less than 5 years earn 4% more than indigenous people. In contrast, the average level of low skill workers is low, and the income of US immigrants is 20% lower than the median of home-born workers.