The provided graph illustrates how many immigrants travelled to Australia from five nations, namely the UK, New Zealand, India, Vietnam, and Italy in 1962,1982, and 2002.
Overall, fluctuations can be observed in immigration from the UK, India and Vietnam into Australia, while Italy and New Zealand saw a downward movement. In addition, Italy accounted for the largest share during the entire examined period, except for the year 1982, where Vietnam took that position.
In the first examined year, Vietnam and the UK had equal figures regarding immigration into Australia, with 10% each, which was significantly higher than that in India with just 1%,after which all of those figures increased dramatically to reach their peak of approximately 25%, 17% and 15%, respectively after two decades. In the last surveyed year, drops were recorded in all three nations, with immigration rates falling to be around 13%.
As for the remaining countries, the figure for Italian individuals moving to live in Australia occupied by far the highest amongst the five countries, at 40% in 1962, after which this figure declined significantly by half to just 205 in 1982 before continuing to drop yet less pronounced and ending the period at 15%. A similar movement but with a different level of intensity can be observed in people immigrating to Australia from New Zealand, which experienced a gradual decline from around 8% to 5%, from 1962 to 1982, before remaining unchanged its figure in 1982 in the final examined year.