You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart compares the

number

of foreign

students

who travelled from four different countries to Australia from 1982 to June 20th

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2000.

Overall

, it is evident that the

number

of

students

had

an upward trends

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and Indonesia had the highest

number

of immigrants among the others. At the outset of

period

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, Malaysian

students

occupied the largest

number

of

students

in Australia, which

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with under ten

thousands

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thousand

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and reached

to

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approximately nine

thousands

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in 1983.

In contrast

, the other three nations sent less than 5000

students

. In 1987, Hong Kong had a dramatic increase and reached

the

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peak (9000) in 1992,

while

Malaysia remained steady. During the era, Singapore and Indonesia experienced

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steady growth. In 1994, three countries except Singapore had

same

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number

of

students

in Australia. After 1994, Indonesia skyrocketed in the

number

of educational tourists and reached

to

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25000 but saw a decline

at the end

of the era. Malaysia and Hong Kong reached

to

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nearly 18000 after some fluctuation. Singapore had a steady growth and

finally

stood

on

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20000.