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, the UK stood at 10% of immigrants travelling to Australia in the first examined year, after which this figure experienced a significant rise to approximately 18% in the middle examined year, before decreasing steadily to around 12% in the final examined year. Likewise, Viet Nam recorded the same percentage of the UK in 1962, which then showed a dramatic rise to reach a peak of 25% in 1982, followed by a slight decline to above 13% in 2002. At the bottom of the list was India, whose figure recorded just 3% in 1962, yet then this 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.