Australian immigration

During the last decades of the nineteenth century, anxiety arose in the Australian colonies about the amount of ‘coloured’ immigrants travelling to Australia, particularly from China (National Archives of Australia, 2015). Subsequently, one of the first legislations in the new Federal Parliament was the Immigration Restriction Act (IRA). This Act made it almost impossible for Asians and Pacific Islanders to migrate to Australia, along with the Pacific Islander Labourers Act and the Post and Telegraph

settlement, gold rushes and federation. Fair and equal means being the same and treating people equally. During the settlement, Indigenous Australians were treated unfairly; during the gold rushes, Chinese people were treated unfairly and Harvester Judgement in 1907 brought some fairness to Australia. At the time of the settlement, life like for Indigenous Australians was not fair. It was due to unintended and intended impacts, conflicts and values. Indigenous people were sent to missions and protectorates

Immigration and The Australian restriction act 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

“Today Australia is one of the most ethnically diverse societies in the world. Almost one in every four Australian residents was born outside of the Australian boarders and many more are first or even second generation Australians. These children and grandchildren would have recently arrived as migrants or refugees, But in the ninetieth and twentieth century, Migration was not accepted the same way. Australia had various laws that aimed to keep people who were from non-european backgrounds out of

already obtained contact with ADFA. I am equal to all of the criteria of the uptake, withdrawing my citizenship. Since ADFA is part of the ADF, for national security reasons only Australian citizens or permanent residents with intention of claiming the Australian citizenship can apply. At the Department of immigration, I did not find an opportunity that would meet my claims. I would your kindness helping in my case. I was born in Sombor, formerly Yugoslavia. I finished primary school there. I

Introduction The White Australian policy was Australia’s solution to prevent immigrants migrating into the country’s colonies. The law was enforced so that the Chinese, Africans, and all non-European were not allowed to enter the country, these were the factors that led to the law. The white Australian policy was actually called ‘Immigration restriction act’. Australia’s plan all along was to stay as a white only country that was run under British customs. The White Australian policy also excluded

British Australia was built on the ruins of Aboriginal Australia, and the modern nation federated on a consensus of racial exclusion. So it's not too surprising that there are racist elements; the country was founded on the concept.-0:21 MORE ENTERTAINMENT VIDEOS More remarkable is how far Australia has come. It's a national story of pragmatic redefinition, of trial and error, of steady improvement. We think of the US as being the ultimate immigrant nation. Thirteen per cent of America's population

A reciprocal arrangement between Australia and New Zealand since the 1920s made migration easy. • The “1973 Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement” allowed Australian and New Zealand citizens to enter each other's country to visit, live and work, without the need to apply for authority to enter the other country before travelling (Department of Immigration and Border Protection). • There was a

How is it possible to become an Australian Citizen? Three ways it is possible to become an Australian citizen: 1. By birth: In Australia people automatically become an Australian citizen if they are born here and one or both of their parents is an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia. 2. By descent: If you are the child of an Australian citizen but you are born overseas you will generally be granted Australian citizenship. There are a number of rules that might apply to people in

capitalist country; it is a multicultural immigrant country. According to Cambridge dictionary (n.d.), immigration means that the act of someone coming to live in a different country. Today’s modern, urbanized and affluent Australia is due to continued immigration (Jupp, 2002). However, the history of immigrants in Australia is not smooth sailing. On January 1, 1901, several British colonies on the Australian continent formed the Commonwealth of Australia belongs to the United Kingdom. In the same year,