Multi-ethnic country Australia

Australia is a unique combination of different nationalities. Australian aborigines have lived in Australia for about 60 thousand years. Other members of the Australian population are immigrants or descendants of immigrants who have come to Australia in the past two centuries.

Before Europeans immigrated to Australia, cultural and linguistic diversity was a major feature of Australian life. At present, it is still a major feature of modern Australian society and continues to give Australia important social, cultural and commercial advantages. 1788, Europeans began to immigrate to Australia. Since then, the activity of emigrating to Australia has been going on steadily-during the gold rush in19, the number of immigrants reached 50,000 every year-until the 1940s, the population of Australia exceeded 7 million. Most immigrants in this period came from England or Ireland. After World War II, the Australian government launched a formal immigration plan, which has brought more than 6 million immigrants to Australia. So far, people from more than 200 different countries have settled in Australia. In the past 40 years, great changes have taken place in the countries of origin of those who choose to settle in Australia. In the 1960s, 46% of Australian immigrants were born in Britain and Ireland. By the 1990s, only 65,438+03% of immigrants were born in these two countries, and countries in the Asia-Pacific region where Australia is located are increasingly becoming the source of Australian immigrants and long-term visitors. As a multi-ethnic country, Australia accepts and respects the right of all Australian citizens to display and enjoy their respective cultural traditions. Respecting various cultures, attaching importance to social equality and valuing efficiency and diversity are the three principles that Australia abides by. ? In order to strengthen Australia's successful measures to eliminate discrimination and racial hatred, the Australian government has designated March 2 1 day as "Harmony Day" every year. The establishment of this festival provides all Australians with an opportunity to reflect on Australia's multicultural society. This day is also regarded as a day to think about the challenges that still exist in the future and to continue to promise to eliminate racial disharmony.