Why did Italians migrate to Australia in the 1950s?

Answer 1

Italians migrated to Australia because they sought a better life as the labour in Italy was cheap especially in the agriculture industry.

In the 1950s, Australia's Snowy River Hydro-Electric Scheme attracted tens of thousands of overseas workers. They were attracted by the high pay, the freedoms available in Australia and the surety of employment in the post-war period.

Answer 2

Because they were tired of Italy and they wanted a better place to live.

that's why they moved countries and migrated to Australia.

After the war most factories had been destroyed and the economy was in ruins. The migrated to a country rich in Natural Resources but poor in human resources.

More information:

From around the 1800s on, Italians migrated to Australia for a number of reasons.

The first major influx of Italian migrants came with the goldrush in Victoria. Hundreds of Italians came to seek their fortune. In fact, the famous Eureka Stockade of 1854 was witnessed and documented by Italian migrant Raffaello Carboni, who called the actions of the soldiers a "foul deed, worthy of devils".

When the goldrush died down, many Italians stayed to establish small towns based around agricultural communities in rural Victoria. As the Italian communities built up, businessmen, tradesmen and professionals from Italy joined them. Italy was a rather poor country for almost a century after the birth of the Italian State in 1861. This is why many Italians, especially from the Southern regions that were the poorest ones, left Italy for richer countries (USA, Australia, Germany). By 1896, there were an estimated 1500 Italians living in Victoria alone, while others were attracted to the sugar cane growing areas of northern New South Wales and Queensland.

Italian migration continued in the early part of the 20th century as Italians sought to escape the economic hardships of their own country. The 1925 Immigration Act severely limited numbers of Italians after World War I, but they increased once more after World War II. This was due to the huge, ambitious engineering project, the Snowy River Hydro-Electric Scheme, which attracted thousands of immigrant workers from around the world, including Italy. The scheme offered high pay, the freedoms available in Australia and the surety of employment in the post-war period.

Answer 3

Poverty was the main reason for them to leave. Italy was, until the 1950s, a partially rural society where land management practices, especially in the South and North-East, did not easily convince farmers to stay on the land and work the soil

Answer 4

when did most people leave Italy to come to America

Answer 5

only one Italian that is Buffon the Italian Football goalkeeper

Answer 6

some of the time it is because of poverty or war

Answer 7

because they thought they were safe

Answer 8

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