The bar chart compares the migrations to Australia betweeen areas of the world in 1987 and 1997.
Overall, the number of oceania, middle east africa and north east asia settlers experienced an increase, except for the others saw a decline in the latter time. Additionally, most of Australian immgrants were initially from Europe, while those to north and south american witness a reverse pattern, in both times
Regarding to 1987, almost one in three newcomers were from Europe. The rest of Asia also provide the next largest cohort which is about 23%, while Oceania has approximate 17% of its citizens. Immigrants from middle east africa and north east asia were equal at 15% each. By contrast, the figure for North and south American was minian, at just over 5%.
Concerning to 1997, the Europe’s proportion had slipped to 27%, yet it still topped of the table. The most significant growth was documented in north east asia, whose share surged by 9% to 24%. Similarly, the upward trend was occured in Oceania and middle east africa, which is 23% and 20% each ones. Conversely, the rest of asia migrants had slump to 13%, while the american number slightly edged down to merely 5%, representing the lowest figure.