It is believed that the first Indian had come to Australia as part of Captain Cook's ship. Indians also entered Australia in the first half of the 20th century when both Australia and India were still British colonies.
. Today a large number of them live in the town of Woolgoolga .

The current wave of Indian migration is that of engineers, tool-makers, Gujarati business families from East Africa and relatives of settled Indians. Starved of government funding, Australian education institutes are recruiting full fee paying overseas students. Many universities have permanent representatives stationed in India and other Asian countries. The Indian population in Australia is estimated aground 450,000

he Indian community adds values to the Autralia.