Today Australia is a multinational country. One of the reasons is the policy of multiculturalism. But it was not always so. At the initial stage of the settlement of the continent, only 2% of free residents wishing to relocate. As a result, the British government was forced to send prisoners in order to at least somehow gain a foothold in these lands. The picture began to change only in the middle of the century. One of the reasons was gold. In the 50s of the XIX century it was found on the continent. The precious metal attracted not only Europeans, but also Asians, especially the Chinese, who began to export it from the country. Soon the mass immigration process began. Most of the population is Europeans, who were not satisfied with such an active process of migration of Asians to the continent. In response to this, the states began to introduce laws that restricted coolie entry into Australia, which markedly reduced the Chinese population on the continent. This policy continued until the end of World War II. In the 1970s, all laws were revised and the “migration laws” were replaced by a policy of multiculturalism.
今天的澳大利亚是一个多民族国家。原因之一是多元文化政策。但情况并非总是如此。在非洲大陆定居的最初阶段，只有2%的自由居民希望迁移。结果，英国政府被迫派遣囚犯，以便至少在这些土地上站稳脚跟。直到十九世纪中叶，情况才开始改变。其中一个原因是黄金。十九世纪五十年代它在大陆上被发现了。这种贵金属不仅吸引了欧洲人也吸引了亚洲人，尤其是开始从中国出口它的中国人。很快大规模移民进程开始了。大部分人口是对亚洲人向欧洲大陆如此活跃的移民过程并不满意的欧洲人。为此，各州开始出台限制苦力进入澳大利亚的法律，这明显减少了大陆上的中国人口。这项政策一直持续到第二次世界大战结束。20世纪70年代，所有法律都进行了修订，“移民法”被多元文化政策所取代。