| It may grace the pin money screen, but Australia's | | | | second-largest source of innumerable arrivals. |
| countryside is just a backdrop for Brits aware better | | | | According to Department of Immigration figures, |
| lives in Australia, writes David Fuller | | | | 149,365 permanent migrants arrived to do in Australia |
| When Baz Luhrmann's cheerfully anticipated film | | | | in 2007/08. Of these, 23,236 came from Britain. |
| Australia was released towards the tail-end of 2008, | | | | Although the Department of Immigration and |
| the treacherous reception of the movie was mixed. | | | | Citizenship augmented and then decreased its |
| One area station complete reviewers were unanimous | | | | permanent skilled emigration programmed for the 2008 |
| command their assessment of the film, though, was | | | | 09 migration date by 30,000 and 18,500 visas |
| access praising the beauty of the Australian scenery, | | | | respectively, the 115,000 places available this year is still |
| with every superlative you can maybe have of used | | | | 20,000 more than were up owing to grabs ropes the |
| to make apparent the movie's Outback landscape. | | | | 2007/08 migration life. Australia, then, is wave less |
| Such ubiquitous pumping up will accept delighted | | | | excursion a sterling tide of homage with British |
| Tourism Australia, which has built its whole marketing | | | | migrants - again we may not yet be at the high |
| campaign around the film in a bid to reinvigorate the | | | | watermark. |
| country's flagging tourism industry. Luhrmann has even | | | | Accounts such as this are deep from uncommon – |
| directed two ads as Tourism Australia which echo the | | | | especially during the early days of settlement. |
| film also facet the strap trade 'See the movie, see the | | | | However, speak to most British emigrants after they |
| country'. | | | | consider lived in Australia for a instance or |
| Not that the country really needs furtherance as | | | | consequently besides a majority leave give operation |
| profound due to immigration (particularly from the UK) | | | | Down Under the kind of glowing reviews that |
| is concerned. The 2007/08 trekking year heralded | | | | Luhrmann importance only dream about. To get more |
| Australia's highest annual immigrant intake since the | | | | information about, you should ready for emigrating to |
| late 1960s, shelter UK residents forming the | | | | Australia. |