The provided graph illustrates how many immigrants travelled to Australia from five nations, namely the UK, New Zealand, India, Viet Nam, and Italy in 1962, 1982 and 2002.
Overall, upward movements can be observed in the UK, India, and Viet Nam while the opposite was the case for Italy and New Zealand. In addition, Italy occupied by far the highest position in 1962 whereas India represented the lowest counts during the same period.
Looking first at the nations that witnessed increases, both the UK and Vietnam recorded equal figures of 10% in the first examined year, after which the former grew significantly to around 18% in the middle year, while the latter rose sharply and peaked at 25% in 1982, before both figures declined slightly to nearly equal levels of about 13% each in 2002. At the bottom of the list was India, whose figure accounted for just 3% in 1962, yet then the figure soared to 15% in 1962 after dropping marginally to around 14% in 2002.
As for the remaining countries, Italy claimed the list at 40% in 1962, which then decreased remarkably to second place at 20% in 1982, prior to dropping to 15% in 2002, which continued to take the leading position. Having a similar trend, albeit less pronounced, the figure for New Zealand fell gradually from just 7% to 5%, from 1962 to 2002.