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=== Australia === | === Australia === | ||
====Australia Online Sources==== | |||
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]] – Wiki page with databases which also include Italians | |||
====Australia Background==== | |||
*The first group of Finnish immigrants who arrived in Australia came to work in the '''gold mines of Victoria''' in the 1850s. | *The first group of Finnish immigrants who arrived in Australia came to work in the '''gold mines of Victoria''' in the 1850s. | ||
*Many Finnish immigrants began arriving in Australia between 1947 and 1971. When these new immigrants came to Australia, they were taken to refugee camps and given free room and board until the head of the family was assigned his first job. The largest and best-known of these camps was '''Bonegilla'''. Most of these Finns began their new lives in Bonegilla during this period. | *Many Finnish immigrants began arriving in Australia between 1947 and 1971. When these new immigrants came to Australia, they were taken to refugee camps and given free room and board until the head of the family was assigned his first job. The largest and best-known of these camps was '''Bonegilla'''. Most of these Finns began their new lives in Bonegilla during this period. | ||