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Often they did. Many of the immigrants to Australia were sponsored by friends or others of their own cultural group who were already here, and were set up in farming or trades. Cultural groups with strong family ties such as the Germans and Italians looked after and supported their own people until they were self-supporting. Immigrants who came for the goldrush did not have jobs - they were here for the diggings - but once the gold in their area ran out, many of them set up businesses in the towns that sprang up around the goldfields. This was why many of the Chinese stayed on. Many people had a trade of their own in their former country, and found that there was still a need for their skills in Australia. Sometimes immigrants did not have anyone to support them, or a trade. These may have been the stowaways, or those running from justice or other circumstances, or simply someone who had nothing left in their former country. However, these people (usually men, single or married) would take to the road and, with a bit of determination, would find work mustering cattle, or as roustabouts until they could learn the shearing trade, or generally station-hands. There were ample opportunities for anyone willing to work hard. In post-war times, however, during the Great Depression, there was as much unemployment in Australia as anywhere else. People still took to the road, begging food in exchange for small jobs.

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