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First Settlers
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Gold Rush, British, Irish, Germans, Chinese (Discrimination)
o Sparked a massive influx of immigration
o NSW and Victoria
o March – 80,000
o By 1854 – 237,000
o By 1861 – 540,000 -
Federation
o WAP (White Australia Policy) dictation test -
Great depression, no migrants accepted
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•Jewish refugees –holocaust
certificate exemption -
Immigration program ‘Populate or Perish’
Displaced Europeans
Assisted immigration -
• 1970 : Shift in Policy
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asylum seekers/border protection and issues
o 9/11, Tampa affair
o Pacific Solution
