White Australia policy

The White Australia Policy was reformed do to a rise in the new Post WWII educated class. Australia’s Whites Only policy was a continuation of the colonial era mindset that the white race was the dominant race and the only ones fit to rule. After WWII, those social-Darwinists who followed in the footsteps of the founders of the Commonwealth, the Old Guard, were slowly pushed aside by a new equality minded generation bent on reform. This New Guard was the product of the modern, liberal, post-WWII university system. This rising, reformist, educated class became the power behind the dissolution of the White Australia immigration policy, also known as the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901. Background Australia’s Whites Only policy began when…

“White Australia Succumbs to the Yellow Peril” The Vietnam War and its Affect on Migration to Australia The Vietnam War significantly changed the nature of migration to Australia. When the White Australia Policy had been abolished, the Racial Discrimination Act and the Universal Migration Program were introduced. When the Vietnamese refugees began to arrive in Australia, they were welcomed into a country that was making a move towards multiculturalism. Since the Vietnam War, the influx of…

The arrival of Vietnamese refugees signalled the end of the White Australian Policy and emphasized the start of multiculturalism in Australia. White Australians had begun to accept those who came overseas and became less discriminated. Different cultures (in this case would be the Vietnamese’ culture) were recognized among the community and even celebrated with the white Australian society. The Tet Festival and Mid-Autumn Moon Festival are the two which are highly recognizable in the Australia…

Introduction The number of migrants to Australia experienced an increasing trend in the past three decades. It is partly because of the expansion and implement of business migration programs encouraged by the Australian government since the 1990s. The main purpose of these migration programs is to meet the requirements of skills and techniques in the Australian labor market (Simon,2012). However, early Australian migrants were mostly British. It was not until the Australia Gold Rush that…

The quote “Australia is a lucky country, run by second rate people who share its luck” was said by Donald Horne. Donal Horne was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who was the author of ‘The Lucky Country’ which was published in 1964 and was an evaluation of Australian society that questioned traditional attitudes. In saying Australia is a “Lucky country” its implying that by our social, economical, political, historical and social benefits we have, by world standards,…

The Australian defence white papers play a fundamental role in the formation of Australian defence policy. Over the last decade there have been three defence papers released and is due to the increasing changes in power and defence around the world, however there is not much difference between 2013 and 2016 white papers. Essentially, there is very little change in Australian defence policy between the 2013 and 2016 defence white papers. This essay will compare the three key areas Australia has…

occurring post World War two. This period saw some six million migrants arrive in Australia. These migrations however, were affected greatly by race biased policies. These policies included the white Australia policy and government assisted schemes aiming at create a white Australia. The ‘White Australia’ attitude however, was not abolished with the policy in 1965, altering modern Australia’s populous and national identity. Post world War two, Australia was in a state of devastation, having…

Laws in Australia are often created to protect the country from perceived threats from outside of the nation. Australia as a nation has significantly grown in population, allies and fears. Australia’s population growth is mainly due to immigration after the Second World War affecting contemporary Australia. The nation was also able to build itself an image in the international community when Australia was able to have a say in its foreign policies and allies. With a growing population and…

relate to law and legislation, are extremely influential if you recognize where we have come from. In 1901 the white Australia policy excluded indigenous Australians from the vote and pensions. The roots of this policy can be seen all the way back in 1850 with the white miner 's hatred to the Chinese…

in 1901, called for the six separate British colonies on the Australian continent to come together as one. The union of these six colonies was named the Federation of Australia. White Australian men envisioned that the new Australia would be a white man’s paradise, and so race was one of their core considerations during the writing of the Australian Constitution. The separate colonies of Australia were founded on principles of racial discrimination and white unity and thus it is no surprise…