Australian immigration has a checkered history. Immigration to the continent now called Australia began over 50,000 years ago, when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived via Indonesia and New Guinea. Europeans began landing in the 1600s and 1700s, and the country was colonised by Britain in 1788.

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Australian immigration detention facilities Australian migration zone Australian permanent resident C Caroline Chisholm Children overboard affair Convicts on the First Fleet D Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

F First Fleet H History of immigration to Australia I Immigration to Australia M MV Tampa Mandatory detention in Australia N Nauru detention centre P Pacific Solution Penal transportation

S SIEV-X Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel Sydney Cove T Temporary protection visa V Villawood Immigration Detention Centre W White Australia policy Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre