Australia and its non-indigenous inhabitants (Australians) are made up of many nationalities, many of which came to Australia during several major periods of its history. The most recognisable of these periods in the convict period of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, where many nationalities such as the English, Irish and Scottish, were transported to Australia as punishment for their crimes, or as free settlers in order to start the new nation. Other such periods of migration from overseas includes the gold rusheshttp://www.culture.gov.au/articles/goldrush/ Australia's Gold Rush and its Culture of the 1850s, where many Europeans and Chinese made their way to Australia in order to seek their fortunes.
