<Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> Australia's first migrant reception centre opened at Bonegilla, Victoria - the first assistant migrants were received there in 1951 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> Australia signed Peace treaties with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary and accepted immigrants from these countries . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> In 1949 assisted arrivals reached more than 118,800, four times the 1948 figure <P> In August Australia welcomed its 50,000 th "New Australian"--or rather, the 50,000 th displaced person sponsored by the IRO and to be resettled in Australia . The child was from Riga, Latvia . </P> <P> Work began on the Snowy Mountains Scheme - a substantial employer of migrants: 100,000 people were employed from at least 30 different nationalities . Seventy percent of all the workers were migrants . </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> In August Australia welcomed its 50,000 th "New Australian"--or rather, the 50,000 th displaced person sponsored by the IRO and to be resettled in Australia . The child was from Riga, Latvia . </P>

Push and pull factors of migration to australia in the post war period