Immigration: the waves that shaped Australia

This video outlines the migrations which have made us what we are, starting with the arrival of the ancestors of the Aborigines, approximately 40,000 years ago. The landing on 26th January, 1788, of the officer, marines and convicts of the First Fleet, started successive waves of mostly European migration whose cultures enriched our nation.

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Credits

production company

Dept Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

director

Paul Woolston-Smith

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300328

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

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

History → Aboriginal Australians - History

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986