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