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The colonies promoted migration by a variety of schemes. The Bounty Immigration Scheme (1835-1841) boosted emigration from the United Kingdom to New South Wales. [13] The South Australia Company was established to encourage settlement in South Australia by labourers and skilled migrants.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection ( DIBP) was a department of the Government of Australia that was responsible for immigration, citizenship and border control (including visa issuance ). It has now been subsumed into the Department of Home Affairs, which combines its responsibilities with a number of other portfolios.
The immigration history of Australia began with the initial human migration to the continent around 80,000 years ago [ 1] when the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea. [ 2] From the early 17th century onwards, the continent experienced the first coastal landings ...
The visa policy of Australia deals with the requirements that a foreign national wishing to enter Australia must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel, to enter and remain in the country. [ 1] A visa may also entitle the visa holder to other privileges, such as a right to work, study, etc. and may be subject to conditions.
The Department of Home Affairs is the Australian Government interior ministry with responsibilities for national security, protective services, emergency management, border control, immigration, refugees, citizenship, transport security and multicultural affairs. [ 2] The Home Affairs portfolio reports to the Minister for Home Affairs ...
The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is a ministerial post of the Australian Government and is currently held by Tony Burke since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry . The post was created in 1945 and its inaugural officeholder was Arthur Calwell as the Minister for Immigration. On 20 December 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm ...
The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority ( OMARA) is an Australian Government authority that registers migration agents and regulates the Migration Agents profession. Migration agents assist people to migrate to Australia by using their knowledge of Australian visas and immigration law to complete necessary visa applications [1 ...
The Immigration Museum focuses on Melbourne and Victoria’s immigration history and celebrates the diversity of the community through shared storytelling. Located on Flinders Street in Melbourne , Victoria in the Old Customs House, the heritage building was a reflection of vastly expanded trade and soaring revenue from the goldrush.