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- ItemFrom South Africa to Australia : South African emigration (1976-2008)(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12) Halm, Tamsyn Robyn; Grundlingh, Albert; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of History.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through the use of South African newspapers, this thesis seeks to understand the waves of South African emigration to Australia between 1976 and 2008. The analysis focusses on political, social and economic factors that created different waves of emigration during this period. The number and groups of South Africans that emigrated will be studied while also painting a broader picture of what lay ahead for them in Australia. The brain drain is a continuous theme in this thesis, as it remains a current global trend. This study also uncovers the various push and pull factors that South Africans encountered and how these factors had a major effect on emigration to Australia. The year 2008 was critical in this regard. Research for this thesis was explicitly based on South African media as a scope to grasp both facts as well as opinions on emigration to Australia.