The document discusses migration to Australia from indigenous peoples to more recent arrivals. It notes that indigenous Australians arrived over 40,000 years ago from the Malay archipelago. The first European settlers were convicts sent as prisoners in the First Fleet arriving in 1788. Subsequent waves brought settlers from the UK, Ireland and elsewhere in Europe, as well as Chinese migrants during the 1850s gold rush. Later migrants came from areas like the Pacific Islands, Afghanistan, and post World War 2 refugees from Europe and Asia.