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White Australia Policy
The white Australia policy was something that forced non Australian refugees to go back to the country where they came from, as the government wanted more Australian people and less of those from other countries. Thousands of migrants that came to Australia including men, women, and children, were forced to go back to poverty and war. Australia only let in few refugees from other countries until the Populate or Perish policy. -
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World War Two
The Second World War was a global event that happened between the years 1939 to 1945. The war included major countries such as Italy, Australia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Axis powers. The war was an event that led up to multiple events happening during and after it happened. -
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Refugees
Australia let in thousands of refugees after the war finished. These refugees came from centuries that were filled with poverty, and were bombed. Many countries were attacked and mostly destroyed during the war. There were thousands of people whose lives, homes, and family had been lost. This meant people needed a safe place they could go too and call home. This is why Australia let in thousands of refugees to save lives and rebuild Australia population. -
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Australia Rebuilds
Australia needed to rebuild its self after the war. They brought in migrants to boost the population as it was only 7 million for the whole country. After Japan bombed Darwin on the 19th of February 1942, it killed over 200 people, and injured over 400 more. So by the time the war ended Australia lost a lot of its population, which was the biggest loss after the war. They believed that if they did not do anything about it they would perish. -
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Populate or Perish
Australia let in migrants from all over the world to re-populate after their great loss in world war two. One in every three non-Australian migrants would be from England as Australia had a preference for English migrants. Australia’s populate or perish idea worked very well, from after the war when their population was around 7 million, whereas in 2016 after the census it was 24.13 million. -
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Ten Pound Poms
Migrants from Brittan, also known as Ten Pound Poms were the number one preference to immigrate to Australia. Australia wanted more British migrants to come to Australia because they wanted to make Australia’s new population mostly Australian and British. Ten Pound Poms were offered special treatment like housing and money to move to Australia. Over one million British migrants took this opportunity to move to Australia between 1953 and 1972. -
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Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers have had a big parts in where Australia has come to today. Since the late 1990’s an increasing number of asylum seekers have fled their home countries to come to Australia due to their homes being bombed and destroyed. The main countries they have come from are the Middle East and Sri Lanka and have arrived here by boat. From the end of World War Two to this present day there are still thousands of asylum seekers coming to Australia and New Zealand per year. -
Nine Eleven
Nine Eleven was a series of terrorist attacks by an Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. It wasn’t just an event that affected New York City in the United States, it affected countries all over the world. The attack affected the rest of the world, including Australia, because of the Pasic Solution. Asylum seekers were sent to detention camps when they arrived to Australia because of this tragic event. People that tried to flee to Australia also found it difficult and nearly impossible