Oceania Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Immigration=== {{Main|Post-war immigration to Australia|Immigration to Australia|Immigration to New Zealand|Refugees in Australia|Refugees in New Zealand| Kanaka (Pacific Island worker)}} [[File:Dutch_Migrant_1954_MariaScholte%3D50000thToAustraliaPostWW2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dutch Australians|Dutch]] immigrants arriving in Australia (1954)]] The most multicultural areas in Oceania, which have a [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by immigrant population|high degree]] of [[immigration]], are Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. Since 1945, more than 7 million people have settled in Australia. From the late 1970s, there was a significant increase in immigration from Asian and other non-European countries, making Australia a [[Multiculturalism in Australia|multicultural country]].<ref name="bureau181126" /> Sydney is the most [[Multiculturalism|multicultural]] city in Oceania, having more than 250 different languages spoken with about 40% of residents speaking a [[Languages Other Than English|language other than English]] at home.<ref name="herald231114" /> Furthermore, 36 percent of the population reported having been [[foreign born|born overseas]], with top countries being Italy, Lebanon, Vietnam and Iraq, among others.<ref name="TheAus" /><ref name="Population, dwellings, and ethnicity" /> [[Melbourne]] is also fairly multicultural, having the largest [[Greek community of Melbourne|Greek-speaking]] population outside of Europe,<ref name="oecd5024" /> and the second largest [[Asian Australians|Asian]] population in Australia after Sydney.<ref name="indiandir" /><ref name="srilandir" /><ref name="yarra062408" /> European migration to New Zealand provided a major influx following the signing of the [[Treaty of Waitangi]] in 1840. Subsequent immigration has been chiefly from the British Isles, but also from continental Europe, the Pacific, The Americas and Asia.<ref name="parlnz1840" /><ref name="immireg" /> [[Auckland]] is home to over half (51.6 percent) of New Zealand's overseas born population, including 72 percent of the country's Pacific Island-born population, 64 percent of its [[Asian people|Asian]]-born population, and 56 percent of its [[Middle Eastern people|Middle Eastern]] and African born population.<ref name="2013census" /> [[File:Portuguese immigrant family in Hawaii during the 19th century.jpg|thumb|Many [[Portuguese Americans|Portuguese]] immigrants in Hawaii were [[Azores|Azorean]] or [[Madeira]]n.]] Hawaii is a [[majority-minority state]].<ref name="reuter013113" /> [[Chinese people|Chinese]] workers on Western trading ships settled in Hawaii starting in 1789. In 1820, the first American missionaries arrived to preach Christianity and teach the Hawaiians Western ways.<ref name="Charles Williams" /> {{As of|2015}}, a large proportion of Hawaii's population have Asian ancestry β especially [[Filipino people|Filipino]], Japanese, [[Korean immigration to Hawaii|Korean]] and Chinese. Many are descendants of immigrants brought to work on the sugarcane plantations in the mid-to-late 19th century. Almost 13,000 [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] immigrants had arrived by 1899; they also worked on the [[sugarcane]] plantations.<ref name="Hoffman" /> [[Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaii]] began in 1899 when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by two hurricanes, causing a worldwide shortage of sugar and a huge demand for sugar from Hawaii.<ref name="ricandias" /> Between 2001 and 2007 Australia's [[Pacific Solution]] policy transferred [[asylum seekers]] to several Pacific nations, including the [[Nauru detention centre]]. Australia, New Zealand, and other nations took part in the [[Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands]] between 2003 and 2017 after a request for aid.<ref name="bat" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page