I.Ethnicity and Inequality Migration Since the earliest days of European settlement,migration has accounted for up to fifty percent of Australia's population increase. During the middle of the nineteenth century migrants were predominantly British and those who benefited from assisted migration were almost all from Britain. However,the population also included migrants from Italy,Greece, the Lebanon,Afghanistan and the Pacific Islands. The large numbers of non-assisted migrants attracted to the country in the gold rushes from the 1850s came from many other countries especially from Germany and China. By the 1870s,the Chinese constituted the third largest group in Australia,after the British (including the Irish)and Germans.I. Ethnicity and Inequality Migration • Since the earliest days of European settlement, migration has accounted for up to fifty percent of Australia’s population increase. • During the middle of the nineteenth century migrants were predominantly British and those who benefited from assisted migration were almost all from Britain. • However, the population also included migrants from Italy, Greece, the Lebanon, Afghanistan and the Pacific Islands. • The large numbers of non-assisted migrants attracted to the country in the gold rushes from the 1850s came from many other countries especially from Germany and China. • By the 1870s, the Chinese constituted the third largest group in Australia, after the British (including the Irish) and Germans