White Australia policy

After WWII Australia emerged as a small white population, which lived on the coastal edges of landmass such as New South Wales and Victoria. Government officials feared that having such a small population would leave Australia vulnerable to attacks. The 'Populate or perish’ policy stated that Australia needed to repopulate for protection and workers for the country's booming industries. In 1945 the Assisted Migration Scheme was created by the Chifley party and the immigration minister Arthur Calwell

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

hear that Australia is the “lucky country” — a nation where our most attractive asset is our diverse community and multicultural society. Ironically, it is the second verse of our national anthem, which promises to share our boundless plains with those who come across the sea, that we habitually ignore and frequently fail to sing. Perhaps this reveals the true attitude Australia has towards refugees and asylum seekers. Despite enduring immense hardships throughout their voyages to Australia, it was

Before 1901 Australia did not exist as a nation. It was a collection of six colonies which were Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. During the 1850’s the idea of forming a nation was not very popular. It was not until the 1880’s, that people began to be more concerned about uniting the colonies due to the possible advantages. There are numerous reasons of uniting a nation but there is three major reasons of why Australia wanted to federate. One

Australia is a settler nation which is now made up of many ethnic groups who share similar cultural traditions, common language, shared history and a shared identity (ABS, 2016). These groups contribute to what is referred to multiculturalism. Australia has a higher proportion of people born overseas than the US, Canada and the UK, with 49% of Australia’s population (or a parent) being born overseas (Census of Population and Housing, 2016). Compared to other Western nations, Australia has one of

celebrate Australia day. We have been doing this for the past more than 200 years. Changing the date of Australia day has been a debate brought up every year in January. In a recent poll, the results show that most Australians don’t care what date Australia day is held on as long as there is still a day where us Australians celebrate together as a whole. So, why do people feel the urge to change this date? There are many reasons why Australia day should be changed to a day that represents Australia more

‘Push factors’ The immigration of Vietnamese people to Australia has been occurring for over 40 years in this period of time the reason for migration has changed with the times, but predominantly began with the conflict between North and South Vietnam. With the end of WW2 in 1945, many counties and regions had been greatly affected, including the Pacific, Asia and Europe. The rise of communism, beginning in Russia, and slowly spreading to China was soon adopted by the Northern portion of Vietnam

Asian Century, ‘White Paper’ for purposes of outlining a strategic plan for Australia’s role in Asia’s continuing rise to power. As there is already prosperity in the field of economics with Asian relations, one argues there is still a lack of cultural understanding. As Dr Tim Soummasane argues Australia has a ‘money making fetish’ and only sees value in dollar signs. The key to broadening our relations with the Asian region is through the expansion of cultural relations. Australia already has strong

prevalence of illness and mortality among the Aboriginal community. Australia is one of the most multicultural Countries in the world, with almost half of Australia’s current population being born in another Country (ABS, 2017). There are numerous defining historical events that took place across the nineteenth and twentieth century that played a key role in shaping our nation The Aboriginal people were the first culture to inhabit Australia, however the first significant event that contributed to Australia’s

areas from their own land . Since last two centuries, Australia has been shaped by immigrants. Immigration plays a key role in Australian population growth and economic development. The political trends have also impacted the country’s immigration policy, especially in the last decade. This paper discusses these political trends and the fluctuations the Australian immigration policy has witnessed in the last ten