Migration And Racial Tension Of Australia

Many people still thought that a woman's place was "in the kitchen", this changed shortly after the second world war. 500,000 women joined the workforce post WW1 because all of the men had gone to war. This set Australia up and benefited from more people with a wider experience in many jobs.

Australian women prior to World War One lived a life that consisted of traditional female roles similar to those of their British and Irish relatives. Their value in society was based on their ability to bear and raise children and maintain a home and they were dependent on the financial support of their husbands. Families of 10 or 12 children were common in this era and daily home life was described as ¡§labour intensive.¡¨

With the already little population of 5 million Australian people and the loss of 300,000 men, this should have been a dark time, but to make up on that loss Australia received 300,000 migrants. These Migrants came from Britain. As there was a large amount of unemployment the British government encouraged the people of britain to migrate to Australia. Also the

For many years Asian Migrants were restricted from entering Australia and found it difficult to migrate due to discriminatory political policies. The main policies were the ‘dictation test’, the policy of ‘Assimilation’ and the ‘White Australia’ policy. The main Asian Migration wave occurred in 1976 after the Vietnam War forced many people to leave there homes and come here to Australia. These Asian Migrants arrived in Australia by boat which was usually very over crowded. The cause 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.

1901 marked Federation of Australia and the Immigration Restriction Act which encompassed the White Australia policy which required all migrants to pass a dictation test before they could enter Australia. These laws were in place until 1958.

Because of these tensions restrictions were placed on Chinese miners in the Victorian and New South Wales (NSW) governments. Leading politicians in NSW and Victoria believed there was no room for coloured people in the Australia of the future. When federation came these politicians pushed the Immigration Restriction Act to be passed. The act was commended by most Australian people. The intention of the policy was to create a homogenous population similar to that of Britain.

For the first part of Chinese history, immigrants had to pay large sums of money for the right to work. In many cultures this would have worked. It appears that throughout Chinese history the Chinese have been singled out more than any other culture. It is hard for western ideals and individualism to understand the concept as enlightened as renming. It was likely impossible for the rugged individualists in the City of Victoria to comprehend such selflessness; and put aside the constant roadblocks and detours that an immigrant has to go through.

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 discovery of gold in Australia dramatically changed the course of our steadily developing country. The gold rush massively impacted every aspect of the nation, although not all these changes were positive. With the gold rush came the introduction of more diverse culture, increased population and infrastructure. Before the 1850’s, Australia was a prison colony meant as a punishment for convicts of the British. However, in just the fifty years after the beginning of the Australian gold rush, Australia became an independent country. From a wilderness inhabited by convicts to a free and federated nation in less than half a century. Without the gold rush, our society wouldn’t be what it is today. The discovery of gold sparked a massive influx of immigration to the still forming country of Australia. During the very early years of the gold rush, NSW and Victoria were the centre for gold mining and attracted thousands of hopeful diggers. This rapid introduction of new people had many impacts on Australian society. People came from different points of the world to mine on Australia 's gold rich fields. The majority of were British but many others came from Germany, Italy, France, China and even America. This created a rich multicultural melting pot that would forever forge a highly diverse population. A repercussion of a sudden influx of multiculturalism was the targeting of a group of foreigners that attracted particular attention. These were the Chinese; as their numbers began

The culture between the natives and the white Australians was huge. As mentioned before, the natives seem to be widely defined by their family. Children are valued and taken care of by the whole tribe instead of just by the parent. Marriage was also a huge part of their society. It was necessary to continue the bloodlines since they valued the idea of “sex within marriage.” Marriage was also necessary to tie bloodlines with a certain piece of land according to Australian

I am now searching how the student visa program after 1925 influenced the pattern of human recruit and rejuvenation of Chinese Australian enterprises. In the last several months with support by my ARC DECRA grant (DE150101523-- history of enterprising Chinese Australians) I had collected records in Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne on Chinese students who became merchants after their education in Australia. The outstanding cases of Chinese merchants who transformed from students demonstrate how Australia’s student visa program facilitated bilateral trade in the interwar period. The outbreak of Sino-Japan War in 1937 affected decreasing number of students granted visa to entry Australia.

My uncle immigrated to Australia to escape the Vietnam War. He fled his home country in order to seek freedom, shelter and safety. On the other hand, my great-great-grandparents immigrated to Australia in search for a better lifestyle as well as more employment opportunities.

Good morning class and Ms. today I am going to to talk about Chinese migrants immigrating to Australia after world war II. In the 20th centuries china was disturbed by civil problems, major famines, foreign occupation and the cultural revolution. Many Chinese was forced to leave their homeland and trying to find a safe and economic surety country, some to went to near by Asian countries but others went further away to Australia.

Since 1945, almost 6 million people have come to Australia as new immigrants and they had a marked influence on all aspects of society. In the 50 years Australia has welcomed about 5.9 millions of migrants comprising about 3.1 million males and 2.8 million females (Queensland Govt., n.d). More than 599 000 people have arrived under humanitarian programs, initially as displaced persons and more recently as refugees. Statistics from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship reported that during this same period in Australia, approximately 1.6 million migrants arrived between October 1945 and 30 June 1960, about 1.3 million in the 1960s, about 960,000 in the 1970s, about 1.1 million in the 1980s, over 900,000 in the 1990s and over 900,000