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This activity provides students with context and background information about the physical location and cultural environment in which Picnic at Hanging Rock is set.

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This resource is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Languages for years 7–10.

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Migration from Arabic nations to Australia has a complex and multifaceted history.

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Stringent colonial restriction laws affected early Chinese migration to Australia.

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French settlement in Australia commenced soon after the arrival of the First Fleet.

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German migrants came to Australia as founding pioneers following colonisation, with 10,000 migrating during the gold rushes of the 1850s.

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Migration from Italy to Australia can be dated back to the 1800s and, since that time, many groups have followed.

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Japanese migrants first came to Australia in the late 1800s.

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While significant numbers of Greek migrants arrived during the gold rush, the greatest numbers arrived in the years between World War II and the 1970s.

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Migration to Australia from Turkey prior to the twentieth century was minimal.