Immigrant Absorption in the Australian City, 1947–1971

Abstract

Australia has been one of the most highly urbanized nations since the late 19th century, and by 1971 almost 86 percent of its population was resident in centres of 1,000 persons or more. Moreover, very large propor? tions of Australia's population have since an early date resided in comparatively few metropolitan cities; by 1971 over 40 percent were in two cities of over 2.5 million people. In the quarter century since World War II, Australia embarked upon an unprecedented programme of industrialization which was concen? trated in the state capital cities or in a few secondary industrial cities located near coal or ore resources on the coast. At the same time the