The nation's migrant population is at its highest since the gold rush era of the late 1800s, says a new report.
Asian arrivals are rapidly changing the face of Australia, with the number of Chinese and Indian-born residents nearing the one million mark.
Almost 30 per cent of Australians were born overseas as of 30 June 2014 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report Migration Australia 2013-14 which was released on 29 January 2015.
This included 1.22 million UK-born people, 617,000 New Zealanders, 447,400 from China and 397,000 Indians and 225,000 Filipinos.
SOURCE: Herald Sun newspaper 30 January 2015
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