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Australian Immigration

By Stephie
  • 40-60,000 years ago: Aboriginals

    40-60,000 years ago: Aboriginals

  • Period: to

    Australian Immigration

  • “First settlers”

    “First settlers”

    convicts, free settlers and military– Australia day but for Aboriginals it was known as invasion day
  • Gold Rushes

    Gold Rushes

    British/ Irish, Germans, Americans, Chinese (discrimination)
    Riots of diggers, because of gold rush
    Palmer trails
    Diggers fought Aboriginals
  • Snow Sports introduced in Victoria-

    Snow Sports introduced in Victoria-

    Snow Sports introduced in Victoria- tobogganing, skying- big attraction
  • Federation

    Federation

    Federation- White Australia Policy, had a dictation test
  • Intake of Jewish Refugees

    Intake of Jewish Refugees

    First intake of Jewish Refugees- holocaust, certificate exception about 5000 were accepted
  • arracks on Sydney and Newcastle

    arracks on Sydney and Newcastle

  • World War Two Ended

    World War Two Ended

  • Immigration Program

    Immigration Program

    Immigration Program- Polish, Europeans and Russians
    Displaced Europeans
    Assisted Immigration
  • Xenophobia- Fear of Foreigners

    Xenophobia- Fear of Foreigners

  • Asians that had sheltered in Australia were shipped back to Asia

    Asians that had sheltered in Australia were shipped back to Asia

  • Arthur Calwell

    Arthur Calwell

    1945-1949: Arthur Calwell- “Populate or Perish”- Australia would not survive without migrants
    “Two Wong’s don’t make a White”- Migrants had to be from Europe
  • The New Wave

    The New Wave

    1950-mid 1960's
    Throughout the 1950's a migration wave from Europe- mainly italy, Greece and Yugoslavia changed the shape of Australia
    The sentiments took a little longer
  • Big Natural Increase

    Big Natural Increase

    1950’s: Big Natural Increases- Baby Boomer generation being born, Britain Immigrants still coming.
  • REFFOS

    REFFOS

    1960’s: REFFOS- over 50 million homeless and refugees were in Europe. Calwell wanted them to come to Australia
  • Shift in policy

    Shift in policy

    Vietnam and Korea
    New Europeans,
    Italians, Greeks, Maltese, Yugoslavia and Poland
  • Refugees welcomed

    Refugees welcomed

    1990’s: East Timor, Indonesia, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq-Egypt and Iran-Syria
  • Asylum seekers

    Asylum seekers

    2001: Asylum seekers/border protection- pacific solution, Detention Centres and skilled immigration
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    1928-1929
    Great Depression- No migrants accepted