10.4225/03/590bf0197ef3d Betts, Katharine Katharine Betts Birthplace origins of Australia’s immigrants Monash University 2017 Australia journal article 1039-4788 Migrants 1959.1/480735 Birthplace origins monash:64008 2017-05-05 03:23:04 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Birthplace_origins_of_Australia_s_immigrants/4975655 The birthplace origins of Australia’s migrants have changed; in the 1960s most came from Britain and Europe. In the late 1970s this pattern began to shift and countries in Asia and the Middle East started to become more important sources. In 2002 the proportion of net permanent and long-term migrants who had been born in Asia was just under 72 per cent, and the proportion from the Middle East and North Africa was just over seven per cent. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s