Immigration: the waves that shaped Australia (Captioned)

This video outlines the migrations which have made us what we are - starting with the arrival of First Nations peoples. The landing on the 26th January, 1788, of the officers, marines and convicts of the First Fleet, started successive waves of mostly European migration whose cultures enriched our nation.

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Credits

director

Paul Woolston-Smith

production company

Dept of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323983

Language

English

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

History → Aboriginal Australians - History

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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