Australian immigration

Many of the cameleers had to apply for an exemption from the test. This Act also made it almost impossible for the cameleers who left the country after their three year contract to return to Australia. The European Australians did not welcome the Afghan cameleers. After Federation in 1901, there was severe discrimination against coloured people. The Afghan cameleers lived on the outskirts of the European townships. These small towns were called Ghantowns and were located

20th century the Australian people got a “fair go”. Australia was discovered in 1770 by Captain James Cook, who was an 18th century explorer, and only became of use to the Europeans when the Americas won their independence. The Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders were the natives of Australia yet when the Europeans took over they were forced into their society. Non-European immigrants thought they could make a new life in Australia but ended up cheated and driven away. Australians of European descent

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Han [2015]FCAFC 79 In the case of Minister for Immigration and Boarder Protections V Han , the main issue is related to the eligibility to become Australian citizen by conferral. Is it possible for a person, to be eligible for Australian citizenship, who is permanent resident of Australia, married to Australian citizen and lived overseas for majority of period at the time of application was filed for Australian citizenship. This matter was presented

The threat that Australians and Europeans felt led to restrictions being made on Chinese immigration in Victoria, Chinese residents in New South Wales having the same fate with restrictions being made in 1861, these restrictions remained until the early 1970’s. With support from the Australian Labour Movement to enforce these restrictions in the 1870’s and 1880’s Australia’s labour movement began to protest

Major impacts of immigration can be observed in several forms of a countries economic system such as employment opportunities for both immigrated workers as well as current citizens along with unemployment rates, wages, profit margins, the ability of local and international business’ to grow and the overall GDP of the specific country. For this paper specifically the developed country that will be analysed will be Australia. Considered to be one of the worlds “major immigration nations” (together

Evolution of the Australian Colony Throughout the long history of the Australian colony, it experienced great imperialism, exploration, conquest, and postcolonialism, revolution, conflict, trade, human and environmental change, and the evolution of a progressive nation through colonialism. In the effect of imperialism, exploration, conquest, and postcolonialism, Australia has faced many difficulties, but established a secure foundation that has not broken throughout the rebellions and wars

distinguished British migrants as a special group of migrants in postwar Australia? The postwar period brought about the largest intake of British migration in Australian history. By 1972, British migrants accounted for approximately 40% of the migration totals, the most of any migrant group in Australia. (W.D. Bome, “‘British” immigration to Australia’, in A.F. Maddenand W.H. Moms-Jones, op. Cit., 109 in Bosworth 196). In many ways, British migrant experiences were different from that of their other

characterized immigration in Australia. The Gold Rush period in 1851, led immigrants from Europe and East Asia to migrate to Australia in search of gold finds (Spinks, 2010). The second phase of immigration occurred in 1871, when Egypt expanded its passage of the Suez Canal and migrants from Northern Africa and the Middle East were able to gain access to Australia’s southern seaports (Boulus, Dowding, and Pietsch, 2013). In 1901, however, the new Commonwealth of Australia established the Immigration Restriction

Australia- Trade and Immigration Background As Joycelyn has mentioned Australia's having greater and greater interaction with its Asian neighbours, through the areas of trade and its active role in the regional trade organization - APEC. Despite its location, Australia can hardly be thought of being an Asian country. Not so long ago, Asian were looked down upon, with a mixture of fear because of the communist aggression, pity because of their poverty, and contempt, as they dumped cheap and poorly

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