For more than 60 000 years the indigenous people had Australia to themselves. However, over the past 200 years Australia has become a very multicultural society. Today, nearly one in four people in Australia was born overseas. This book is about these people. Where they came from, how they arrived, how they interact with each other, their conflicts, and the way in which they contribute to Australia's identity. A large variety of activities, full-colour photographs, illustrations, diagrams, maps and cartoons support the text.