The Commonwealth Immigration Restriction Act introduces the Dictation Test, making it easy to exclude non-British immigrants.
State funds are allocated
German immigration is banned and all assisted immigration schemes are terminated.
the outbreak of the First World War brings immigration to a halt.
The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association is formed, requesting full citizenship rights for Aborigines and land as compensation for dispossession.
The Depression brings a halt to immigration assistance schemes.
Aborigines' Progressive Association holds a 'day of mourning' on the sesquicentenary of the landing of the First Fleet.
The government decides to accept 15,000 Jewish refugees from Nazism over three years; only 7,500 reach Australia before war breaks out.
Schemes are re-established to attract immigrants from post-war Britain.
Thr Populate or Perish Scheme
The Commonwealth Nationality and Citizenship Act comes into effect, so that Australians are no longer British subjects.
Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines is established.
The Labor Party's longstanding commitment to a 'White Australia Policy' is removed from its party platform.
By the late 1960s, around 6,000 immigrants from Asia are arriving each year.
A 1967 referendum overwhelmingly votes for Aboriginal people to be governed by Federal legislation and included in the Australian Census.
The largest number of immigrant groups are from Britain, Italy and Greece.
In 1975, the Racial Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, colour, descent or ethnicity.
In 1977, the last migrant–carrying ocean liner docks in Melbourne.
The 1978 Galbally Report formalises the use of the term 'multiculturalism'.
First significant numbers of African refugees arrive, mostly from Ethiopia.
Professor Geoffrey Blainey's proposal to limit immigration from Asia sparks public debate on immigration policy.
In 1988, the Bicentenary of British settlement is marked by official celebrations and Aboriginal mourning.
In 1992, the High Court recognises the prior ownership of land by Aboriginal people, rejecting the concept of terra nullius. In 1993, the Native Title Act is passed.
In 1997, the One Nation Party is founded on a platform opposed to multiculturalism, Asian immigration and Aboriginal land claims.
Nearly one in four Australians are born overseas, representing about 100 countries.
A constitutional referendum on the republic ratifies the retention of the monarchy in 1999.
In 2001, the Norwegian freighter Tampa carrying over 430 rescued asylum seekers is refused permission to enter Australia