INDIAN MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
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The history of Indian immigration to Australia may be traced to the beginning of the nineteenth century when a small number of Indians were sent to Australia as convict labourers by the British colonial authorities in India . The Indian government's request to admit the convicts from India was accepted by the early settlers in Australia because they thought that the Indians might be usefully employed there. Thus for some years, Indian convicts appeared on passenger lists of arrivals in New South Wales. The first free immigration of Indians to Australia probably occurred in 1816 when William Browne, a large land holder in New South Wales, brought out a group of nine Indian workers.
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Dr. Tripurari Sharan
Associate Professor, Political Science, Aryabhatta College, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi