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Well many of them were criminals who had no choice. They were exported to get the riff raff out of the English homeland. Many were also thrill seekers and folks looking for gold and other riches. The land down under gave off a certain allure which drew the restless who were tired of the straitlaced way of the regular society.

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The first Irish people in Australia were those who were convicted of political crimes, and were transported as convicts. Irish immigrants began to come as free settlers to Australia in larger numbers following the potato famine in Ireland in the 1800s.

The poverty and poor living conditions forced the Irish to migrate to Australia as farm hands and labourers. They also escaped to Victoria as assisted immigrants due to cultural repression in Ireland. After 1851, they also came out for the goldrush.

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Along with many other immigrants, the Chinese were attracted to Australia by the news of gold discoveries in the 1850's.

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some of them were convicts and some came because of ww2 and wanted to start a new life.

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I am quite sure that it was first the Irish prisoners that were sent there as the prisons were overflowing.

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