Finland
The first Finn to arrive in Australia was a member of Joseph Banks scientific staff aboard The Endeavour. Many Finns of the Victorian goldfields were sailors who jumped ship and went to the goldfields in search of gold.[1]
References
- ↑ Eureka - A Multicultural Event by Dorothy Wickham and Clare Gervasoni, http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/articles/nationalities.html, accessed 27 March 2013.
- ↑ Eureka - A Multicultural Event by Dorothy Wickham and Clare Gervasoni, http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/articles/nationalities.html, accessed 27 March 2013.
