Australia 's International Relations Between Australia And Japan

During the years from 1914 - 1918 Australia was at constant battle all over the world fighting for the british. With battles deaths always follow. So many people say, “what did we ever gain from WW1 we lost so many people as a country”. Although we lost almost 60,000 men and 150,000 wounded or taken prisoner. After the war the British Government offered ex-servicemen free transportation to some of the colonies, 17,000 migrants arrived in Australia between 1919 and 1922. Community organisations paid for migrants to come over to Australia. Small numbers also arrived independently. It was also said that up to 300,000 men came over from britain post war to live. The British government gave an incentive to migrate over because so many people

Asian Immigrants have gone from having a continuous restriction year to year then to becoming a major part of Australian society. However, since the policy of Integration in 1970 and the abolishment of the dictation test in 1958 Asians has had the opportunity to migrate to Australia. This has been continuous since that major change with more and more arriving every year. The changes in these policies were made as Australia was becoming a more multicultural society and the Asian Migration wave has altered Australia today by making Australia richer and more culturally diverse. Asian immigrants have also contributed to the change in the Australian Political Policies which has allowed Migrants to become more accepted into Australia. Because of this no changes should be made to these political

The 27th of March 1952, approved the admission of some Japanese war brides and ex-servicemen into Australia. This was a significant turning point for Australian Immigration as previously, because of the, “White Australia” policy, immigration policy had been racially discriminatory and not let any other nation into Australia other than Europeans.

The reasons why the white Australia policy was introduced is why Australia was awfully racist. Although numerous people were gratified to be Australians and thought it was a

After the Federation of 1901 was formed a legislation was made to restrict the immigration to australia, Immigration restriction act, to a select ethnic group, particularly White skinned and english speaking europeans. This had an impact on religious scene as it excluded many religious groups from migrating to Australia. At the same time Australian government was attempting to marginalize the indigenous population. Causing the religious scene to be mostly comprised of Christian and Jewish beliefs.

White Australian Policy – 1901 – tried to ban all Caucasian people from entering the country

From the early twentieth century, many in Australia generally began to view that the Aborigines were a “dying out” race which the notion was supported by the theory of Social Darwinism. The term ‘Stolen Generation’ was used during the late 20th century where the past Australian Federal, State and Territory government and church missions forcibly removed many Aboriginal children from their families (Read, 1981) under the white Australia policy. Read’s also adds that the Stolen Generation is evident as assimilation and genocide. Read’s article being written by a scholar with academic credentials can be considered as a reliable account of the invention of the term the Stolen Generations when corroborated by Sally Morgan’s biography, a primary source from an Aboriginal perspective, explicitly stating, “There’s so much the white fellas don’t understand. They want us to be assimilated into the white, but we don’t want to be” (Morgan 1998). The Stolen Generation’s immediate purpose were either: assimilation that could be potentially be genocide (Wilson, 1937) or for the care and protection of young children (Aborigines Protection Act, 1909). Many historians, such as Ronald Wilson, who argues that genocide was an element in the Stolen Generation that cannot be overlooked. As a historian with a black armband view, this source is biased however reliable in representing motives of White Australia during that time period. The beliefs, attitudes and values, which underpinned the White Australia Policy, were such things as social Darwinism and feelings of racial superiority (Bulletin, 1901). As a published national article, this primary source is significant in revealing the motives of white Australia at the time. "We must keep the breed pure. The half-caste usually inherits the vices of both races and

Not until after world war two had Australia begun distancing itself from the White Australia Policy and the discriminatory stain it had brought upon itself. This eradication point was formed from the ‘populate or perish’ policy which grew effect between 1949 and 1978.

Immigration has always played a major role in Australia. Historically the Australian immigration act, also known as the white Australia policy and its eventual repeal made a significant role in shaping Australian culture. The Australian government completely removed the policy in 1973. The policy-makers feared that if immigration was allowed that the standard of living would reduce. the policy was seen as racist and gradually resulted in Australian society being restricted of the social and economic benefits of cultural diversification. Following the removal of the policy, Australia was hit with a large influx of immigrants and different cultures. Today, Australia considers itself to be a multicultural country, but hints of racism is still present. The population of immigrants has greatly influenced Australia’s culture by making Australia a multicultural country

Migration policy has played a crucial role in the development of Australian Society. In 1901 Australia had the White Australia policy. In 1962 the Liberal-Holt government replaced the Immigration Restriction Act and replaced it with the Migration Act which loosened the restriction on immigrants from non-European Countries. Finally, in 1972 under the Labor-Whitlam government the last vestiges of the white Australia policy were removed through a series of legislative amendments, including a provision that made racial discrimination in relation to immigration illegal under Australian law. Thanks to these legislative changes Australia was opened to the world. This allowed us to open cultural exchanges with our neighbours in the economically powerful nations of China and India. This trade of Goods, Ideas and people lead to identifiable benefits in the Australian

The nineteen fifties in Australia features such as “mass immigration and full employment--continue to shape contemporary Australia. In the case of immigration, the decade marked the beginnings of a slow transition from a defensively White Australia to a multicultural nation” but White Australia was not completely degraded yet. Settling in Australia was not always the easiest thing to do as a migrant, as Thea points out, she

Before European settlement Australia consisted of Aboriginal culture. The current population of Australia resulted from an action of immigration planned to fill the continent, as it was regarded as empty. After 1800 colonists from the United Kingdom and Ireland, were the earliest community that came to live in Australia but were not native to the continent. The exposure of gold, beginning in 1851 occurred sharp on the heels of a major economic depression. Therefore there was a significant number of continental Europeans, North Americans and Chinese that migrated into Australia. The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (White Australia policy) restrained non-European immigration to Australia from 1901 to 1973.This policy decreased the ethnic and

As greater waves of immigrants began to arrive to better their livelihood and compete for the gold claims, racism soon took hold within the economic, social and geographic arenas (McQueen: p 30). Fears of invasions of non-Europeans gave rise to discriminatory acts and many violent riots occurred within the 1800s and clear into the middle of the 20th century as well. In the 1880s, immigration control became known as “White Australian Policy” (Jupp: p 8). At this time, many extreme measures were being taken to ensure the white stronghold within Australia. A hierarchical preference for different nationalities was used as preface for entry onto Australian ground (Buchanan: p 2). Northern Europeans were preferred over Southern Europeans, and both groups were preferred to ‘colored’ immigrants (Buchanan: p 2). Hammond theorizes that there are four main reasons for these specific preferences. The

In attempts to consolidate a distinctive Chinese territory, Sydney’s Chinatown was, although to a lesser extent compared to other countries, once deemed to be a marginalised vice quarter and migrant ghetto, whose function was to act as an intellectual boundary between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Modern Australia came into being based not just on the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but also of other non-white peoples, namely Asians and the Chinese. As such, anti-Chinese racism was the dominant driving force in the lead-up towards federation in 1901, which also saw the official instalment of the White Australia Policy. It was an effective, albeit xenophobic, effort to curb the growth of a “half-caste population”, whose target

Australia and Japan are very different countries, in food, culture, location, population and many other aspects. But one of the things that brings these two very different countries together is the issue of an ageing population. It is estimated that, with a rapidly increasing elderly population, Japan is well on its way to lose about half its workforce by 2060, which would weaken its status as an economic superpower and weaken its economy to the point of ruin. Australia is also facing a similar ageing population crisis. Although in the past Australia was considered a rather young country, its ageing population has increased dramatically over the past few decades, which will put stress on the economy as well as taxpayers who fund retirement