Welcome to the land of the free: Incredible pictures reveal the smiling faces of immigrants arriving to Australia over the decades - but this year will be VERY different
Modern Australia was built on waves of immigrants who arrived on the country s shores seeking better lives
Pictures show immigration through the years from ocean liners sailing to Australia to the first plane arrivals
In 2019 there were more than 7.5million immigrant Australians, almost 30 per cent of the entire population
As international borders closed in March 2020 amid the Covid pandemic, immigration reduced to a trickle