History of Australians Aboard
A survey in 2002 of Australians who were emigrating found that most were leaving for employment reasons.
For the period 1999-2003 it was estimated that there were 346,000 Australian-born people living in other OECD countries: of these 96,900 lived in the United Kingdom, 65,200 lived in the United States and 42,000 lived in New Zealand.
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