Chinese Impact On Australian Federation

WWII had a big impact on the social changes in Australia before and after the war. One of the reasons it had such an impact on Australia was due to the immigration policy, which was made to increase Australia’s population. The immigration policy is a policy on legal migrants. Legal migrants who come to Australia under the migration act are non – Australians who come to the country for work or other reasons without permission or people who overstay their visas. This enforces that those who come in the country without permission may be subject to mandatory immigration detention and may be deported from the country at any time, unless been given permission to stay in Australia. This policy has contributed to the multicultural society of Australia today. To this day, there in an estimated 50 000 people who have overstayed their visas, most of these people come from British nations. Those touching base by boat or different means without official classification as refugees are no longer granted permission outcast status on landing. For example, those from an Asian background are becoming a more familiar part of Australia’s society today. Overseas migrant entries have assumed a vital part in changing the face of Australia. The current variety of migrants born in Australia include areas such as The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, Vietnam, China, Greece, Germany, Philippines and India. Since the change in immigration policy in the late 1960s to one of non-discrimination on race or ethnic background, there has been a significant change in the overseas sources of migrants, with settlers arriving from more diverse regions of the world. To this day, Australia’s overseas born population consists of people who practise over 140 recognized ethnic groups, people who fluently speak over 90 different languages and people who believe in over 80 different religions. This expanding ethnic and social diversity has changed the way Australians view both themselves and other societies of the world. It has

China has, for a sustained period of time, been one of Australia's most important trade and economic partners. But this has not always been the case. Since the late 1970s China has moved from a closed, internal focused economy to more of a global market oriented one that plays a major part in other nations economies, like Australia's. Although China is technically a Socialist nation, market capitalism is actively encouraged, much the same as in Australia. In 2010 China became the world's largest exporter, with exports ranging from natural resources to manufactured goods. (CIA-World fact book) Australia's economy, in this sense, differs from that of China's. As Australia is simply too expensive to manufacture goods ("Holden, Ford,

During his time in office, Gough Whitlam was able to determine and predict that in future times the Australian people would have to rely further on their Asian neighbours. Just two weeks after being elected, Whitlam officially recognised the communist government of the People's Republic of China and opened up diplomatic relations (Source 6) as well trading and cultural links. Within a year Australia had reopened its embassy in Beijing (Source 7) which had been closed in protest when the communist government took power. Whitlam wanted to change the racially charged thoughts of Australians which had prevented interactions in its own region. Relations between Australia and South-East Asia also improved after the abandonment of the 'White Australia' policy under the Whitlam government. Not only did that prompt the arrival of Asian refugees, it also allowed a larger range of people from Asian countries to obtain tourist and education visa’s. The Colombo Plan allowed Asian students to study in Australia. The Vietnam War and major Whitlam policy reforms brought Australians out of our Anglo-centric view and realise that we had a larger part to play in Asia. As a result of many new cultural, diplomatic, trade and tourist links to Australia, the Whitlam government was able to boost exports dramatically, change the racist face of Australian society and

The First Chinese Immigrants into Australia dates back almost 200 years. It was seen at first as immigration that was a solution after labour was scarce in 1832 New South Wales, although the extent of immigration remained low until early 19th Century. The Australian Gold Rushes were what first attracted thousand of Chinese Immigrants to the country. By 1861, the Chinese community was already flourishing and made up nearly 7% of the Victorian Population [7]. As the gold slowly ran out, the Chinese

Negativity has been surrounding our identity ever since “Invasion Day”, due to the poor treatment of the original owners of the land. Kevin Rudd’s speech left us all shocked, yet empowered to embrace this opportunity to change the face of Australia.

Australia and China adopt very different economic systems in order to cater the best for their society. However, Australia's economic system is more successful than China's and, due to the writer's right-wing value system, will be measured in terms of environmental efficiency, labour and entrepreneurial resource efficiency and the standard of living.

Analyze the political, social, and economic continuities and changes in Australia from 1700 AD to the present. While Australia has politically gained independence since the 1700’s, their ethnicities have shifted to create a socially diverse country as they remain closely tied with the rest of the world in regards to global trade. Since Britain used to rule Australia in the 1700’s, Australia since has had revolutions that granted them political independence from a larger ruling body. This provides freedom for all of the inhabitants in Australia from an outside force. In addition to this, the ethnicities of Australia have been allowed to mix with those of the rest of the world as new people join the society of

There was more or less no assistance of any kind given to the Chinese migrants, as immigration was rather a haphazard affair in the 19th century (especially to an isolated young country like Australia) and the level of racism encountered by Chinese prospectors on arrival made goldmining and making a living in Australia even harder.

The Chinese and Australia economies have many similarities and differences, including the size of the economies, growth rates, unemployment, inequality, standard of living, environmental issues and the roles the different governments have in influencing and modifying these factors of the economy.

In 1788, when European settlement began, Australia’s Aboriginal population was about 400,000. Today, over 20 million people live here. Migration has been the main driver for this change. In New South Wales, four out of every ten people are either migrants or the children of migrants. Australia’s Immigration history has been colonised since the convicts arrived on the first fleet in 1788, where approximately 10 million settlers moved to Australia in order to start a new life. Many of these people are migrants who arrived in the 1850’s gold rushes, or to escape adverse conditions in their home country such as the industrial revolution that caused a mass controversy in 19th century Britain due to

The Chinese people that came to Australia were typically men brining there family over with them to work for an income that would be big enough to support them. The wife however was left at home to forfill the role of looking after her in-laws in this time. The family would have to work for them aswell, and send a percentage of there profit over.

Chinese workers were known for being hard working and peaceful, however they had to deal with racism and discriminatory politics. They had to pay taxes that no other people had to pay simply because they were Chinese. The Chinese had to pay a poll tax on arrival of £10, which would be approximately $10,000 by modern standards. Because of the unreasonable taxes, many Chinese would land outside of Victoria and walk to the goldfield. They were also required to pay an additional £1 because they lived under the protectorate system.They were forced to live in assigned camps and their business dealings and practices were carefully observed. The Chinese did not even get paid as much as the European diggers.

The mid1800s to the early 1900s saw vast change in the way Asia was perceived by Australia, a pendulum swing between both fear and optimism saw our country hit great highs and lows with our foreign neighbours. However, in the beginning, hostility was evident; ,a huge influx of Chinese migrants flocked to Australia in search of gold in the 1850s. The promise of a sustainable income coaxed the Chinese out of their homes, forcing them to leave behind their families in order to create an essential income to support their family . However, this posed a threat to the European settlers, vast amounts of Chinese migrants in search of gold lessened the chances of European wealth which threatened their superiority positions. Moreover, anti-Chinese laws

The Chinese traveled to the US in the time of the gold rush because they needed to come and make a fortune and return home. Many Chinese wanted to stay in the United States, but the US made it very difficult. One example of that is that in 1879 California passed a constitution that said no one could legally employ Chinese people. They even had a national holiday for anti-Chinese demonstrations. One more act they passed was called the Cable Act. It stated that if any American married a Chinese person (women in particular), they would lose their American citizenship.

Many European miners resented the Chinese on the Goldfields.The Chinese worked longer hours, re-worked areas that had already been mined and often found more gold than the Eropeans.In dustrious workers, they found gold where others didn’t, so “to touch a Chinaman “ became a symbol of good luck to the diggers.At that time, most Europeans found it acceptable to hold racist views, and considered the Chinese inferior to white people.Colonial governments passed laws to try to restrict Chinese immigrants.In Victoria, the Chinese Immigration Restriction Act was passed in 1855.It charged ship owners a “ head tax” of 10 pounds ( several months wages for an ordinary worker)for every Chinese person who came to Victoria aboard their ship.The law also